To set up promo codes in Papalocal, open your Rentals page and tap Promo codes. Tick Let customers enter a promo code, and add codes with Make or change codes. The weekly last-minute coupon makes a new code every Monday, for a party a few days away. Customers type a code under the price, and it drops before they pay.
0:00Open Promo codes. On your Rentals page, tap Promo codes.
0:07Let customers use codes. Tick Let customers enter a promo code when they book online. Every code they can use shows under Codes customers can use now. Add one with Make or change codes.
0:16Set the weekly coupon. Under Weekly last-minute coupon, tick Make a new last-minute code every Monday. Choose the percent off and how many days away the party is. The video uses 15% off, 2 to 7 days away.
0:26See this week's code. It shows on this card. On a Papalocal website whose design has a coupon card at the top, like the video's, it shows there too.
0:32Follow a customer. In your website's booking box, a customer puts in their ZIP and adds what they want. They pick a party a few days away.
0:40Check the date. They put in the party's ZIP and tap Check my date. The whole price shows.
0:45Apply the code. Under the price, they tap Have a promo code?, type this week's code and tap Apply. The price drops before they pay.
Good to know
It comes off the items, not delivery. In the video, 15% off a $175 bounce house is $26.25 off. The $25 delivery stays as it was.
Counted when the booking is confirmed. The screen says a code is counted once the booking is confirmed, and a cancelled booking gives it back.
One week at a time. Each Monday's code starts by itself, and last week's stops Sunday night. Each one shows in your coupons list too.
Only for parties a few days away. The weekly code works only for a party inside the days you set. For any other date, the customer is told which days it's for.
Tick the first box first. Until Let customers enter a promo code is on, customers can't type any code online, this week's one included.
Pinewood Party Rentals, its codes, its prices and its phone number are made up.
Written with AI from this video's script and screens.
Promo codes are one part of running your rental company on Papalocal.
The everything app. As simple as you want it, or as complete as you allow it to be.
Looking for party rental software that takes promo codes online? The code goes in the same booking box that shows the date and the price.
The plan holds, in one place:
Your customer list: each lead and customer, with their quotes and jobs on one page
Quotes, jobs and schedule
Invoices and pay links
Your website, on a domain you own
Google Business Profile sync, for your first location
Reviews: links, QR codes and an embed
Time clock, team chat and training
The same account holds your own side too: music, books, messages, your money and your people. Some of it has paid upgrades.
Free to sign up, no card. Your account and your business page have no monthly charge. One thing is on from the start: AI replies to your reviews, $0.15 each plus AI usage. You can pause them.
Once you turn the plan on: $30 a month (one person; each added employee is $10 a month), plus 1.25% of payments your customers make through Papalocal, plus Stripe's processing fee. It's billed daily from a prepaid balance. Once your card is saved, it's charged a top-up within the hour, and again each time the balance falls under a month's charges plus 15%. You choose the top-up amount ($25 or more; $100 until you change it). You can cancel the plan online after its first 30 days; cancel any add-ons on it first.
Papalocal's founder, Garret Merkley, has started 7 local service businesses in 16 years. He bought one, sold one and closed some.
On your Rentals page, tap Promo codes. Add or change a code with Make or change codes.
Can customers use a promo code when they book online?
Yes, once Let customers enter a promo code when they book online is ticked. They tap Have a promo code? under the price, type the code and tap Apply.
How does the weekly last-minute coupon work?
Tick Make a new last-minute code every Monday. Choose the percent off and how many days away the party is. A new code starts each Monday, and last week's stops Sunday night.
Does the code take money off delivery?
No. It comes off the items. In the video, the delivery charge stays the same after the code.
Where do customers see this week's code?
On a Papalocal website whose design has a coupon card at the top, like the video's, with a Copy button. It also shows on your Promo codes card.
What does it cost?
It's free to sign up, with no card. Your account and your business page have no monthly charge. One thing is on from the start: AI replies to your reviews, $0.15 each plus AI usage. You can pause them. The plan starts only when you turn it on: $30 a month (one person; each added employee is $10 a month), plus 1.25% of payments your customers make through Papalocal, plus Stripe's processing fee.
How is it billed, and can I cancel?
It's billed daily from a prepaid balance. Once your card is saved, it's charged a top-up within the hour, and again each time the balance falls under a month's charges plus 15%. You choose the top-up amount ($25 or more; $100 until you change it). You can cancel the plan online after its first 30 days; cancel any add-ons on it first.
Will Papalocal find me customers?
No. Papalocal gives you the tools. Finding customers is your work.
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