Create bonus promotion

Bonus promotions are a marketing tool that helps increase sales by offering users bonus items when they purchase an item. A purchase can include multiple bonus items, and a single item can be included in multiple bonus promotions.

Create bonus promotion

To create a bonus promotion:

2. Start creating a promotion in one of the following ways:
   • Option 1:

1. 1. 1. In the toolbar, click the  icon.
      2. In the promotion list area, click the + icon.

1. 1. 3. Select Bonus and click Create.

1. • Option 2: In the toolbar, click the + icon and select Bonus.

1. • Option 3: Open the context menu anywhere on the canvas and select Bonus.

3. Specify the promotion name.
4. Select the promotional items:
   1. In the Promotional items field, click Select items.
   2. In the window that opens, check the boxes next to the required items.
   3. Click Add items.

5. Select the items to be provided as a bonus when purchasing a promotional item:
   1. In the Bonus items field, click Select items.
   2. In the window that opens, check the boxes next to the required items and specify their quantity.
   3. Click Add items.

6. Click Next.
7. Add conditions and limitations (optional):
   • To give users a bonus for their first purchase, set the First-time buyer bonuses toggle to active.
   • To set a limit on the number of times a user can redeem the promotion, set the Bonus limits toggle to active and enter the required number.
   • To create a personalized promotion (for example, available only to users above a certain in-game level), set the Custom user bonuses toggle to active and specify the necessary conditions.

8. Click Next.
9. Specify the promotion period.
10. Click Next.
11. Review the promotion settings.
12. To activate the promotion immediately (optional), set the Create in Active status toggle to active.
13. Click Create.

14. To add the created bonus promotion to the site (optional):
    1. Open the site in the builder by clicking Open or Open in Site Builder on the banner in the editing form.
    2. Follow the instructions from the Display bonus items in store section.

On the canvas, a visual link is shown between the promotion card and the promotional item.

To manage its display, click the → or ← icon to the right of the item card, next to the  icon. If an item is included in multiple promotions, you can display the link for only one promotion at a time.

Display bonus items in store

If you sell items through your own interface, you can retrieve item information by calling client API methods to get an item catalog (calls from the Common > Catalog, Virtual Items and Currency > Catalog, and Bundles > Catalog subsections).

If your site is created using Xsolla site builder, a timer appears on an item’s card 30 days before the end of the promotion to show the remaining time:

• If the end of the promotion is in more than a week, the timer shows days and hours.
• If the end of the promotion is in more than one day, the timer shows hours and minutes.
• If the end of the promotion is in less than a day, the timer shows minutes and seconds.

To change the color of the timer and Bonus label:

3. In the side menu, go to the Theme section.
4. Select a new color in the Secondary field.

5. To apply changes, publish the website:

1. In the upper-right corner of the site builder, click Publish.
2. Check the boxes next to the pages you want to publish.
3. Click Publish.