Timed Sale

The Timed Sale feature allows you to schedule temporary promotional prices for selected product categories or collections. A Timed Sale can apply to your webstore, Shopcada POS, or both.

In this guide

Create a Timed Sale

  1. From your Shopcada Dashboard, go to Marketing > Timed Sale.
  2. Click Add New Timed Sale.
  3. Enter a Timed sale event name. The event name is for internal reference and is displayed only on the administration pages.
  4. Select Is this timed sale enabled? when the Timed Sale is ready to run.
  5. Set the start date and time under Timed sale begins at.
  6. Set the end date and time under Timed sale ends at.
  7. Select the sales channels, to decide whether the Timed Sale applies to For Web, For POS, or both.
  8. If For POS is selected, choose the applicable outlet under This timed sale is applicable to.
  9. Select a Price markdown type and enter the required value.
  10. Select the categories or collections containing the products that should receive the promotional price.
  11. If required, select the categories or collections that should be excluded.
  12. Click Save.

Promotional prices are applied to eligible products during the configured sale period.

Select the sales channels

For Web

Select For Web to apply the Timed Sale to purchases made through your webstore.

 

For POS

Select For POS to apply the Timed Sale to purchases made through Shopcada POS.

For a POS Timed Sale, under This timed sale is applicable to, select:

  • Any Outlets to make the Timed Sale available at all POS outlets.
  • A specific outlet if the Timed Sale should apply only at that location.

Select both For Web and For POS when the same Timed Sale should run across both sales channels.

 

Select a price markdown type

Three price markdown types are available.

Percentage markdown

Reduces the original selling price by the specified percentage.

  1. Select Percentage markdown.
  2. Enter the required value under Markdown Percentage.

Example: A product priced at $100 with a 20% markdown will be sold at $80. 

 

Fixed amount markdown

Deducts a fixed amount from the original selling price.

  1. Select Fixed amount markdown.
  2. Enter the required markdown amount.

Example: A product priced at $100 with a fixed amount markdown of $20 will be sold at $80.

 

Flat product price

Sets all applicable products at the same promotional price, regardless of their original selling prices.

  1. Select Flat product price.
  2. Enter the required promotional price.

Example: If the flat product price is set to $29, every applicable product will be sold at $29.

 

Include products in the Timed Sale

Under Select categories/collections of the products that will enjoy the discount in this timed sale event, select the categories or collections containing the applicable products.

Products assigned to the selected categories or collections will be included in the Timed Sale.

Exclude products from the Timed Sale

Under Exclude if products fall into following categories/collections, select any categories or collections that should not receive the promotional price.

Use this option when a broad category or collection is included, but certain groups of products must remain at their existing prices.

If a product belongs to both an included and an excluded category or collection, it will be excluded from the Timed Sale.

View existing Timed Sales

  1. From your Shopcada Dashboard, go to Marketing > Timed Sale.
  2. Use the tabs at the top of the page to view:
    • All Timed Sales: Displays Timed Sales created for any sales channel.
    • For Web: Displays Timed Sales applicable to the webstore.
    • For POS: Displays Timed Sales applicable to Shopcada POS.
  3. Click Filter if you need to narrow down the list.

The Timed Sale list displays the event name, description, applicable sales channels, status, start date and end date.

Manage an existing Timed Sale

  1. From your Shopcada Dashboard, go to Marketing > Timed Sale.
  2. Locate the required Timed Sale.
  3. Click the Edit icon under Actions.
  4. Update the required settings.
  5. Click Save.

The status column indicates whether a Timed Sale is currently available, disabled or ended.

Configure the rounding settings

The rounding settings determine how promotional prices calculated using a percentage or fixed amount markdown are rounded.

  1. From your Shopcada Dashboard, go to Marketing > Timed Sale.
  2. Click the three-dot menu.
  3. Select Settings.
  4. Configure the Rounding Precision and Rounding Rule.
  5. Click Save.

 

Rounding Precision

Select the number of decimal places to be used for the calculated promotional price.

For standard currency pricing, select Round to 2 decimal places.

 

Rounding Rule

Select how the promotional price should be rounded when the next digit is exactly halfway between two values.

Assuming that Rounding Precision is set to two decimal places:

  • Round Half Up: 3.145 is rounded to 3.15.
  • Round Half Down: 3.145 is rounded to 3.14.

 

Important notes

  • The Timed Sale must be enabled before promotional prices can be applied.
  • Check the start and end date and time carefully before saving.
  • Select at least one sales channel: For Web or For POS.
  • If For POS is selected, confirm that the correct outlet option has been selected.
  • Review the included and excluded categories or collections carefully.
  • Configure the rounding settings before the Timed Sale begins.
  • Test the promotional prices before announcing the sale to customers.
  • Disable the Timed Sale if it should not run, even when a future end date has been configured.