Promotion priority rules exist to prevent unpredictable or undesirable effects when multiple promotions are applicable for a basket. These rules are hardcoded but you can adjust certain promotion attributes, such as exclusivity and rank, to manipulate promotions application. B2C Commerce doesn't evaluate all sequences of promotions. The sequencing resulting from prioritization doesn't always provide the best value to shoppers.
B2C Commerce applies promotions entered programatically through APIs, that aren't represented by promotions in the system, before promotions entered through Business Manager.
Promotions are categorized by exclusivity. The exclusivity categories are processed in the following order:
Within each category, promotions are prioritized in the following order:
In general, promotions are sorted by discount type in the following order:
If there are multiple promotions of the same discount type, they are sorted so that promotions providing the best value to the shopper are evaluated first. Promotions can be tiered and offer multiple discounts. When B2C Commerce prioritizes two promotions by discount, it pre-evaluates the discount tiers of each and determines which tier, if any, apply for each. For example, a promotion had two tiers, buy 3 or more of product PXget $5 off and Buy 5 or more of product X and get 30% off.
A basket has four of product X. The lower discount tier ($5 off) is the pre-evaluated discount, so the discount type is amount-off. After this pre-evaluation process, each promotion is associated with zero or one discounts.
Promotions are then sorted by discount type according to the following sequence.Simple discounts apply in the following order: fixed, amount-off, percent-off. If two promotions have the same pre-evaluated discount type, the promotion that offers the shopper the best value is prioritized first. For example, a promotion offering 20% off takes priority over a promotion offering 10% off.
Setting a maximum application affects the order that product promotions apply and when the discount calculation occurs. When a promotion with a maximum application applies, the most expensive product is discounted first, followed by the second most expensive, until the maximum application limit is reached.
For example, you have two promotions.
The customer buys six shirts: two of Shirt A costing $100 each, two of Shirt B costing $75 each, and two of Shirt C costing $50 each.
According to promotion priority rules, percent off is applied first, followed by bonus - so Promotion 2 is applied first. It discounts the most expensive shirts to give the shopper the best deal.
3 shirts (2 at $100 and 1 at $75) for 20% off, with one application.
$275 - $55 (discount) = $220If exclusivity is None, per Promotion 1, the customer also receives two silk ties. If exclusivity is Class or Global, Promotion 1 doesn't apply.
Percent off contrasts with buy x get y discount, where if the same products are eligible as qualifying and conditional products, the promotion sorts the products based on price. The promotion uses the most expensive products to satisfy the condition. The discount applies to the next product in the list that is of equal or lesser value to the conditional products, depending on the site promotion preference setting. See Buy X Get Y Promotions.
In this example, a merchant has ranked promotions as follows :
| Promotion Name | Description | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Prod1 | 10% off product | 60 |
| Prod2 | $2 off product | 0 |
| Prod3 | $1 off product | 0 |
| Prod4 | $2.99 product fixed price | 30 |
| Ord1 | 15% off order | 70 |
| Ord2 | 20% off order | 65 |
| Ord3 | $5 off order | 0 |
The basket with applied discounts shows the discounts applied in the following order: