Retail supports three different methods of generating Frequent Shopper Points for customers.


    •  The first method uses the Points Ranges table.
    •  The second method will calculate frequent shopper points according to the Per Dollar Value setting.
    •  The third method uses a ros.ini setting of EnablePoints=1. This is used to calculate points for every product rung up, whether or not a customer card is used. This method is not actually used to give the customers points, but was created for fund raising purposes.


I. Frequent Shopper Point Ranges: Points assigned will be determined based on the amount a customer purchases.  When a customer is flagged in the Customer Maintenance task to receive Frequent Shopper Points, Retail will assign points according to the Point Ranges set up in this task.  For example: If the first range of points assigns 5 points for a purchase up to $5.00, when the customer purchases any amount up to $5.00 they will receive 5 points.

  1. To Create the Frequent Shopper Point Ranges:
  2. Select the Frequent Shopper Point Ranges task from the Customer menu then click OK.
  3. Enter the Purchase Amount,Purchase_Amount the total dollar amount the customer must purchase to receive points and assign the PointsPoints.
  4. Press the SaveSave_Frequent_Shopper_Points button.
  5. Continue with steps 1 through 3 for each Point Range you wish to set up. The Point Ranges should cover from the lowest end of possible sales to the top end of possible sales.
  6. To Delete a Point Range double click on the Point Range from the Point Range List Box Point_Range_List_Boxand press the DeleteDelete_Frequent_Shopper_Point_Range button.
  7. When you have finished setting up all Point Ranges press the Close button to return to the Main Menu.


II. Product Point Value:

  1. To use this method, flag the Per Dollar Value checkbox and enter the amount of points to be collected per dollar spent.
  2. If you would like to prohibit the customer receiving points until they spend a specified amount, enter the Minimum Purchase Amount required before the customer can collect points.
  3. With this method, the user can also prohibit any points from being accumulated for specific products by flagging the Not Accumulate field in Product Maintenance.


III. EnablePoints= 1:

  1. This method is used to calculated points for every product purchased. It does not depend on a customer card being used. In the ros.ini, set EnablePoints=1. In POS Information, set the Product Point $ Value to the amount of points per dollar you want to award.