** Coupons/ DEALS - OScommerce multi-seller site needs Self Serve Admin and Affiliate Integration added to existing coupon functionalit**
**STATEMENT OF WORK:
create a self-serve admin and marketing output ability, integrated into the affiliate management area controls along side banners and product links -- so coupons can be distributed similarly and tracked by impressions, clicks and sales of linked product, the same what Product Links are handled.**
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## Deliverables
**Current State: Bizdrive**
**Highly modified OSCommerce single catalogue/multi-vendor cart, 40 contrib system integrated with 10 other major open source business modules, with unified registration and single sign-on, including the affiliate system**
* OSC Coupons
* OSC GV
* OSC Manufacturers
* OSC three tier affiliate contrib (use t1 and t2 )
**Current DEAL Process: Manual Assist, through admin, email contact from and to Seller for Instructions**
1. Through a help-ticket request - a seller requests a coupon set to a specific product or several or all of the products (manufacturerID, productID)
2. Through a help-ticket request - a seller issues a gift voucher
3. Through a store transaction - a customer BUYS a seller's gift voucher
4. Coupons and GV are accepted (counted/verified) before checkout and calculated and displayed in the shopping cart - and in the subsequent tax, seller transaction processing, payment modules and account history detail interfaces.
5. Sellers are notified when the coupon is issued and when it expires
6. Reports are available through admin
7. Information about the process for sellers is available through the helpdesk and mybizcenter link
8. Sellers are issued coupon codes and email links to distribute to customers via email or print
**Next Enhancement Details:**
**Self-serve seller management of coupon/gv system through form and list interface + and banner and html template page output**
*Deliverable*
* To extend these processes to a self serve interface for sellers (manufacturer_ID) to request, execute, manage, report, display, distribute and cancel the coupon process on their product inventory
**Constraints**
*MUST stay within the current *_ID and process structure, including: Member_ID, Seller_ID, Affiliate_ID, Manufacturer_ID, Product_ID, Affiliate_ID, Affiliate_TierID, Coupon_ID, Coupon_ID, GV_ID*
*MUST integrate with OSC admin as intended within OSC Coupons, Gift Voucher and Affiliates admin areas*
*MUST integrate with the existing affiliates method and interface*
*MUST retain the current process flow and data integrity to not impact negatively any dependent or related transactions (sales, alerts, payment processes, reporting processes, etc.)*
*MUST leverage existing modules and tools.*
*DWF is the forms generation/db tool we use*