Overview
Kounta is a cloud based POS system with which CRM.COM has integrated with in order to handle rewards based on purchases logged in Kounta.
Through Kounta you can capture sales executed on the POS and handle awards and spends of the participant. For example, while making a new sale on Kounta, available awards of the customer can be automatically redeemed; i.e. deducted from the amount they must pay
Setting Up Kounta
To start using Kounta, setup is required both in CRM.COM and Kounta
Set up Kounta
Set up profile and products
Go to Kounta Website www.kounta.com and login or sign up for a new account
- From the left menu click on the Company icon
- Provide your company information
- From the left menu click on the Products icon
- Provide the products to be sold through Kounta
Create a CRM.COM add-on
- From the left menu click on Add on icon
- Click on create a new Add-On
Provide all related information as shown bellow (based on the already configured "CRM.COM R&D" Add-On)
Addon Details Tab App Name 'application name'
i.e. CRM.COM R&D
Redirect URL https://'application server'/rest/kounta/authorisation/grant-access?orgid='org name'
i.e. https://cloudtest.crm.com/crmapi/rest/kounta/authorisation/grant-access?orgid=RJITEST108
Client ID As Is
i.e. tOUQ89U03T7m9fI3
Client Secret Generate a new secret (and save it locally)
i.e. vgoi01yPKtY56Ps73BgybY14w7Hmq2jMHRics8Ni
Auth URL As Is
Token URL As Is
Signature Token As Is
Loyalty Tab Actions/Rewards URL https://'application server'/rest/kounta/loyalty/reward-lookup?orgid='org name'
i.e. https://cloudtest.crm.com/crmapi/rest/kounta/loyalty/reward-lookup?orgid=RJITEST108
Customer Search URL https://'application server'/rest/kounta/loyalty/customer-search?orgid='org name'
i.e. https://cloudtest.crm.com/crmapi/rest/kounta/loyalty/customer-search?orgid=RJITEST108
Payments Tab All Fields No
- Save all changes
Set up CRM.COM
In order for Kounta to work the following must be configured in CRM.COM
Settings & Admin / CRM Application / Kounta
These settings are required to authenticate CRM.COM and communicate with Kounta
- Navigate to Kounta
Provide the following information in the Kounta settings
Parameter Value User A CRM.COM User that will be logged for all transactions in CRM.COM executed through Kounta
Unit The Unit of the User
The Unit must be configured as a Rewards Merchant (partner)
This Unit should be also the default Unit of the User
Kounta Parameters Client ID As provided by Kounta
Client Secret As provided by Kounta
Redirect URL As set in Kounta
Authorisation URL
As provided by Kounta
Token URL As provided by Kounta and add ".json" at the end
i.e. https://api.kounta.com/v1/token.json
API URL As provided by Kounta
i.e. https://api.kounta.com/v1
Signature Token As provided by Kounta
- SAVE the settings
- From the Actions Menu click on Actions > Authorise which will transfer you to Kounta page
- Choose the company to be accessed if more than one are configured
Click on Grant Access
Ensure that pop-ups are not blocked and that you are already logged in Kounta
- You will receive the message 'Access Granted' and now you are ready to start using Kounta
Recommended additional setup
In addition to the Kounta specific settings the following must be configured for Kounta to operate.
- Products Create the products which will be sold in Kounta
- POST products/synchronise can be used to synchronize products information in CRM.COM with products information that exists in a 3rd party system
- The association between Kounta and CRM.COM product is applied by setting the Kounta product's id as the CRM.COM product's alternative code
- Kounta product's id can be found on the product URL (after accessing the related product's data screen
- Contact Information It is mandatory that at least 1 email address is defined in the system for the customers which will be retrieved in Kounta
- Customer Events Processing Rules The 'Spend Request Customer Events' rules must be set accordingly. For example, the option 'Reject Spend Requests If the Requested Spend Amount is Not Covered' should not be selected as if the amount is not covered the customer can pay manually
- Rewards
- Reward Participating Merchants: In the Rewards Participating Merchants the option to 'Allow Automatic Awards Spending' in the Spend rules should be disabled and the Reduction Method set to 'Front-End Reduction'. The unit used in the configuration settings of Kounta in CRM.COM must be created as a Rewards Merchant
Reward Offers: In the reward offers participating in the program the Spend method must not be set to 'Spend Instantly'.
Reward Participants: Reward participants participating in the program should not be allowed to automatically spend the awards. Setting is available in the Automatic Awards Spending Authorisation section
Access Token: Access token of rewards participants should have as authentication code the email address
Using Kounta
- Login to Kounta - https://www.kounta.com/
- Click on the POS icon
- Select the POS you want to login to
- Select the user (i.e. the counter person)
- Select George.
- Provide Password 1111
- Select and add products to Kounta basket
- Once you finish withe the products you must add to the basket click on Add Customer icon
- You can search for the customer using his Access Token 'Authentication Code'
- If the customer has been retrieved in the past then he can be found also by using email address, name or phone number
- Once you find the contact click on his icon to select
- If the contact is not local (i.e. has never before been retrieved in Kounta)
- Provide authentication code
- Click on CRM.COM icon to search in CRM.COM
- Click to select the contact
- If the customer has been retrieved in the past then he can be found also by using email address, name or phone number
- Once the contact is retrieved you can see his total Wallet Balance
- Click on 'Pay with CRM.COM Rewards'
- Kounta will then provide the total allowed discount for the bought products including any cashback from the current purchase.
- Click on Save
Once you save the purchase, the money will be deducted from the owner's wallet. - Click on Check-out and select one of the available Fast Cash options
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