Under Type ensure Bonus-Buy is selected

5. Then enter in the following:

• Multi-Buy Name – The name of the Bonus-Buy.

• Message at Till – This is the message to be displayed at the till when the bonus-buy is triggered. This will advise the sales people to companion sell the bonus item.

• Start Date – The date the Bonus-Buy is to begin.

• Finish Date – The date the Bonus-Buy is to finish.

• Suspended – If for any reason you need to suspend the Bonus-Buy before the Finish Date you will need to tick the Suspended tick box (e.g. waiting for more stock).

• Max. Occurrences Per Sale – This is the maximum amount of times the Bonus-Buy is allowed to be sold per sale.

#Note: Once a multi-buy (or bonus-buy) is created its ‘Multi-Buy Name’ will be listed in the left hand side of the window. This left hand side lists all multi-buys every created allows you to easily find a multi-buy as you can search by past, current or future multi-buys. This allows you to quickly extend, suspend, re-activate or change a multi-buy.

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4.8.2 Adding/Removing Bonus-Buy Products 1. Whilst in the Multi-Buys window select

your trigger product or products by selecting ‘Add’ (see Figure 205).

#Note: The trigger product is the item the customer must purchase in order to receive the bonus product.

2. This will display the ‘Stock Multi Search’

window.

3. Use the filters to access the list of products you wish to set as the trigger products.

#Note: You can set a single product or a group of products as trigger products.

4. Once you have selected the product, set the ‘Trigger Qty’.

5. For example, if you wanted to give a bonus product to someone who brought 2 items then you would set the trigger quantity to 2.

6. If you accidentally enter an unwanted trigger or bonus product, simply highlight the product and select ‘Remove’.

Alternately to remove all products from the list select ‘Remove All’.

7. Selecting Add will display the ‘Stock Multi Search’ window for the bonus items (see Figure 206).

8. This stock multi search window has a

‘Default Value’ section which will apply either a discount price or percentage to the bonus product selected.

#Note: When you select the Bonus product you can either sell it at a set price or at a percentage discount.

If you wish to give the bonus item for free set the Sell at Price to $0.00 (or the discount to 100%).

9. Once you have chosen your filters and set the Default Value, select ‘OK’. This will display a list of products to choose from.

10. When you return to the Multi-Buys window set the ‘Bonus Qty’ (see Figure 207).

#Note: The Bonus Quantity is the number of bonus items the customer can receive. For example, if the Bonus Qty was set to 2 then the pharmacy operator could choose any two of

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4.8.3 Copy To New

Occasionally you may want to duplicate a complex Bonus-Buy rather then enter the details again.

The ‘Copy to New’ feature will allow you to replicate the Bonus Buy.

1. Whilst in the Multi-Buys window select your trigger product or products by selecting

‘Add’

2. The ‘Copy to New’ feature will copy all settings from the original Bonus-Buy to a new one except for:

• Multi-Buy Name

• Start Date

• Finish Date

#Note: All other settings may also be amended if required.

4.8.4 Bonus-Buy Report

If you wish to report on bonus-buy sales refer to section: 10.12 – Multi-Buy Report.

4.8.5 Bonus-Buy Example I – ‘Buy 2 & Receive 1 Free’

This example explains how to setup a Bonus-Buy where when the customer purchases 2 Berocca’s they receive a third one free.

1. When setting up the Details section of the Bonus-Buy window ensure that the Message at Till explains to the pharmacy operator that the customer will receive a third Berocca for free if they purchase 2 (see Figure 208).

2. Ensure the Bonus-Buy radio button is checked and that you have entered a start and finish date.

3. For this example you need to Add Berocca as the Trigger Product and set the Trigger Qty to 2 (see Figure 209).

4. The Bonus Product also needs to be Berocca but the Bonus Qty only needs to be set to 1 (see Figure 210). brought up at the sales screen, you will notice that a different icon appears.

7. When a Bonus-Buy item is highlighted in the sales screen, the ‘Message at Till’ text will be displayed to the pharmacy attendant (see Figure 211).

8. When the pharmacy attendant sells Berocca, enter the Quantity as 3 and then press

<Enter>.

9. An extra line is added to the sale indicating that one of the items will be given free.

#Note: Once a Bonus-Buy has been activated the text of the Bonus-Buy items turn green.

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4.8.6 Bonus-Buy Example II – ‘Buy 1 & Receive 50% Off A Second One’

This example explains how to setup a Bonus-Buy where when the customer purchases 1 Aspro Clear the customer can purchase another one for half price (50% off).

1. When setting up the Details section of the Bonus-Buy window ensure that the

‘Message at Till’ text explains to the pharmacy attendant that the customer will receive a second

Aspro Clear for half price (see Figure 212).

2. Ensure the Bonus-Buy radio button is checked and that you have entered a start and finish date

3. For this example you need to Add Aspro Clear as the Trigger Product and set the

‘Trigger Qty’ to 1 (see Figure 213).

4. The Bonus Product also needs to be Aspro Clear and the ‘Bonus Qty’ to be set to 1 5. In the Bonus window set the ‘Sell

at Disc %’ to 50% (see Figure 214).

6. When a Bonus-Buy item is brought up at the sales screen, you will notice that a different icon appears.

7. When a Bonus-Buy item is highlighted in the sales screen, the ‘Message at Till’ text (Figure 215) will be displayed to the pharmacy attendant.

8. When the pharmacy attendant sells Aspro Clear, enter the Quantity as 2 and then press

<Enter>

9. An extra line is added to the sale indicating that the second Aspro Clear is 50% off.

#Note: Once a Bonus-Buy has been activated the text of the Bonus-Buy items turn green.

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4.9 Multi Buys

Multi-Buys allow you to apply a special price or discount on a range of products for example:

• Buy 1 cosmetic item and get 10% of any other cosmetic item in that range.

• Buy 1 Kodak film for $2.00 or buy 3 for $5.00

4.9.1 Setting Multi-Buy Details 1. To set up a new Multi-Buy,

navigate from the LOTS Start Menu Æ Tools Æ Utilities Æ Stock Utilities Æ Multi-Buys.

2. This will display the ‘Multi-Buys’

window (as shown in Figure 216).

3. Under ‘Type’ ensure Multi-Buy is