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The promotion editor is the same screen whether you open it from business.localpass.ca (Promotions → Create promotion) or the Local Pass Business mobile app — same fields, same layout, same rules. Everything below applies to either one.
A promotion can’t be combined with another promotion. Only one Promotions Manager promotion applies to a customer’s order at a time. (This is separate from an individual product’s Sale Price or a Soon-to-Go markdown, which can stack with a promotion — see Start here.)

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Choose a Promotion Type

Pick one of the three types offered for a brand-new promotion: Discount on Products, Buy X Get Y, or Amount off Order. (Free Shipping isn’t offered here yet — see Start here for why.)
You can’t change the Type after creating the promotion. If you need a different type, create a new promotion instead.

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The Amount Section

This section changes shape depending on the type you picked.

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Discount on Products

This behaves like setting a sale price directly on the product — every customer who views it simply sees the discounted price. There’s no separate “redemption” event, so it isn’t tracked as a promotion and it can’t be limited to one use per customer.
  1. Applies to: Turn on “Any product in the store” to discount everything, or leave it off and tap Browse products or categories to pick specific ones. You can mix individual products and whole categories in the same selection.
  2. Discount type: Choose Percentage, Fixed $, or Free.
  3. Enter the Percentage off or Dollar amount off (skip this if you chose Free).

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Buy X Get Y

  1. Customer buys: Turn on “Any product in the store”, or tap Browse products or categories to choose specific ones.
  2. Minimum quantity required (optional): How many units the customer needs to buy across the selection to qualify. Leave blank to require just one.
  3. Discount type: Choose Percentage, Fixed $, or Free for the reward.
  4. Enter the Percentage off or Dollar amount off (skip this if you chose Free).
  5. Customer gets: Same picker as “Customer buys” — choose the reward products or categories, or “Any product in the store.”
You must select at least one product or category for both “Customer buys” and “Customer gets”, unless that side is set to “Any product in the store.” Leaving a required side empty blocks you from saving — even as a draft.

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Amount off Order

This discount applies to the customer’s entire order — there’s no product or category to choose. Use Minimum Requirements below if you want to gate it behind a spend or quantity threshold.
  1. Discount type: Choose Percentage or Fixed $. (Free isn’t offered for this type.)
    A percentage discount only applies in the Local Pass app — it does not work on localpass.ca. Use Fixed $ if you want the promotion to also work on the website.
  2. Enter the Percentage off or Dollar amount off.

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General Information

  • Title (Internal use): A name for your own reference (e.g., “Summer Lunch Special”). Customers never see this.
  • Description: Shown to customers in tight spaces — the Buy X Get Y reward screen’s header, and the “Partner offers” carousel on your storefront — so it’s capped at 60 characters. If you leave it blank, Local Pass generates a plain description from your settings automatically (e.g., “50% off your order”).

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Minimum Requirements

Choose one condition — the form won’t let you apply more than one at once:
  • No minimum — the promotion applies to any qualifying order.
  • Minimum quantity of items — the customer must add at least this many items to their cart.
  • Minimum purchase amount — the customer must spend at least this dollar amount.

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Active Dates

  • Start date & time: When the promotion becomes valid. Defaults to now.
  • Set End Date: Toggle on to give the promotion an expiration date and time.
  • Restrict by day & time: Toggle on to limit the promotion to specific days of the week and a start/end time — useful for something like a weekday lunch special. When enabled, pick at least one Active day plus a start and end time.

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Visibility & Usage Limits

  • Feature on store: Shows the promotion in your storefront’s promotions section. Recommended for time-sensitive or high-value offers.
  • Limit to one use per customer: Stops the same customer from redeeming the offer more than once. Not shown for Discount on Products, since that type has no per-customer redemption to limit — see the note above.

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Saving

  • Save Draft: Saves your settings without going live. Customers won’t see it. Use this to prepare a campaign in advance.
  • Publish: Saves the promotion and sets it live immediately (once the Start Date has arrived).