> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Buydown Promotions

> Register discounts the manufacturer pays for — and the ones you pay for.

**Rebates & Compliance → Buydown Promotions** holds the multi-pack and loyalty
discount rules that decide which register markdowns get claimed back.

Columns: Promotion, Manufacturer, **Funding**, Buy Qty, Discount, Runs, Status.

## Why this matters

When a manufacturer-funded discount is rung up — "\$1.00 off 2 packs", say — you
give the money away at the register today and get paid back later. Without this
record, that markdown just looks like lost margin, and nobody chases the
reimbursement.

## Create a promotion

**1. Choose New Buydown Promotion**

**2. Name it and pick the manufacturer**

**3. Set Funded By**

**Manufacturer (reimbursed)** or **Store (your cost)**.

**4. Set the terms**

Minimum quantity, the discount in dollars, and the start and end dates.
Add the manufacturer's promo code if they gave you one.

> [!WARNING]
>
> **Funded By** is the field that matters most. Manufacturer-funded discounts
> become money owed to you; store-funded ones never do — they are a margin
> decision you made. Marking a store-funded promotion as manufacturer-funded
> builds a receivable nobody will ever pay.

## Dates

Set the end date. A promotion left running after the manufacturer's offer has
ended keeps accruing a receivable against a program that has closed.

## What happens next

Qualifying sales accrue automatically as money owed. Track and settle it in
[Buydown Reconciliation](https://sims-bae272dd.mintlify.site/tobacco/reconciliation.md).


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