Discount Registration / Ticket in Events

Annie Studer

New to Luminate and I'm trying to create an event with tickets that have discount codes which a constituent can type/copy into the event registration form.


We could do this in Sphere and it's common practice elsewhere online (enter a code and receive a $ or % discount).


I'm finding in Luminate Online Events, I can only make a separate ticket type with a promotion code that creates a new url address, not an enterable code on the form. This promotion code also doesn't manage available tickets between the standard price and the discount price; it has separate inventories.


We need a discount code that is directly connected to a ticket type, not separate.


Am I missing something?

Tanna Lewis

Annie,

I had to deal with that once when a community event coordinator just assumed we could use a discount code in that manner and made one up and widely distributed it as a survey incentive. I worked around it with the following solution, which was not the most perfect and elegant thing in the world, but got the job done:


1. I created a discounted registration level and protected it with a promo code. (I just made it the same as what they'd given out as a discount code - 12WE15AA1 - it doesn't matter since no user will actually need to input the promoCode link themselves.)



2. Next I added a little block of text to the first screen of the ticket form, which contained the link with the promoCode embedded ("Thank you for participating in last year's survey..." in the second image below.) I also added an input box for the "discount code" (see first pic below), and put on some jQuery to hide/show the promoCode link text, so that only people who entered the appropriate "discount code" in the box would see the text with the promoCode link.


Before user enters code:



After user enters code:



You can add this functionality in the event description html box:


Input box and discount code link html:

<br><input type="text" placeholder="Enter discount code"/>

<p id="promoLinkTL"><br>Thank you for participating in last year's survey. <a href="https://secure.childrenscoloradofoundation.org/site/Ticketing?view=Tickets&id=100601&s_promoCode=12WE15AA1">Click here to buy individual tickets with a $10 discount.</a></p>

jQuery:

//Give discount code box

var discountCodeTL = '12WE15AA1';

$('#promoLinkTL').hide();


$("input").keyup(function () {

var value = $(this).val();

if($(this).val().match(discountCodeTL)) {

$('#promoLinkTL').show();

} else {

$('#promoLinkTL').hide();

}

});


3. Then, clicking that link takes the user to the ticket selection page with the discounted level activated.



You could probably do a lot more with it to make it smoother, or eliminate the need to click on the promoCode link completely, but I was just slapping it on there in a pinch and didn't have much time to give it. Hopefully it will at least spark some workaround ideas for you! Anyone jQuery-savvy is welcome to chime in with improvement tips!!


You can try it live here: http://support.childrenscoloradofoundation.org/site/Calendar?id=101403&view=Detail with the "12WE15AA1" discount code.


Hope this helps you!


Tanna