Overview - Managing Promotion and Deal Dates

You can change the dates on New and Activated promotions.  This includes both promotion dates and deal dates.  If the promotion has begun, any dates that have not passed can be adjusted forward or backward.

Promotion & Deal Date Rules

Manage Promotion / Deal Dates (steps)

Promotion Date Changes

Promotion dates can be changed as needed.  A common use for this is extending a successful promotion.  If a promotion has already begun (is in effect), only the End Date can be changed.  

Deal Date Changes

Deal dates can be changed as needed, as long as :

If a deal is in effect, only the End Date can be changed.  The deal will expire at the end of the day on that date.

How Promotion Date Changes affect Deal Date Changes

When you update a promotion's effective or end date, the promotion deal dates may need to be changed as well.  For example, if a promotion effective date is moved forward from July 17 to August 1, any deals that originally began on July 17 must be moved to August 1.  To save you time, a Preview Promotion Date Changes utility is provided to adjust the deal dates.  

After you click Preview Promotion Date Changes, certain deal dates are adjusted to match the promotion.  For example, if a deal was set to begin on the promotion effective date and the promotion is moved forward to a later date, the deal will begin on that new date.  In the same way, a deal ending on the promotion end date will move with a new end date.

A Status column appears to the left of the deal list.  This column shows which deal dates are set to be changed when Save is clicked.  Use this column as a guide to which deals were affected by the Preview Promotion Date Changes button.  

See Promotion & Deal Date Rules for details on how deal dates are previewed and adjusted..  

Note:  After the Preview button is clicked, you can always change the deal dates as needed.  Changes are not set until you click Validate and Save.

Canceling or Deleting Deals

You can also cancel or delete deals from this window.  This is the recommended method for removing a deal from a promotion.

Important Notes:  

 

Updated 6/29/2004