Coupons is an application which allows to implement a full Internet coupon campaign. In this section the Tenant, or possibly the WiFi Area Owner, can create virtual tickets that end-users can get for free in order to take advantage of financial discounts or rebates for a product or a service.

An end-user who wants to take advantage of a campaign, has to:

1. sign in to the Splash Portal (unauthenticated end-users are not able to get a coupon)
2. access the Coupons application and obtain the code for the wished coupon
3. go physically to the WiFi Area Owner who will validate the coupon assignment and will give to the end-user all the necessary to really take advantage of the promotion

Control Panel management

By clicking the Manage button it is possible to configure coupon campaigns for end-users. It is possible to carry out a set of control and management actions, that are:

• Create new: it is possible to create a new coupon campaign.
• Check: it is possible to validate the coupon assignment to an end-user
• Manage: it is possible to perform some operations on an existing coupon campaign.

Creating a new coupon campaign

By clicking the Create new button it is possible to create a new coupon campaign. It is possible to specify the following information:

• Campaign name: the name of the campaign.
• Validity period: the range of dates where the campaign is valid.
• Number of coupons: the number of coupons that can be instantiated. Can be limited or unlimited.
• Product name: the name of the product or the service that we are going to promote.
• Product description: a short description for the promotion.

Furthermore, it is possible to associate one picture to a coupon campaign. Any uploaded picture will be resized to 140x140 pixel.

Validating a coupon assignment

Then, the end-user can physically go to the WiFi Area Owner asking, for example, for the real "paper" coupon. The WiFi Area Owner just have to click the Check button and verify if the coupon code is valid or not. If valid, all the details for the coupon will be displayed, and the WiFi Area Owner can give, for example, the real "paper" coupon to the end-user.

By clicking the Manage button it is possible to view the list of coupon campaigns that are currently present in the system. Each coupon campaign listed comes with its status, that can be:

• Active: this indicates a coupon campaign that is currently active and valid. This means that the current date is within the Validity period specified.
• Not active: it indicates a coupon campaign currently inactive, which will be active in the future. This means that the current date is earlier than the Validity period specified.
• Expired: this indicates a coupon campaign currently inactive, which has been active in the past. This means that the current date is later than the Validity period specified.
• Coupons unavailable: this indicates a coupon campaign currently valid, where all the coupons have assigned to end-users. In this case it is possible to edit the coupon campaign and specify a greater Number of coupons, in order to reset the status to Active.

For every coupon campaign it is possible to perform the following actions:

• Edit: through this function it is possible to edit the following parameters for the selected coupon campaign:
• Campaign name
• Validity period
• Number of coupons
• Product name
• Product description
It is also possible to change the uploaded picture, or add it if it was not previously specified.

• Statistics: through this function it is possible to display all coupons associated to the selected campaign, along with the following details:
  
  • Coupon code: the unique code that characterizes each single coupon.
    
  • Checked: if the coupon has been assigned, it indicates whether the assignment has been validated or not by the Check feature previously described.
  • Assignment date: if the coupon has been assigned, it indicates the date when the coupon has been assigned.
  • User: if the coupon has been assigned, it indicates the username for the end-user to whom the coupon has been assigned.
  • Email: if the coupon has been assigned, it indicates the email address for the end-user to whom the coupon has been assigned.
  • Phone number if the coupon has been assigned, it indicates the mobile phone number for the end-user to whom the coupon has been assigned.
  It is also possible to export all statistics to a CSV file, by clicking the Export to CSV button in the page content of the Statistics page.

• Delete: through this function it is possible to delete an existing coupon campaign. Please note that deleting a coupon campaign, all the details regarding coupons and their assignment to end-users will be deleted too.

These actions can be performed by the Tenant and, if the Management is Differentiated and the Responsibility is assigned to the WiFi Area, also by the WiFi Area Owner.

Settings

The settings available for this application are:

• Management
• Responsibility

For further information about these settings, please see Marketplace.

End-user experience

By entering the application, through the App Bar, the end-user is able to see and possibly to get coupons that have been configured by end-users.