Learn how to install a free add-on called Random Generator to generate random vouchers within Google Sheets.
New to discount and voucher codes? Read the first article in this series for an introduction to discounts.
✓ Soho | ✓ Pro | ✓ Plus | ✓ Enterprise | ✓ Flex |
Inventory > Discounts
What prerequisites are there?
- Admin permissions or restricted permissions to Manage discounts.
Which Checkfront version supports this feature - classic, new, or both?
- Discount and voucher codes are available to both those using items (Inventory > Items), a key feature of our classic version of Checkfront, and those using products (Inventory > Products), a key feature of our newest version of Checkfront. NOTE: Some features are not yet available with products including the Active Discounts report, discount rules, open discounts, edit columns, and the option to export your list of discounts.
New to Checkfront - Products ✨ Products (Inventory > Products) is the successor feature to (Inventory > Items) and is available in our newest version of Checkfront. Not yet on our newest version and interested in upgrading? Please contact our Technical Support team for more information. Discover more product-related help articles here: Products (New). |
Installing Random Generator
Back to topIf you're familiar with Google Sheets, then you can use a free add-on called Random Generator to create a list of random voucher codes for use with Checkfront.
Create a new sheet and click on the Extensions menu at the top. Select Add-ons and then choose Get add-ons.
Use the search box to find the Random Generator app and install it.
Returning to the Extensions menu, you are now able to launch the Random Generator app.
Using Random Generator
Back to topAfter launching, select the required number of cells in column A (1). Each cell represents one random voucher code.
From the Random Generator menu, select Strings (2) and check the capital letters and number strings, as well as setting a string length of 8.
When ready, click the blue Generate button at the bottom. You now see your voucher codes on the sheet.
From there, all you need to do is download the sheet from the File menu and upload it to Checkfront.
< Uploading voucher codes for use within Checkfront | Using Groupon vouchers with Checkfront >