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Set up a Cross-Sell discount

Learn how to set up a discount on cross-sell items to encourage additional purchases.

Article ID: SLN19531

Note: The Cross-Sell Manager is available only with Merchant Solutions Standard, Professional, and Store v.1 packages.

The cross-sell discount applies when shoppers choose their Selected Item and the Cross-Sell item together. The discount can be either a dollar amount or a percentage off -- in both cases the discount is taken from the regular item price (not the sale price).
The Checkout page with Cross-sell items

Apply a discount to an existing cross-sell item

  1. Sign in to your My Services page.
  2. Click the Store link.
    The Store link is under Control Panels.
  3. Click the Cross-Sell link.
    The Cross-Sell link is under Promote.
  4. Click the Edit link for the selected item to which you wish to apply discounts for cross-sell items.
    The Cross Sell Manager Edit Item link
  5. Do one or more of the following:
    • Percentage - To apply a percentage discount to the cross-sell item, enter the value for the percentage off, followed by the percent symbol (for example to apply a 10% discount to a cross-sell item, enter 10% into the Discount text field for that item.)
    • Amount off - To apply a certain amount off discount to the cross-sell item, enter the dollar symbol ($) followed by the value for the amount off (for example to apply a $2 discount to a cross-sell item, enter $2 into the Discount text field for that item.)
    The Cross Sell Manager Modify Entries dialog.
  6. Click the Modify Entry button when finished. You return to the Cross-Sell Manager.
  7. Repeat for any other selected items if necessary.
  8. Click the Done button when finished.
    The Done button.

Apply discounts to cross-sell items in a table

  1. Sign in to your My Services page.
  2. Click the Store link.
    The Store link is under Control Panels.
  3. Click the Cross-Sell link.
    The Cross-Sell link is under Promote.
  4. Click the Download Table button and open the table in a spreadsheet application.
    The Cross Sell Manager Download Table button.
  5. Do one of the following:
    • Percentage - To apply a percentage discount to the cross-sell item, enter the value for the percentage off, followed by the percent symbol in the discount column for the row associated with the cross-sell item (for example to apply a 10% discount to a cross-sell item, enter 10% into the cell in the Discount column for that item's row.
    • Amount off - To apply a certain amount off discount to the cross-sell item, enter the dollar symbol ($) followed by the value for the amount off in the discount column for the row associated with the cross-sell item (for example to apply a $2 discount to a cross-sell item, enter $2 into the cell in the Discount column for that item's row.
    The Cross-Sell table.
  6. Save the file to CSV format.
  7. Upload the table by clicking the Upload Table button.
    The Cross Sell Manager Upload Table button.
  8. Click the Browse button and locate the CSV file you saved, then click the Send button.
    The Cross Sell Manager Browse Table dialog.
  9. Click the Add button to add your new rules or the Rebuild button to rebuild the existing rules if validated.
    The Cross Sell Manager Add or Rebuild dialog.

About Discounts

  • All selected and target items must have unique codes (set up in either the Store Editor or Catalog Manager, or with a database upload) and unique options codes. When entering products in Catalog Manager or Store Editor, set up each product with a unique code and set up unique options codes in the Catalog Manager if your item contains options (such as color or size). If cross-sell items are not working in checkout or on product detail pages, ensure that both selected and target items have unique codes and unique options codes.
  • If more than one cross-sell discount applies to a given product, the larger discount is used. If a product also has a sale price defined, whichever is lower -- the sale price or the cross-sell discount price -- will be applied.
  • If a shopper removes the Selected Item that generated a discount from their cart, they will break the discount and the price of the cross-sell product will revert to its regular price.
  • If a shopper adds the cross-sell product to their cart first and subsequently adds a Selected Item that qualifies them for a cross-sell discount, they will then receive the discount.

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