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description: You can create loyalty promotions and use reward vouchers and loyalty points to acquire new customers or engage existing customers. You can define the type of the promotion, the loyalty program associated with the promotion, whether enrollment is required for the promotion, and the promotion’s start and end dates. You can also define how to reward the members upon fulfilling the requirement of promotion by vouchers or credit points, and the status of the promotion.
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# Create a Promotion

You can create loyalty promotions and use reward vouchers and loyalty points to acquire new customers or engage existing customers. You can define the type of the promotion, the loyalty program associated with the promotion, whether enrollment is required for the promotion, and the promotion’s start and end dates. You can also define how to reward the members upon fulfilling the requirement of promotion by vouchers or credit points, and the status of the promotion.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Lightning Experience in&nbsp;<strong>Enterprise</strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>Developer</strong>&nbsp;Editions</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Orgs that have the B2C - Loyalty, B2C - Loyalty Plus, B2B - Loyalty, Loyalty Management - Growth, or Loyalty Management - Advanced license enabled</td></tr></tbody></table>

1. In the Loyalty Programs tab, select your loyalty program.
2. On the Loyalty Experiences tab, click **Promotions**.
3. In the Promotions, click **New**.
4. Provide these details, and then save the changes:
    
    <table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small ">
            <colgroup>
              <col style="width:50%">
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            </colgroup>
            <thead class="slds-text-title_caps ">
              <tr class="">
                <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d37916e106">Field</th>
                <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d37916e109">Description</th>
              </tr>
            </thead>
            <tbody>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e106 ">Name</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e109 ">Enter the name of the promotion.</td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e106 ">Description</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e109 ">Enter the description for the promotion.</td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e106 ">Objective</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e109 ">Enter the business objective of the promotion.</td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e106 ">Loyalty Program</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e109 ">Select the loyalty program associated with the promotion.</td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e106 ">Fulfillment Action</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e109 ">
                  <p>Decide how members are rewarded for fulfilling promotion requirements:</p>
                  <ul>
                    <li>Credit Points: Rewards the member with points.</li>
                    <li>Issue Voucher: Rewards the member with vouchers.</li>
                  </ul>
                </td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e106 ">Loyalty Promotion Type</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e109 ">
                  <p>Select a promotion type:</p>
                  <ul>
                    <li>Standard: Provides immediate benefits to loyalty program members.</li>
                    <li>Cumulative: Rewards program members based on their participation frequency
                      or spending.</li>
                    <li>Joint: Jointly promotes partners’ products and services and engages
                      members.<p>Joint promotion is available only for Expanded Partner
                        Management.</p>
                    </li>
                  </ul>
                </td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e106 ">Active</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e109 ">
                  <p>To activate the promotion, select <strong class="uicontrol">Active</strong>. If you're
                    creating a joint promotion, you can activate the promotion only when the
                    contributing percentage of all partners reaches 100%.</p>
                  <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Joint promotion is
                    available only for Expanded Partner Management.</p>
                </td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e106 ">Transaction Journal Type</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e109 ">
                  <p>Select the type of member activity for which the promotion is applicable:</p>
                  <ul>
                    <li>Accrual: Select if you want to apply the promotion when members are
                      credited points for an activity.</li>
                    <li>Redemption: Select if you want to apply the promotion when members redeem
                      points for an activity.</li>
                  </ul>
                </td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e106 ">Cumulative Usage Target</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e109 ">
                  <p>If the loyalty promotion type is Cumulative, enter the number of times a
                    member must participate or the amount of money that must be spent to qualify for
                    a reward.</p>
                  <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Use the Cumulative Usage Target field in the loyalty program process
                    rule or in a flow to decide when a member must be rewarded for a cumulative
                    promotion.</p>
                </td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e106 ">Campaign</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e109 ">Enter the campaign associated with the promotion. The campaign field is
                  optional for promotions whose target audience is selected using Data Cloud
                  segments.</td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e106 ">Image URL</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e109 ">Upload the promotion’s marketing image. To display the image on an external
                  website, enter an image URL. Ensure that the webpage that hosts the image is
                  publicly accessible. </td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e106 ">Points With Factor</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e109 ">If the fulfillment action is Credit Points and if you want to decide the
                  number of points to credit members based on a multiplier, select the
                  field.</td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e106 ">Reward Points</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e109 ">
                  <p>If the fulfillment action is Credit Points and if you want to credit
                    members with a fixed number of points, enter that number of points you want to
                    credit as promotion reward to eligible members.</p>
                  <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Use the Reward Points field in
                    the loyalty program process rule or in a flow to decide the number of points
                    to credit in the Credit Points action.</p>
                </td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e106 ">Current Point Count</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e109 ">
                  <p>Store the count of points credited as reward to eligible members as
                    promotion reward.</p>
                  <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Admins can create a custom process to update this value
                    whenever the members are credited points for the promotion.</p>
                </td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e106 ">Point Factor</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e109 ">
                  <p>If the fulfillment action is Credit Points and if you want to decide credit
                    members with a fixed number of points, enter the points multiplier. </p>
                  <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Use the
                    Point Factor field in combination with another value in the loyalty program
                    process rule or in a flow to calculate the number of points to credit in the
                    Credit Points action. For example, you can create a formula to multiple the
                    point factor with the transaction amount to calculate the number of points to
                    credit.</p>
                </td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e106 ">Default Voucher Definition</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e109 ">If the fulfillment action is Issue Voucher, select the voucher definition
                  that’s used to issue vouchers to eligible members. </td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e106 ">Maximum Voucher Count</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e109 ">
                  <p>If the fulfillment action is Issue Voucher, enter the maximum number of
                    vouchers that can be issued as reward by the promotion.</p>
                  <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Use the Maximum
                    Voucher Count field in a loyalty program process or in a flow to check whether
                    the promotion’s voucher limit has been met before issuing another
                    voucher.</p>
                </td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e106 ">Issued Voucher Count</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e109 ">
                  <p>Store the count of vouchers issued as a reward to eligible members as a
                    promotion reward.</p>
                  <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Admins can create a custom process to update this value
                    whenever the members are issued vouchers for the promotion.</p>
                </td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e106 ">Maximum Liability Count</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e109 ">Enter the maximum liability that the loyalty program can incur to reward
                  eligible members of the promotion.</td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e106 ">Current Liability Count</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e109 ">
                  <p>Store the loyalty program’s liability incurred until the current date for
                    providing eligible members with the promotion reward. </p>
                  <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Admins can create a
                    custom process to update this value whenever members are rewarded by the
                    promotion.</p>
                </td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e106 ">Start Date</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e109 ">Select the date from which the promotion can be applied for member
                  activities.</td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e106 ">End Date</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e109 ">Select the date until which the promotion can be applied for member
                  activities.</td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e106 ">Enrollment Required</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e109 ">
                  <p>Select if you want members to join the promotion before they’re eligible
                    for the promotion’s reward. </p>
                  <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Admins can configure a custom process to allow
                    members to join the promotion.</p>
                </td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e106 ">Enrollment Start Date</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37916e109 ">Select the date from which members can enroll for the promotion.</td>

              </tr>
            </tbody>
          </table>

#### See Also

- [_Salesforce Help_: Billing Type Options for Partners](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.billing_type_options_for_partners.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "While creating a Loyalty Program Partner record, you can specify the billing type—Prepaid or Postpaid—for your partner.")
- [_Salesforce Help_: Create Joint Promotion Partner Records](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.create_joint_promotion_partner_records.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "After creating a joint promotion for a loyalty program, add promotion partners from the same loyalty program.")