Is there a way to pass a coupon/discount code via the URL?

[Los]

If we do an email marketing campaign, instead of displaying the coupon code for people to retype, is there a way to place that coupon code as a string in the URL that AC7 can use?

Thanx,

Carlos

[nickc]

You'd have to code that, but it's easily do-able. Grab the value by assigning it to a session variable in Global.asax:

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    protected void Session_OnStart()
    {
        //SAVE THE REFERRER FOR USE BY THE ORDER MODULE
        if (Request.UrlReferrer != null) Session["SessionReferrerUrl"] = Request.UrlReferrer.ToString();

        // init any global behaviors found in the url or querystring
        Session["_GlobalAccess"] = (Request.QueryString["ga"] != null && Convert.ToInt32(Request.QueryString["ga"]) == 1) ? 1 : 0;
        Session["_ActiveVoucher"] = (Request.QueryString["v"] != null) ? Request.QueryString["v"] : "";
    }

We implement a generic persistable class that stores coupons and gift certificates passed in this way - if the user also signs in, the tokens are associated with their user id as well, with a nifty little control that lets them track basket balance and apply to a basket using a checkbox control:

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