Coupons
Configure store-wide blogger coupon settings, manage individual coupons, and see what bloggers see when they generate their own codes.
The Coupons section of the Blog Dashboard handles two related things: store-wide settings that bloggers can use to generate their own coupon codes, and a list of individual coupons you can add and edit yourself. Bloggers see and manage their own coupon code on the blogger-facing site.
Configuring store-wide blogger coupons
In the Blog Dashboard, click the Coupons tile to open the Coupons Management page at stores.allomancy.com/blog/coupons. Switch to the Blogger Coupon Settings tab to configure the store-wide settings.
The tab has these controls:
- Enable coupon creation for all bloggers: a toggle that controls whether bloggers can create their own coupon codes. The change takes effect right away.
- Blogger commission: the percentage paid to the blogger for each sale that uses their coupon.
- Customer discount: the percentage discount the customer receives when using the coupon.
These settings shape how blogger coupons work: bloggers can generate their own codes that use the commission and discount you set above. When a customer uses a blogger's coupon, the blogger receives the commission as L$, and the customer's discount is applied as store credit.
Use Save to save changes to Blogger commission and Customer discount.
When a customer uses a blogger coupon, Allomancy sends the blogger's commission L$ at the moment of sale. The commission appears on your Sent Payments tab with the Source label Coupon and a Message in the form Coupon commission 'COUPON_CODE'.
The customer's coupon-discount portion is added to the customer's store credit balance. For how that store credit interacts with the customer's other discounts at purchase time, see the Loyalty discounts section on the Customers page.
How a blogger uses their coupon
A blogger opens Coupons for a store on bloggers.allomancy.com. Customers redeem the coupon by clicking the discount button on a vendor and entering the code, and the blogger receives their L$ commission for each sale that uses it.
What the blogger sees next depends on the store-wide settings:
- If you have not enabled blogger coupons for this store, the page shows that coupon creation is disabled.
- If blogger coupons are enabled but the blogger has not created a code yet, the page shows a Generate button.
- If a code already exists, the page shows the code with a copy-to-clipboard button, the blogger's profit percentage, and the customer discount percentage.
The dialog asks the blogger to enter a coupon code and save it.
Reviewing your coupons
Switch to the Coupons Table tab on Coupons Management to see individual coupons for your store. Add Coupon at the top opens the add dialog described below.
The table has these columns:
- Coupon Owner: the username associated with the coupon.
- Coupon Code: the code, in monospace.
- Discount: the customer discount.
- Profit: the owner profit.
- Created: the timestamp the coupon was created.
- Blogger Sync: a group icon. The icon appears in blue when the coupon is synced with the store-wide blogger coupon settings, and in a muted color otherwise.
- Status: a colored text badge, either Active (green) or Inactive (muted).
- Actions: edits the coupon, and deletes it.
Adding or editing a coupon
Click Add Coupon at the top of the Coupons Table tab, or next to a row, to open the coupon dialog.
Set the owner
Enter Owner Username. You cannot change it after the coupon is created.
Set the code
Enter Code.
Choose how the coupon's percentages are set
Use the Bloggers Sync checkbox to choose between the two modes.
When Bloggers Sync is on, Active, Discount, and Owner Profit are hidden, and the coupon uses the store-wide blogger coupon settings shown on the settings tab. When it is off, those fields appear on the coupon dialog.
Set custom values, if Bloggers Sync is off
When Bloggers Sync is off:
- Active checkbox marks the coupon as active or inactive. New coupons default to active.
- Discount is a percentage; new coupons default to 10.
- Owner Profit is a percentage; new coupons default to 0.
Save
Click Add Coupon when adding a new coupon, or Save Changes when editing.
Deleting a coupon
To delete a coupon, click on its row.
Permissions
The Coupons page lives under the Blog Dashboard, which is gated by the Manage Bloggers permission. To grant or restrict that permission, see Store Managers. For the broader blogger program context, see Blogger Management.