This seems relatively straightforward, but my track record with using Pricing Rules is not a good one. Frankly, they drive me absolutely nuts.
We have a dance company coming that will perform three different programs. The 3 programs actually stand as a series, so we want to incentivize people to attend all 3. Each program is showing twice. We want to offer a 20% discount off the full order amount if you buy all 3 programs.
Can someone advise on the best setup for this using a pricing rule? Again, I know it seems straightforward, but we don't use pricing rules that much and I'd rather not spend an hour trying to figure out the right setup if there's someone out there who has already nailed it. I checked the recipe book on the Help System and I don't think any of those setups will work how I want it to.
To be clear- I don't want the rule to trigger 20% off EACH ticket price- it's 20% off the total of the 3 performances. Also bear in mind that it's likely tickets to other performances will also be in the ticket order simultaneously.
Thank you!
Hi Katie,
I believe that the Product Volume type pricing rule will do the trick. You can set it so that when a customer buys all three products (let's call then Product A, Product B and Product C), either the ticket price is reduced by 20% or the Price Type is changed to one that is 20% lower than the standard price type. Changing the price type might make it easier for you to track these purchases. Using this type of pricing rules, the rule only applies to Products A, B and C. If they buy product D, these tickets are unaffected.
Hope this helps!
Martin
Martin,
Thanks for jumping in to help! I think that did the trick.
My only slight concern with this setup- if the customer doesn't technically buy the series, and buys 2 of Product A (on the two dates it's offered) and 1 of Product B, that they will still receive the discount. I tested it and yes, the discount will fire. And I think the only way to fix that is to create a series of pricing rules with all of the different combinations someone could possibly attend all 3 programs.
Unless you have a genius idea or can convince me the setup wouldn't be so tedious, we are probably just planning to cut our losses on that one with the expectation that not many customers will end up doing that.
Here is an example schedule if you feel like diving into it:
Product A May 28
Product B May 29
Product C May 30
Product A June 1 (2pm)
Product B June 1 (4pm)
Product C June 1 (6pm)
I mean, it is not the LEAST tedious thing ever, but you CAN copy pricing rules, and, if my math is correct, there should only be 8 of them total. So you could create one, make sure it is working correctly, and then just copy and change the performances in each while leaving everything else alone.
That said, you probably are correct in that the number of people trying that is going to be few and far between.
You're right. I was just thinking lazy. I got motivated and created all the individual pricing rules. Thank you for the guidance!