Simple Discounts

In this section

• A Discount Without a Condition for a Payment
• A Discount for a Payment in a Specific Amount
• A Discount for a Payment Covering a Specific Period

In this section, learn about simple discounts — those that influence only one subscription.

A Discount Without a Condition for a Payment

It is the simplest discount type. A discount is granted to a customer as soon as he or she has subscribed to a service with certain tags. See see below the content of a discount specification which include such a discount.

This discount is set up in the following way.

• Services, this discount is applied to, are limited by the base_discount tag. A service can have other tags too, but this tag is an obligatory condition for providing the discount. You can specify several tags. Then the obligatory condition for a service would be to have all these tags.

• Quantity — from 1. Since the quantity is not limited by any maximum number, the discount is to be granted for all customer's subscriptions to suitable services.

• The discount is granted regardless of payments, which means, the system checks the possibility to grant the discount right at the moment the subscription is saved. When all conditions for granting the discount are met, a discount certificate is issued immediately.

• Percentage discount is applied — i.e. when charge logs are issued within the discount certificate period, the amount to be charged is decreased by 20 %.

• As the discount period is not specified, there is no end date in the discount certificate, so the discount is applied as long as the subscription to services is in force.

• The activation period is specified as from October 13, 2016, so customers can be granted this discount starting from October 13, 2016.

• Maximum number of actuations is not specified, it means, the unlimited number of discount certificates with this discount for the customer account can be issued. If a customer changes this price plan for a new one with the identical set of tags, he or she can get the same discount again.

A Discount for a Payment in a Specific Amount

A discount is granted on the condition there is a necessary subscription to a service and a payment in the required amount is made.

This discount is set up in the following way.

• Services, this discount is applied to, are limited by the multiplay and free_month tags. The necessary condition for the service is to have both tags.

• Quantity as from 1 to 1 means that a customer is to have one and only one subscription to a suitable service. The discount is not granted in case the number of subscriptions is more than one.

• The discount is granted on the condition of making a payment in the amount from $100. The system checks the possibility to grant the discount right at the moment the payment is made. If the amount is sufficient, a discount certificate is created. The maximum amount is not specified, so any payment starting from $40 suits. If you offer various discounts depending on the payment amount (for example, 10 % with the payment in the amount from $40 up to $80, and 20 % starting from $80), then you need to specify the maximum amount to avoid creating excessive discount certificates.

• Price is replaced — when charge logs are issued, instead of the price from the corresponding row of the price specification, the one which is specified the discount parameters is used (in this case it is $0).

• A discount period is specified as 1 month. So the discount certificate is in force for a 1-month period.

  The discount period of 1 month does not mean that a customer is provided services at the discounted price only for one month. It means that the discount certificate is in force during this period. The discount is applied to all charge logs for the certain subscription that start during period when the discount certificate is in force. For example, if a charge log with a one month period is terminated early, then the next charge log is issued as discounted, on the condition that its start date falls within the discount certificate period.

• The activation period is specified as from November 1, 2016 to November 30, 2016, so customers can be granted this discount if they meet the conditions within November, 2016.

• Maximum number of actuations is 1. The discount certificate is to be created only once per one customer account. When the discount certificate period is over, the discount cannot be granted anymore even if the customer makes one more substantial payment.

A Discount for a Payment Covering a Specific Period

A discount is granted upon having a proper subscription to services and making a payment in the amount covering the specified period.

This discount is set up in the following way.

• Services, this discount is applied to, are limited by the wimax_contract and encourage_large_payments tags.

• Quantity as from 1 to 1 means that a customer is to have one and only one subscription for a suitable service.

• The discount is granted on the condition of making a payment in the amount covering 6 months. The system checks the possibility to grant the discount right at the moment the payment is made. It calculates the amount necessary to cover the 6-month period of providing  the service as per the subscription. If the payment is bigger than amount, the condition is considered met. Evaluation is done based on the full price, and the possible discount is not applied.

• Percentage discount is applied — when charge logs are issued during the discount certificate period, the amount to be charged is decreased by 10 %.

• The discount period is specified as 6 months. The discount certificate period equals to this value.

• The activation period is specified as from November 1, 2016, so customers can be granted this discount starting from November 1, 2016.

• Maximum number of actuations is 1. The discount certificate is to be created only once per one customer account. When the discount certificate period is over, the discount for this account is not granted anymore even if a customer makes one more substantial payment.