Promotion type feature matrix

The following table lists the promotion types that are supplied with the Promotions tool. For each promotion type, the table identifies the options and features of the promotion.

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Promotion types		Reward options				Purchase condition options			Discount options		Additional optional features
Promotion types		Percent off	Fixed price	Amount off	Free gift	Minimum quantity purchased	Minimum amount spent	Minimum unit price	Applies to each item	Applies to all items together	Multiple ranges in purchase condition	Target specific catalog attributes	Exclude specific catalog attributes	Target a payment type	Specify a maximum discount amount (cap)	Exclude catalog entries	Exclude categories	Choice of free gift	Price adjustment base
Order promotions:	Percentage off an order	x					x				x		x ⁽²⁾	x	x	x ⁽²⁾	x ⁽²⁾
	Amount off an order			x			x				x		x ⁽²⁾	x		x ⁽²⁾	x ⁽²⁾
	Free gift with an order				x		x						x ⁽²⁾	x		x ⁽²⁾	x ⁽²⁾	x
Shipping promotions:	Fixed price for shipping an order		x				x		x	x				x
	Amount off shipping on an order			x			x		x	x				x
	Buy catalog entry X, get shipping at a fixed price		x			x	x	x ⁽¹⁾	x	x		x		x ⁽²⁾		x
	Buy catalog entries from category X, get shipping at a fixed price		x			x	x	x ⁽¹⁾	x	x		x		x ⁽²⁾		x	x
Catalog entry promotions:	Percentage off the subtotal of catalog entries	x				x	x ⁽²⁾			x	x	x		x ⁽¹⁾	x	x
	Amount off the subtotal of catalog entries			x		x	x ⁽²⁾			x	x	x		x ⁽²⁾		x
	Buy catalog entry X, get additional X at a percentage off	x				x			x			x		x ⁽²⁾	x	x			x
	Buy catalog entry X, get a percentage off catalog entry Y	x				x			x			x		x ⁽²⁾	x	x			x
	Buy catalog entry X, get catalog entry Y free				x	x						x		x ⁽²⁾		x
	Percentage off individual catalog entries	x				x	x ⁽²⁾		x		x	x		x ⁽²⁾	x	x			x
	Amount off individual catalog entries			x		x	x ⁽²⁾		x		x	x		x ⁽²⁾		x			x
	Fixed price on the subtotal of catalog entries		x ⁽⁵⁾			x ⁽⁵⁾				x ⁽⁵⁾		x ⁽⁵⁾		x ⁽⁵⁾		x ⁽⁵⁾
	Fixed price on individual catalog entries		x ⁽⁵⁾			x ⁽⁵⁾			x ⁽⁵⁾		x ⁽⁵⁾	x ⁽⁵⁾		x ⁽⁵⁾		x ⁽⁵⁾
Category promotions:	Percentage off the subtotal of catalog entries from a category	x				x	x ⁽²⁾			x	x	x		x ⁽¹⁾	x	x	x
	Amount off the subtotal of catalog entries from a category			x		x	x ⁽²⁾			x	x	x		x ⁽²⁾		x	x
	Buy catalog entries from category X, get additional catalog entries from category X at a percentage off	x				x			x			x		x ⁽²⁾	x	x	x		x
	Buy catalog entries from category X, get catalog entry Y free				x	x						x		x ⁽²⁾		x	x
	Buy catalog entries from category X, get a percentage off catalog entry Y	x⁽³⁾				x⁽³⁾			x⁽³⁾			x⁽³⁾		x⁽³⁾	x⁽³⁾	x⁽³⁾	x⁽³⁾		x⁽³⁾
	Percentage off individual catalog entries from a category	x				x	x ⁽²⁾		x		x	x		x ⁽²⁾	x	x	x		x
	Amount off individual catalog entries from a category			x		x	x ⁽²⁾		x		x	x		x ⁽²⁾		x	x		x
	Fixed price on the subtotal of catalog entries from a category		x ⁽⁵⁾			x ⁽⁵⁾				x ⁽⁵⁾		x ⁽⁵⁾		x ⁽⁵⁾		x ⁽⁵⁾	x ⁽⁵⁾
	Fixed price on individual catalog entries from a category		x ⁽⁵⁾			x ⁽⁵⁾			x ⁽⁵⁾		x ⁽⁵⁾	x ⁽⁵⁾		x ⁽⁵⁾		x ⁽⁵⁾	x ⁽⁵⁾
Multiple items promotions:	Buy A and B, get a percentage off both	x				x				x		x		x ⁽²⁾	x	x	x
	Buy A (and B and C), get a percentage off Y	x ⁽⁵⁾				x ⁽⁵⁾	x ⁽⁵⁾		x ⁽⁵⁾			x ⁽⁵⁾		x ⁽⁵⁾	x ⁽⁵⁾	x ⁽⁵⁾	x ⁽⁵⁾		x ⁽⁵⁾
	Buy A (and B and C), get an amount off Y			x ⁽⁵⁾		x ⁽⁵⁾	x ⁽⁵⁾		x ⁽⁵⁾			x ⁽⁵⁾		x ⁽⁵⁾		x ⁽⁵⁾	x ⁽⁵⁾		x ⁽⁵⁾

(1) Introduced in WebSphere Commerce Version 7 Feature Pack 1
(2) Introduced in WebSphere Commerce Version 7 Feature Pack 2
(3) Introduced in WebSphere Commerce Version 7 Feature Pack 3
(5) Introduced in WebSphere Commerce Version 7 Feature Pack 5