Using the marketing code feature, you can provide custom URLs to attendees which allows a discount to be applied automatically. We recommend reading the article on Using Marketing Codes to understand the suggested use of this feature.
Note: Marketing codes are not compatible with personal links
Creating the marketing code prompt
The marketing code can be used to apply discounts to attendees. These codes will be part of the URL and are applied automatically to the registration. The first step is creating the “Marketing Code” registration prompt.
Go to Website > Content > Registration pages
Click to "Edit" the registration page that should contain the prompt
Hover over 'Add here' and select "Registration prompt"
Search for “Marketing code” and select the existing question
Select "Save"
Note: The "Marketing code" field can be made 'admin portal only' if you want to hide the question from attendees.
Creating the discount
The next step is to create a discount which applies when a certain marketing code is entered. There are various types of discounts that can be created, see Discount Types. Below shows how to create a 100% discount using a range of codes.
Go to Setup > Finance > Discounts
Select “Add” and create discount name
Choose what to apply the discount to (example: entire event price)
Select “Code sequence” as discount type
Enter the number of times each code can be used in the “Re-uses” field
Select “Marketing Code” from the Registration prompt dropdown
Enter discount amount & currency (ex: -100%)
Select “Save”
Click the “more” link to the right of "Re-uses" to add more codes to trigger the discount
Select “Save”
Once all codes have been created, you can use the code names to generate discount URLs. The URL is a combination of the Registration URL and “?mc=codename”.
Registration URL: https://www.eventsforce.net/training3/661/register
Marketing/discount code name: VIP
It is recommended to keep a list of all URLs in a spreadsheet for easier access.