With cached results
The cart keeps showing the old promotion until the next refresh.
Why Payloot
It's not your platform. It's your architecture.
Promotions, recalculation and loyalty hurt most in retail because they're split across tools and teams.
How do you handle it today?
How it worksPromotions are set up inside your online sales platform.
Where it falls shortLives in one channel, so it never reaches the register or the app. Calculated once at checkout, never again.
With PaylootThe same rules on web, app and in store, and the order is recalculated if it changes after payment.
How it worksOne tool for promotions, another for loyalty, another for coupons.
Where it falls shortDuplicated rules, disconnected data, several teams per campaign.
With PaylootPromotions, coupons, loyalty and referrals on one engine, run by one team.
How it worksCalculates in batches and answers with precomputed results.
Where it falls shortCarts can show a deal that already changed, or no longer applies.
With PaylootEvery cart is evaluated live, against the rules in effect right now.
How it worksPeople fix promotions, refunds and store setups by hand.
Where it falls shortSlow, expensive, inconsistent and hard to audit.
With PaylootAutomatic recalculation, rollout by store hierarchy and a log of every change.
Side by side.
The four common approaches next to Payloot, on what matters most to a retail operation.
| Criteria | Built-in ecommerce promotions | Separate tools | Cached engine | Manual fixes | Payloot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same rules on web, app and in store | No | Partial | Partial | No | Yes |
| Recalculates orders after changes | No | No | No | Yes, by hand | Yes, automatically |
| Promotions and loyalty on one engine | No | No | Varies | No | Yes |
| Changes go live instantly | Varies | Varies | No | No | Yes |
| Rollout by store hierarchy | No | Partial | Varies | No | Yes |
| Test rules before publishing | Varies | Varies | Varies | No | Yes, simulator |
| Per-customer control of deep discounts | Partial | Partial | Partial | No | Yes |
This comparison describes common approaches. Individual tools may vary.
Three things only an engine built for this can do.
01
Order recalculation
When a substitution, a weight change or a stockout alters an order that's already paid, Payloot re-evaluates it and adjusts the promotion. No ecommerce platform handles this natively.
Keep
The substitute meets your rules, so the discount stays.
Remove
Only the affected part of the benefit comes off. The order keeps moving.
Replace
For a major change, an alternate benefit is applied.
02
One engine, one team
Promotions, coupons, loyalty and referrals are managed from a single platform by a single team. Set up a campaign once and it works the same way in every channel.
Promotions & coupons
Loyalty & wallets
Referrals
One engineOne console, one team
03
Live evaluation
Every cart is checked against the rule in effect, with no saved results and no slow syncs. Change a rule once and it's live in your stores and online instantly.
With Payloot
The cart shows the promotion that's live now, evaluated on the spot.
What doing nothing costs.
You don't need a number to recognize these. They add up, one order at a time.
Customers who lose a deal they earned
And find out when they read their receipt.
Hours of manual fixes
IT tickets, refunds and store-by-store corrections.
Revenue leaking
Deep discounts nobody controls, used far more than planned.
Fix the architecture without switching platforms
Payloot plugs into what you already run. We'll show you what it looks like for your operation.