Gift certificate on category

Hello,

I just started using your component and wanted to make a gift certificate for a category.
I wanted people to be able to buy a 100 euro gift certificate that lets them pick anything from a category or from my whole collection.

Right now it forces me to pick a product?

Thanks..

CommPro

Hello,

When creating the template for the gift certificate, you can select:
function type: gift certificate
asset type: category
then select your specific category(s)

You are not limited to just products with function type gift certificate.

Thanks for the fast answer,
Made a gift certificate.

But when I enter it into the coupon field in VM2 it gives an error that the coupon doesnt exist?

Hello,

go to awocoupon->configuration, error messages tab and change the error messages to something more identifiable to see why it is failing.

Thanks for your fast reply,
Its working now.

Can i see the current amount left on my gift certificate?
When I use the menu item for checking on coupons I can't see the certificates.

THANKS!

Hello,

The admin can see it in awocoupon->history of uses->gift certificates. Also can be pulled up in awocoupon->tools->reports.

Can I let it show to customers?

Also the customer who purchased the gift certificate can see the balance in their account in the front end. You can make a menu item for it, or go directly to the account page once logged in:
index.php?option=com_awocoupon

when I go to this URL I can only see the usage of the coupons, not the gift certificates..

Hello,

It only shows gift certificates purchased by that particular customer as well as normal coupon codes assigned to that customer. If there are gift certificates in the list, the "Balance" column is populated with the balance.

We use it like a credit system.
People get like 500 dollar from their boss to spend on clothes.
So they get a certificate and spend it on their uniform etc.

Then when they use it, they need to be able to look up their credits.
Can that be achieved?

Hello,

It cannot as gift certificates do not allow specifying a specific customer so no way to determine what to put on their list.

If this is a must, then there is another extension that allows the lookup of any coupon code with a secret key:
https://awodev.com/products/joomla/awotracker

Whit this you would give out the gift certificate and secret key, then the customer can go to the front end page and look up the balance. If interested, you can test it on the demo site:
http://demo.awocoupon.com/index.php/awotracker-coupon

Why do we need a secret key For this?
Without secret key It can be useful for us.

Hello,

It prevents very smart hackers from running a script on your site probing for coupon codes / gift certificates.

In any case, it can be commented out, a couple lines of codes.

can I somehow display the current amount on the coupon linked to the user when he is logged in?
As in link a coupon code to his user and display it in some way?

And is there an option to add money to an existing coupon/gift cert?

Thanks

Hello,

I dont understand the first part of your question, can you rephrase it?

For the second question, you cannot add money per say, but you can edit the coupon/gift cert in the admin section and alter the value.

The first question:
Can I link a gift certificate to a user?
If so Can i somehow show the certificate balance on my website to that user?

And thank you for the second, I havn't tested that out bit it seems that will work.
Thanks!

You are welcome. For the first question, no, you cannot link a gift certificate to a user. You cant link gift certificates or parent coupons. Everything else you can link.

and would It be possible to make a button + field in the site so they can put their gift cert number in it and check on the balance?

Hello,

There is already an extension built that tracks does that, AwoTracker. AwoCoupon does not have this functionality.

Will that show directly what the balance is on the site?
When i type in the code? :)

Yes, you can test it out on the demo site:
http://demo.awocoupon.com

I have checked it. But I also need to fill in the secret code. I don't want to fill in the secret code.

This is what we want:
fill in the coupon code and see what my what is left to spend on this coupon code. That's all.
Hope you can provide this...

Hello,

As stated earlier, it is easy to comment out the secret.

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