Just sold my first GC through Spa-Booker Lite

[boo you whore =D]

Not thru their web site stuff-- we're not signed up for that. In-house. It was a bit harrowing getting to this point, let me tell you! But now it looks like this is going to work very well for us.

First of all, I *must* include our establishment license number on all printed material that markets our office. I could NOT figure out how to add a plan extra text line in the gift certificate template. I contacted them through their "live chat", and the guy ended up calling me after a few minutes of both of us getting very confused-- not the best thing for me right now, since I had a tooth extracted on Monday and talking is still a "sore spot" for me! While he was suggesting that I make an "image" of the information that I needed to include and get it in that way (apparently you can add as many images as you want!), I realized that if I moved our street address from "address line 1" to "address line 2" in our System Settings--> location information, I could put the est ablishment license number in "address line 1" and it doesn't look *too* bad. It now goes like this:






At least it's on there now!

I have also been wrestling with creating my own templates. I got some made up, but for some reason I get an error message when I try to USE one of them. So I'll need to contact them on Monday to find out why that is.

A third issue was expiration dates. Due to TX escheat laws, I just don't want to put an expiry on the GC's we sell at all. The program demanded that I put one in. To top that off, it limited me to WHEN they could expire. I had to "chat again" with someone there (got a lady this time, one I've worked with before), and she fixed it to where I can enter an expiry date or not, as I choose. I do want to be able to put one in when we donate GC's for charitable events, just not when we sell them. So, that got fixed too!

Then, I went and made like I was selling a GC, and entered "SAMPLE" for each of the TO and FROM lines. I printed off the "preview" for each design I have available, wrote the template names on them, and put them in page protectors in a binder. So now clients can browse through the notebook and select the one they want to purchase.

We're not going to sell them online. At all. But now I have what I want (almost): customizable gift certificates, the client can choose what they want, and I can print them off. This means I don't have to spend money on different packs of gift certificates *hoping* that people will like what I've picked out. The only part that makes this an "almost" is the fact that I can't yet get my customized templates to work. I'll get it fixed. I just have to wait till Monday![/quote]



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Thanks! I actually did finally realize that I could just save it to my hard drive, email it, and then delete it when done. I'm still working on playing with designing my own templates. You guys will probably be hearing from me about that soon!

Thanks! I actually did finally realize that I could just save it to my hard drive, email it, and then delete it when done. I'm still working on playing with designing my own templates. You guys will probably be hearing from me about that soon! :)











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Good Morning,If you would like to email a PDF I would suggest you selling the Gift Certificate and then select Print next to the Gift Certificate within the order to view it and instead of printing it save it as a PDF. From then you will be able to attach it to an email and send it to whomever you would like.Here is a link to the Help & Support that speaks to designing your own email templates http://support.gramercyone.com/user-man ... templates/If you have any further questions please feel free to contact SpaBooker Support via email at [email protected] or Live Chat with us. You can also call us at 866-966-9885Have a great day!Best,Gramercyone Support

Good Morning,If you would like to email a PDF I would suggest you selling the Gift Certificate and then select Print next to the Gift Certificate within the order to view it and instead of printing it save it as a PDF. From then you will be able to attach it to an email and send it to whomever you would like.Here is a link to the Help & Support that speaks to designing your own email templates http://support.gramercyone.com/user-manual/marketing/gift-certificate-templates/If you have any further questions please feel free to contact SpaBooker Support via email at [email protected] or Live Chat with us. You can also call us at 866-966-9885Have a great day!Best,Gramercyone Support











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Ding wrote:Sounds great! Does that mean you have the option of printing it as a .PDF file* so that it can also be emailed? I know you don't want to do them online, but there may be times where someone from out of the area might want to buy a gc for someone they know IN the area, and would be nice if you could email it to them, so they could email it to the person or print it and mail it with their own card, etc. ___________*note that the 'print to pdf' wouldn't be a function within spa-booker lite, but rather an option that when you're printing (anything) that you can print it as a pdf file. There is free software you can download to be able to do that.Just wondering/brainstorming.... Ding, yes, it actually creates a PDF file from which I print the certificate. I need to remember HOW to actually email such a thing, but yes, I could email it. Oh-- you just said there's a free software to do that. I'll go search for that now! Thanks!

[quote="Ding"]Sounds great! Does that mean you have the option of printing it as a .PDF file* so that it can also be emailed? I know you don't want to do them online, but there may be times where someone from out of the area might want to buy a gc for someone they know IN the area, and would be nice if you could email it to them, so they could email it to the person or print it and mail it with their own card, etc. ___________*note that the 'print to pdf' wouldn't be a function [i]within[/i] spa-booker lite, but rather an option that when you're printing (anything) that you can print it as a pdf file. There is free software you can download to be able to do that.Just wondering/brainstorming.... :grin:Ding, yes, it actually creates a PDF file from which I print the certificate. I need to remember HOW to actually email such a thing, but yes, I could email it. Oh-- you just said there's a free software to do that. I'll go search for that now! Thanks!











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Sounds great! Does that mean you have the option of printing it as a .PDF file* so that it can also be emailed? I know you don't want to do them online, but there may be times where someone from out of the area might want to buy a gc for someone they know IN the area, and would be nice if you could email it to them, so they could email it to the person or print it and mail it with their own card, etc. ___________*note that the 'print to pdf' wouldn't be a function within spa-booker lite, but rather an option that when you're printing (anything) that you can print it as a pdf file. There is free software you can download to be able to do that.Just wondering/brainstorming....

Sounds great! Does that mean you have the option of printing it as a .PDF file* so that it can also be emailed? I know you don't want to do them online, but there may be times where someone from out of the area might want to buy a gc for someone they know IN the area, and would be nice if you could email it to them, so they could email it to the person or print it and mail it with their own card, etc. ___________*note that the 'print to pdf' wouldn't be a function [i]within[/i] spa-booker lite, but rather an option that when you're printing (anything) that you can print it as a pdf file. There is free software you can download to be able to do that.Just wondering/brainstorming.... :grin:











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Not thru their web site stuff-- we're not signed up for that. In-house. It was a bit harrowing getting to this point, let me tell you! But now it looks like this is going to work very well for us.First of all, I *must* include our establishment license number on all printed material that markets our office. I could NOT figure out how to add a plan extra text line in the gift certificate template. I contacted them through their "live chat", and the guy ended up calling me after a few minutes of both of us getting very confused-- not the best thing for me right now, since I had a tooth extracted on Monday and talking is still a "sore spot" for me! While he was suggesting that I make an "image" of the information that I needed to include and get it in that way (apparently you can add as many images as you want!), I realized that if I moved our street address from "address line 1" to "address line 2" in our System Settings--> location information, I could put the est ablishment license number in "address line 1" and it doesn't look *too* bad. It now goes like this:At least it's on there now!I have also been wrestling with creating my own templates. I got some made up, but for some reason I get an error message when I try to USE one of them. So I'll need to contact them on Monday to find out why that is.A third issue was expiration dates. Due to TX escheat laws, I just don't want to put an expiry on the GC's we sell at all. The program demanded that I put one in. To top that off, it limited me to WHEN they could expire. I had to "chat again" with someone there (got a lady this time, one I've worked with before), and she fixed it to where I can enter an expiry date or not, as I choose. I do want to be able to put one in when we donate GC's for charitable events, just not when we sell them. So, that got fixed too!Then, I went and made like I was selling a GC, and entered "SAMPLE" for each of the TO and FROM lines. I printed off the "preview" for each design I have available, wrote the template names on them, and put them in page protectors in a binder. So now clients can browse through the notebook and select the one they want to purchase.We're not going to sell them online. At all. But now I have what I want (almost): customizable gift certificates, the client can choose what they want, and I can print them off. This means I don't have to spend money on different packs of gift certificates *hoping* that people will like what I've picked out. The only part that makes this an "almost" is the fact that I can't yet get my customized templates to work. I'll get it fixed. I just have to wait till Monday!

Not thru their web site stuff-- we're not signed up for that. In-house. It was a bit harrowing getting to this point, let me tell you! But now it looks like this is going to work very well for us.First of all, I *must* include our establishment license number on all printed material that markets our office. I could NOT figure out how to add a plan extra text line in the gift certificate template. I contacted them through their "live chat", and the guy ended up calling me after a few minutes of both of us getting very confused-- not the best thing for me right now, since I had a tooth extracted on Monday and talking is still a "sore spot" for me! While he was suggesting that I make an "image" of the information that I needed to include and get it in that way (apparently you can add as many images as you want!), I realized that if I moved our street address from "address line 1" to "address line 2" in our System Settings--> location information, I could put the est ablishment license number in "address line 1" and it doesn't look *too* bad. It now goes like this:At least it's on there now!I have also been wrestling with creating my own templates. I got some made up, but for some reason I get an error message when I try to USE one of them. So I'll need to contact them on Monday to find out why that is.A third issue was expiration dates. Due to TX escheat laws, I just don't want to put an expiry on the GC's we sell at all. The program demanded that I put one in. To top that off, it limited me to WHEN they could expire. I had to "chat again" with someone there (got a lady this time, one I've worked with before), and she fixed it to where I can enter an expiry date or not, as I choose. I do want to be able to put one in when we donate GC's for charitable events, just not when we sell them. So, that got fixed too!Then, I went and made like I was selling a GC, and entered "SAMPLE" for each of the TO and FROM lines. I printed off the "preview" for each design I have available, wrote the template names on them, and put them in page protectors in a binder. So now clients can browse through the notebook and select the one they want to purchase.We're not going to sell them online. At all. But now I have what I want (almost): customizable gift certificates, the client can choose what they want, and I can print them off. This means I don't have to spend money on different packs of gift certificates *hoping* that people will like what I've picked out. The only part that makes this an "almost" is the fact that I can't yet get my customized templates to work. I'll get it fixed. I just have to wait till Monday!











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[Twilight Fan]

Just sold my first GC through Spa-Booker Lite

Sounds great! Does that mean you have the option of printing it as a .PDF file* so that it can also be emailed? I know you don't want to do them online, but there may be times where someone from out of the area might want to buy a gc for someone they know IN the area, and would be nice if you could email it to them, so they could email it to the person or print it and mail it with their own card, etc.
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*note that the 'print to pdf' wouldn't be a function within spa-booker lite, but rather an option that when you're printing (anything) that you can print it as a pdf file. There is free software you can download to be able to do that.

Just wondering/brainstorming.... :grin:

 

[peter 1]

Just sold my first GC through Spa-Booker Lite

Sounds great! Does that mean you have the option of printing it as a .PDF file* so that it can also be emailed? I know you don't want to do them online, but there may be times where someone from out of the area might want to buy a gc for someone they know IN the area, and would be nice if you could email it to them, so they could email it to the person or print it and mail it with their own card, etc.
___________
*note that the 'print to pdf' wouldn't be a function within spa-booker lite, but rather an option that when you're printing (anything) that you can print it as a pdf file. There is free software you can download to be able to do that.

Just wondering/brainstorming.... :grin:

Ding, yes, it actually creates a PDF file from which I print the certificate. I need to remember HOW to actually email such a thing, but yes, I could email it. Oh-- you just said there's a free software to do that. I'll go search for that now! Thanks!

 

[tatooedpriestess]

Just sold my first GC through Spa-Booker Lite

Good Morning,

If you would like to email a PDF I would suggest you selling the Gift Certificate and then select Print next to the Gift Certificate within the order to view it and instead of printing it save it as a PDF. From then you will be able to attach it to an email and send it to whomever you would like.

Here is a link to the Help & Support that speaks to designing your own email templates http://support.gramercyone.com/user-manual/marketing/gift-certificate-templates/

If you have any further questions please feel free to contact SpaBooker Support via email at [email protected] or Live Chat with us. You can also call us at 866-966-9885

Have a great day!

Best,

Gramercyone Support

 

[dickatool]

Just sold my first GC through Spa-Booker Lite

Thanks! I actually did finally realize that I could just save it to my hard drive, email it, and then delete it when done.

I'm still working on playing with designing my own templates. You guys will probably be hearing from me about that soon!