With a little technomagic, this could be solved once and for all, if GB could get on-board.
Eg, have a base code of, say, “FreemeT1######”, with 6 alphanumerics in the #-field. One-time use, any quantity up to some maximum (eg, 4 or 5), first-come-first-served, up to the max of the group-buy.
FM gets a list of, say, 80 codes for up to 100 units (quite a few will order more than 1). JoeSchmo asks for a code, you c&p from the list to send to Joe. He can order up to 5 lights. He orders 2. “Doh! I want more!”, so he emails again, gets another code if any are still available (bottom of the list to be fair).
626 is a big number, so 80 out of that leaves lots of guesswork to get a valid code. Anyone tries “leaking” it, you can track back to the person who was assigned that code. Blacklisted!
Otherwise, any valid code goes through at GB, up to the 100 units available. You snooze, you lose.
Even 4 places for 624 possibilities is huuuuge, so a code might look like “FreemeT1A9g7”. Done.
I could write something in perl to generate N random codes with M possibilities in just a few minutes, so it’s not a big deal.
Thanks your your recommendation! I ever tried issuing multiple coupons for multiple groups of members (e.g 1-10th, 11th-20th, ....) in the past but it deem too time consuming for both vendor and I to monitor.
That’s right teacher. Eventually they’ll show up. And I’m looking forward to the next round I can order two more again to accompany the two I have; these things are really nice! :sunglasses:
This Zanflare T1 is considered my very first group buy collaboration with GB new rep. I really wish everything would turn up well.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all previous GB reps ( Karen, May and Jona ) once again. For you exceptional support and services for BLF from 2014-2017. ( ̄^ ̄)ゞ
This group buy is on hold at the moment. Someone leaked the coupon code, so that had to be redone. Plus they are waiting on a new shipment of lights. I think new codes will be sent out when the new shipment arrives. There’s no set date on that, though. So we are just waiting.