Bundled discounts are a highly customizable way to create promotions such as buy one get one or discounts based on a combination of products or categories. Bundled discounts can be applied automatically or by code and offer an expanded set of features in addition to all the same settings and configurations as standard discounts.

Things to consider

• Check your local cannabis regulations to make sure your discounts and promotions are compliant. Consider enabling these settings in the Backoffice under Settings > Location:
  • Only Discount Cannabis Items to a Minimum of $0.01 prevents budtenders from giving away cannabis items for free and may be required to keep "buy one, get one" deals compliant.
  • Only Discount Items to their Cost prevents budtenders from discounting any item below its wholesale cost.
• Managing discounts requires both View discounts and Edit discounts permissions.
• Discounts are shared across all your locations, though you can restrict discounts to certain locations.
• You can restrict discounts to certain customers by creating Customer groups before creating discounts.

Bundled discounts

In a bundled discount, the customer gets a discount for buying a combination or quantity of qualifying products. For example, "20% off any 3 select edibles".

To create bundled discounts:

1. Go to Marketing > Discounts > Create discount.
2. Scroll down and click Advanced options to reveal the bundle options.
   
    
3. Fill in the fields under the Details tab.
   • For Application Method, choose Automatic.
   • For Is bundled discount, choose Yes.
4. Click Add bundle item.
   
5. Choose a Threshold type (Number of Items, Spending Amount, or Product Weight) and enter the minimum number of items, dollar amount, or total weight (in grams) the customer needs to buy to get the bundle discount.
6. Choose whether to Group by SKU (require all items to be of the same SKU) or Include non-cannabis items.
7. Further define which products qualify for the bundle discount by adding restrictions on the Strains, Categories, Brands, Vendors, Weights, Tags, Pricing tiers, and Products tabs. Select the Restricton summary tab to review the list of qualifying products.
8. Optionally, click Add bundle item to add another set of qualifying products. This allows you to create a bundle that requires, for example, 1 item from the first set of products, 2 items from the second set of products, etc.
9. Scroll up and select the Options tab to set additional options such as weekly recurrence or online availability, and to limit the discount to certain customers and locations.
10. Click Save.

"Buy x, get y" promotions

To set up promotions that require the customer to buy a combination or quantity of certain products to get a reward such as "buy a cartridge, get a free battery" or "buy 3 joints, get a 4th for 50% off", create a discount with constraints:

1. Go to Marketing > Discounts > Create discount.
2. Scroll down and click Advanced options to reveal the bundle options.
   
    
3. Fill in the fields under the Details tab.
   • For Application Method, choose Automatic.
   • For Is bundled discount, choose No.
4. Click Add constraint.
   
5. Choose a Threshold type (Number of Items, Spending Amount, or Product Weight) and enter the minimum number of items, dollar amount, or total weight (in grams) the customer needs to buy to get the promotion.
6. Choose whether to Group by SKU (require all items to be of the same SKU) or Include non-cannabis items.
7. Further define which products qualify for the promotion by adding restrictions on the Strains, Categories, Brands, Vendors, Weights, Tags, Pricing tiers, and Products tabs. Select the Restriction summary tab to review the list of required products.
8. Optionally, click Add constraint to add another set of required products. This allows you to create a promotion that requires, for example, 1 item from each set of constraints.
9. Scroll down to the Rewards section to define the free or discounted product(s) the customer gets as part of the promotion.
10. Scroll up and select the Options tab to set additional options such as weekly recurrence or online availability, and to limit the promotion to certain customers and locations.
11. Click Save.

Troubleshoot issues with bundled discounts

Bundled discount does not display on the online menu, but it applies to the cart when the customer is shopping in store.

If the discount is set as a "Bundled discount" in DutchiePOS, it will sync over to online menus an "Offer." Offers do not show a sale price on online menus. Instead, they appear at checkout.

Workaround: Configure the discount as a "Sale:" This will ensure the discounted price will show on the menu.

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