Squidix Web Hosting Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Self explanatory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 Why? How does Blesta know when the coupon stops working? It sounds silly in my opinion, a Unlimited feature instead of the Max usage was talked about before and that sounds good but why not the start date and finish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activa Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 +1 .. very usefull in a compagne promotion . the only probleme i see here is the max uses , how it should be defined , for activer orders or for the pendind orders ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squidix Web Hosting Posted July 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 Why? How does Blesta know when the coupon stops working? It sounds silly in my opinion, a Unlimited feature instead of the Max usage was talked about before and that sounds good but why not the start date and finish? Who says a coupon has to stop working? 75% of ours are indefinite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 Who says a coupon has to stop working? 75% of ours are indefinite. So you never stop coupons? never heard of that.. most companies I know of in the world only do deals for certain time periods from Sony Playstation offers, Adobe offers, Sky TV (Satellite) offers, FreshRoastedHosting offers, Hostgator offers, they all end some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squidix Web Hosting Posted July 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 So you never stop coupons? never heard of that.. most companies I know of in the world only do deals for certain time periods from Sony Playstation offers, Adobe offers, Sky TV (Satellite) offers, FreshRoastedHosting offers, Hostgator offers, they all end some time. We have numerous indefinite coupons. 1. They might not have a time period 2. We might want to manually control the time period, since we don't know when they'll end. WHMCS and ClientExec both have this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 We have numerous indefinite coupons. 1. They might not have a time period 2. We might want to manually control the time period, since we don't know when they'll end. WHMCS and ClientExec both have this. See what others say on it, I think the finish date / start date not being needed is stupid, everything has an expiry date, even food, even my life, even competitors. Everything has an expiry when is another question. Infinity usage yeah that's a good option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squidix Web Hosting Posted July 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 See what others say on it, I think the finish date / start date not being needed is stupid, everything has an expiry date, even food, even my life, even competitors. Everything has an expiry when is another question. Infinity usage yeah that's a good option. That's for your uses - we're not talking about food here. As indicated by the fact that Blesta's largest competitors all have this, people do need and use it. What about source specific coupons that should continue indefinitely? What about the future potential for coupon based affiliate tracking? What about permanent promotions simply used for technical reasons, such as discounting the 1st billing cycle? These are not quirky edge cases. There are many uses for indefinite coupons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activa Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 just put the end date in 12-12-5000 you are done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 just put the end date in 12-12-5000 you are done You do what I do then for our resellers we put 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 That's for your uses - we're not talking about food here. As indicated by the fact that Blesta's largest competitors all have this, people do need and use it. What about source specific coupons that should continue indefinitely? What about the future potential for coupon based affiliate tracking? What about permanent promotions simply used for technical reasons, such as discounting the 1st billing cycle? These are not quirky edge cases. There are many uses for indefinite coupons. My uses? I'm talking about every company I know. Not me. The whole world I showed you two companies offering services, they aren't hosting no but I can pull on WHT and show you pages and pages of companies using "Limited time" coupons. No-one with brains offers infinity coupons for hosting / or any services without a valid reason and then they are limited to a certain year again. Mate look at the big picture and common sense here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squidix Web Hosting Posted July 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 My uses? I'm talking about every company I know. Not me. The whole world I showed you two companies offering services, they aren't hosting no but I can pull on WHT and show you pages and pages of companies using "Limited time" coupons. No-one with brains offers infinity coupons for hosting / or any services without a valid reason and then they are limited to a certain year again. Mate look at the big picture and common sense here. I just gave you 3 valid reasons. I can assure you I have a brain, have been doing this for a few years and have thousands of customers, so I know as well as anyone what a hosting company might need to do. My WHT coupons are mostly indefinite, because not every promotion is set to end at a specific time (one that will be known upon creation). I'm not the only one, either. Not quite understanding your objection here. It's not like you'd have to use it. It adds more flexibility to the system, with no downsides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 I just gave you 3 valid reasons. I can assure you I have a brain, have been doing this for a few years and have thousands of customers, so I know as well as anyone what a hosting company might need to do. My WHT coupons are indefinite, because not every promotion is set to end at a specific time. I'm not the only one, either. Not quite understanding your objection here. It's not like you'd have to use it. 3 Valid reasons… haha I'm not going to waste my breath with you any more today. Maybe we can get mobile credit and vps hosting for a great discount for life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantasma Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 I don't see how a check box for "Unlimited Uses" and one for "Indefinite Validity" would be hard to implement or a problem for anyone/anything. A couple can be used for certain promotions that are "set it and forget it" - you dont care and/or want to not have to worry about it running out and then THAT causing a problem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyson Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 There would likely be a feature to limit (or not) coupons however you please (e.g. by date/uses), as the OP suggests, once we have refactored the coupon system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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