I am trying to add new User Groups to my store, so that I can set up special discounts for customers that we approve.
For instance - I want to add a “Veteran's Discount” to our store that is attached to a back-end promotion. Customers would first need to provide proof that they are a Veteran, but once they have done so and everything has been verified we would add them to a “Veteran” User Group, so that at any point in the future they would be able to utilize that discount without having to contact us or enter a promotional code - it would be an automatic promotion that is applied when the user logs in. Make sense?
It seems like a fairly simple procedure, however, my problem is that when I create a new User Group, I have to choose whether it falls under Administrator or Customer. I choose Customer, but it then automatically applies this User Group to EVERY customer in my database - which is thousands of people.
How do I create a User Group that I can apply to customers individually, rather than it being applied to all customers?
Create the usergroup Veterans, people apply to be part of this user group and you activate them. The you can create a promo thta is only applied to that user group under promotions.
add cart promo, condition where user group = “veterans”, bonus = whatever you want
John
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Create the usergroup Veterans, people apply to be part of this user group and you activate them. The you can create a promo thta is only applied to that user group under promotions.
add cart promo, condition where user group = “veterans”, bonus = whatever you want
John
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When I create the User Group “Veterans”, it automatically applies that Group (with an “Active” status) to everyone in my customer database. Is there a way to create the group so that it doesn't automatically apply it to everyone - I would like to be able to activate them on my own, but can't figure out how to do that.
If you are on V4, then you've found a bug and should report it via the bugtracker. The normal add of a user group does not apply it to anyone in previous versions.