Set up Discounts on SkyTab POS

Description: Learn how to manage discounts in Payment settings for individual items and tickets.

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To set up discounts using Lighthouse Business Manager, visit the Add or Edit Tenders and Discounts in Lighthouse Business Manager for SkyTab POS article.

Access the settings to set up Discounts by navigating to Manager > Settings and selecting the Payments icon.

Set up Discounts

Discounts can reduce (or remove) particular costs for either entire tickets or individual line items. They can be used for various reasons, including Employee Discounts or Senior Discounts. When applied, they must be set with either a dollar amount, percent, or force the final discount price of a particular item.

• To add a new discount, press Add New in the lower-left corner of the screen.
• To edit an existing discount:
  • Select the discount from the list on the left.
  • Make the desired changes and press Save.

Select Edit List in the lower-left corner to edit the display order for the order entry screen. This will NOT change the order on the Discount Settings screen.

Delete or Remove Discounts

Note: SkyTab POS software is not capable of deleting or removing discounts from the menu once they are added to the POS system. The only way to remove or delete discounts from the menu is to make them inactive.

To deactivate the discount, proceed with the following steps:

1. Navigate to the Manager > Settings > Payments > Discounts. Select the discount that needs to be deactivated from the left side menu by pressing on it.
2. Slide the Active toggle OFF on the top middle of the screen.
3. Press the blue Save button at the bottom right corner.
   

General Tab Terms

Active: Ensure the selected discount appears when toggled right on the order entry screen.

Discount Name (required): Name the discount with a unique name that allows employees to easily recognize it.

Apply Discount to Order Type: Apply the discount to assigned Order Types by tapping the dropdown and choosing from the active Order Types in the system.

Items Assigned to Discount: Activate the items to which the discount can be applied by selecting the item from the left (unassigned) and moving to the right (assigned).

Apply Discount Automatically: Set the discount to automatically apply to a ticket/item when all conditions are met.

NOTE! Discounts automatically can only be applied to ITEMS.

Can be applied to (required): Determine if the discount can be applied to tickets, items, or both.

Discounts are defined by how the discount is applied. The options are:

• Amount off: Activating this option requires a selection of one of the following:
  • Selecting the $ (dollar) sign decreases the price of the item or ticket by the amount entered.
  • Selecting the % (percentage) sign decreases the price by the percentage (whole number). entered
• Force Price: Activating this option requires an amount to be placed in the box, which changes the price of an item (not a ticket) when applied.

Discount does not apply to modifiers: Any discounts applied only apply to items, not their modifiers.

Require reason for discount: This determines whether or not the discount requires a reason to be entered when applied to an item or ticket. This defaults to an alphanumeric reason unless Reason is numeric is selected.

Duplicate: Create a copy of the current discount with a prompt to give it a unique name.

Advanced Tab Terms

Activating "Restrict Discount Availability" allows you to set the date and time parameters that the discount is in effect. The following selections can be made:

Restrict Discount Availability

Set days of the week: Allow the discount to only appear on certain days of the week (i.e. Sunday through Monday) by highlighting the desired days in blue; selecting "All Days" makes the discount available regardless of the day.

Set Dates: Determine the start and end dates a discount is active; placing a check next to Repeat yearly sets the discount to reappear every year on those selected dates.

Set Times: Determine the start and end times a discount is active; this is only applicable if either Set days of the week or Set dates are selected and restricted.

Note: For an overnight discount, SkyTab POS requires two discounts (ex. Discount 1 6:00p - 11:59p and Discount 2 12:00a - 2:00a).