Discounts

Discounts allow operators to reduce the cost of eligible transactions at the Point of Sale. Fusion supports three types of discount; Line-item, Subtotal, and Redeem. Each discount type has some differences in what they can do and how they are applied by the operator.

Line-item

A Line-item discount is a type of discount that is applied directly to a single item in the basket. It can be used to either reduce the item by a fixed value or by a percentage.

Scenario: This would allow schools to apply an “Own mug” discount when buying a hot drink. So if the user purchases a coffee, but if they use their own mug they get 10p off the full price, the operator would add the coffee to the transaction and then apply the discount which would discount that particular item but other items in the basket are not discounted.

Subtotal

A Subtotal discount applies to all items in the basket at the point of application. Subtotal discounts can only be a percentage, not a fixed value.

Scenario: This allows for schools that want to discount all items in the basket for a particular user, such as if a certain user is entitled to 10% off. The operator would need to add all items to the basket and then apply the discount. This would discount all items in the basket. If required, the operator can add additional items to the basket after pressing the discount button. These items will not be discounted unless the operator applies another discount to these items.

Redeem

Not technically a “discount” as such, as it isn’t applied to items in the basket and can even be used without any other items in the basket, this type of discount essentially works like a negatively priced PLU would in Impact.

Scenario: This discount could be used in Scotland to assist with the ‘Zero-waste’ bottle return scheme. In this scheme, when purchasing drinks in bottles/cans, part of the sale value would be a deposit (e.g. 5p). Upon returning a bottle/can, the operator can open a sale and when pressing this discount it would take 5p off the transaction value. If the transaction total with the discount applied is a positive amount (for example the user returned the bottle but didn’t purchase anything), the money would be added to the user’s account, or if a cash transaction, the cash drawer would open and the operator could hand them the required money. It could also be used to allow for the redemption of vouchers or stamped loyalty cards.