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Offers & Coupons

Coupons attract customers and incentivize them to choose your restaurant over competitors. This page shows you how to create and manage them.

The Offers Section

The sidebar has 3 sub-pages:

View What it shows
Active Coupons Currently running offers
Create Offer New offer wizard
Offer History Past / expired offers

Active Coupons

Active coupons

Currently running offers. For each, you see:

  • Title and code
  • Discount (e.g., "20% off" or "โ‚น100 off")
  • Valid dates
  • Times used
  • Toggle to enable/disable

To turn an offer ON or OFF, click the toggle. The offer is hidden from customers when OFF.

Create Offer

Create offer

The new offer form has these fields:

Field Required Example Notes
Title Yes Weekend Special โ€” 20% off Shown to customers
Discount type Yes PERCENTAGE or FLAT Choose one
Discount value Yes 20 (for 20%) or 100 (for โ‚น100 off) The amount
Valid from Yes 2026-09-09 When it starts
Valid until Yes 2026-12-31 When it expires
Code Yes WEEKEND20 Customer-facing code
Min billing amount No 500 Minimum bill to use it
Description No Valid on Sat-Sun only Visible to customer

Example Offers

20% off on weekday lunch:

  • Title: Weekday Lunch Special
  • Discount type: PERCENTAGE
  • Discount value: 20
  • Valid: Mon-Fri, 12pm-4pm
  • Code: LUNCH20
  • Min billing: 300

Flat โ‚น100 off for first-time customers:

  • Title: First Visit Discount
  • Discount type: FLAT
  • Discount value: 100
  • Code: WELCOME100
  • Min billing: 500

Creating Tips

  • Use clear, specific titles (avoid "Sale" โ€” use "Diwali Special 25% off")
  • Set realistic minimum billing amounts (โ‚น500 minimum for โ‚น100 off makes sense)
  • Limit duration โ€” short-term offers create urgency
  • Use codes customers can remember

Offer History

Offer history

Past and expired offers with stats:

  • Total times used
  • Total discount given
  • Average order value when used

Useful for analyzing what worked.

Promotion Tips

  • โœ… Create 1-2 active offers at any time โ€” gives customers reasons to choose you
  • โœ… Run weekend specials โ€” peak booking days
  • โœ… Use first-visit coupons โ€” converts new customers to repeat
  • โœ… Time-bound offers โ€” creates urgency
  • โœ… Track performance โ€” disable offers that don't convert
  • โŒ Don't run overlapping offers โ€” confuses customers
  • โŒ Don't make offers too restrictive (e.g., Mon 11-11:30am only)

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