10-04-2011 09:40 AM
Hello!!
I really hope some one can help!!
I have just started to use ACT Version 6
I have an online business and at the moment i am just using it to store customer addresses and email addresses so that i am able to do some mail shots.
That bits fine but i am having trouble recording a sale date.
For instance i may have a customer who i enter onto the database, they then buy from me again and i just wanted to record a sale date. I dont need to record a sales value and as its an online retail business there is no sales process ie telephone information records/notes etc!
The reason I would like to record a sales date is so that i can see when people buy and also when people repeat order from me i am able to generate a mailshot targeted to this audience.
I have just spent the afternoon looking at it and im sure its just a simple process but i just cant seem to work it out!!
Any help would be much appreciated.!!
Kind regards
Helen
10-05-2011 02:52 PM
Helen I would suggest there are 2 ways you can record this information
a) Not preferred - Use the Last Results field to record the sale information and you will find that this is automatically put into history with the date.
b) Preferred - Use Record History (Ctrl H) and in here you could record as a to-do and the details of the sale and again it will go into history.
The reason I suggest (b) is if you move to a later version all of the existing history will still be in the same place and there are then further options available.
10-05-2011 10:43 PM
Thank you so much Paul for your help! Kind regards Helen
10-15-2011 08:46 AM
Another option is to use Opportunities as per this ACT! Knowledge Base article -
http://kb.sagesoftwareonline.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/12649