This article explains the options for linking to your standalone IBIS E-commerce platform from your existing website and links for an iFrame. The URL for your ibis website would replace demo.ibisnz.com in the following examples.
Set up Book now links for:
- Admission items
- Retail items
- Gift vouchers
- Activities
- Appointment products
- Hire products
- Events
- Promotions
- Memberships
- Affiliate links for agents
- Facebook page
Admission items
Choose how to link to your admission items. You can find your item group codes in the Online retail group screen, and your PLU codes in the Admission items screen. Areas shaded in yellow must be replaced with data from your system.
| Description | URL examples |
|---|---|
| Admission items (all groups) | https://demo.ibisnz.com/admission/new https://demo.ibisnz.com/Ticket/Index (previous) |
| Specific admission group | https://demo.ibisnz.com/admission/new/itemgroupname https://demo.ibisnz.com/Ticket/New/ItemGroupName (previous) |
Retail items
Choose how to link to your retail items. You can find your item group codes in the Online retail group screen, and your PLU codes in the Retail items screen. Areas shaded in yellow must be replaced with data from your system.
| Description | URL examples |
|---|---|
| Retail items (all groups) | https://demo.ibisnz.com/retail/ https://demo.ibisnz.com/Retail/groups (previous) |
| Specific retail item group | https://demo.ibisnz.com/retail/selection?groupCode=itemgroupcode https://demo.ibisnz.com/Retail/items/ItemGroupCode (previous) |
| Specific retail item | https://demo.ibisnz.com/retail/add/itemplucode https://demo.ibisnz.com/Retail/new/ItemPLUcode (previous) |
Gift vouchers
Choose how to link to your gift vouchers. You can find your item group codes in the Online retail group screen, and your PLU codes in the Gift voucher items screen. Areas shaded in yellow must be replaced with data from your system.
| Description | URL examples |
|---|---|
| Gift vouchers (all groups) | https://demo.ibisnz.com/giftvoucher https://demo.ibisnz.com/GiftVoucher (previous all items) https://demo.ibisnz.com/GiftVoucher/groups (previous all groups) |
| Specific gift voucher group | https://demo.ibisnz.com/giftvoucher/items?GroupCode=itemgroupcode https://demo.ibisnz.com/GiftVoucher/items/ItemGroupCode (previous) |
| Specific gift voucher item | https://demo.ibisnz.com/giftvoucher/add/itemplucode https://demo.ibisnz.com/GiftVoucher/new/ItemPLUcode (previous) |
Activities
Choose how to link to your activities. You can find your product codes in the Operator products screen, price option codes in the Price options screen, and product group codes in the Online product group screen. Areas shaded in yellow must be replaced with data from your system.
| Description | URL examples |
|---|---|
| Activities (all groups) | https://demo.ibisnz.com/activity https://demo.ibisnz.com/Reservation (previous) |
| Specific activity product group | https://demo.ibisnz.com/activity?filter=prodgroup-productgroupcode https://demo.ibisnz.com/Reservation (previous) |
| Specific activity product | https://demo.ibisnz.com/activity?filter=productcode https://demo.ibisnz.com/Reservation?ProdCode=ProductCode (previous) |
| Specific activity date | https://demo.ibisnz.com/activity?date=YYYY-MM-DD https://demo.ibisnz.com/reservation?date=YYYYMMDD (previous) |
| Specific activity price options | https://demo.ibisnz.com/activity?filter=ProductCode&priceoptioncode=units https://demo.ibisnz.com/reservation?adult=1&child=1 (previous) |
| Combined parameters (separate each with &) | https://demo.ibisnz.com/activity?filter=productcode&priceoptioncode=units&promotion=promocode https://demisnzo.ibisnz.com/reservation?date=YYYMMDD&adult=1&child=1 (previous) |
Appointment products
Choose how to link to your hire products. You can find your product codes in the Operator products screen, price option codes in the Price options screen, and product group codes in the Online product group screen. Areas shaded in yellow must be replaced with data from your system.
| Description | URL examples |
|---|---|
| Appointments (all groups) | https://demo.ibisnz.com/appointment/ https://demo.ibisnz.com/Departures/GroupsAppointment (previous) |
| Specific appointment group | https://demo.ibisnz.com/appointment/selection/ProductGroupCode https://demo.ibisnz.com/Departures/SchedulerGroup?GroupCode=ProductGroupCode (previous) |
Hire products
Choose how to link to your hire products. You can find your product codes in the Operator products screen, price option codes in the Price options screen, and product group codes in the Online product group screen. Areas shaded in yellow must be replaced with data from your system.
| Description | URL examples |
|---|---|
| Specific hire product | https://demo.ibisnz.com/hire/selection?filter=ProductCode https://demo.ibisnz.com/Departures/HireGroup?productCode=ProductCode (previous) |
| Specific hire group | https://demo.ibisnz.com/hire/selection?filter=prodgroup-ProductGroupCode https://demo.ibisnz.com/Departures/HireGroup?productGroupCode=ProductGroupCode (previous) |
Events
Choose how to link to your events. You can find your item group codes in the Online retail group screen, and your NxID (get this in the Event setup screen, drag in hidden column NxID) in the E-Commerce site by selecting a specific event. Areas shaded in yellow must be replaced with data from your system.
| Description | URL examples |
|---|---|
| Events (all) | https://demo.ibisnz.com/event |
| Specific event | https://demo.ibisnz.com/event/add/NxID |
Promotions
Embed a promotion into a link to apply it automatically in the cart. You can find your list of promo codes in the Promotions screen. Areas shaded in yellow must be replaced with data from your system.
Note: This only applies to Activity products.
| Description | URL examples |
|---|---|
| Activity promotion | https://demo.ibisnz.com/activity?promotion=promocode https://demo.ibisnz.com/Reservation?promotion=promocode (previous) |
Memberships
Choose how to link to your memberships. You can find your PLU codes in the Membership items screen. Areas shaded in yellow must be replaced with data from your system.
| Description | URL examples |
|---|---|
| Memberships (all) | https://demo.ibisnz.com/Membership/Index |
| Specific Membership item | https://demo.ibisnz.com/Membership/Add/itemplucode |
Affiliate links for agents
Websites or influencers that send traffic to your online booking website can be given specific URLs to record the referring booking agent against your reservation product sales made online via your E-Commerce website. This allows you to either reward the agent for their referral (also called affiliate marketing) or track your ROI for advertising on a particular website.
To configure an affiliate URL for an agent, you can either use the existing agent account or set up a new account for that agent dedicated to online referral sales (ensure you specify the account use "Booking Agent" and include "Online Sales" in the Account Name so it's very clear to your staff).
The online policy is not applicable for affiliate sales recognition. The online policy permissions that apply to your ordinary online sales account will apply to all Affiliate agent links.
You can configure an agent-specific affiliate URL by appending the Account Code for the specific Agent (found in the Accounts screen) to the end of your booking website URL. Areas shaded in yellow must be replaced with data from your system.
| Description | URL examples |
|---|---|
| Affiliate link only | https://demo.ibisnz.com/activity?Agent=AccountCode, or https://demo.ibisnz.com/activity?Social=AccountCode, |
| Affiliate link and promo code | https://demo.ibisnz.com/activity?Agent=AccountCode&Promotion=PromoCode |
| Affiliate link and specific product | https://demo.ibisnz.com/activity?filter=ProductCode&Agent=AccountCode |
| Affiliate Link and product date, specific product & promotion | https://demo.ibisnz.com/activity?filter=ProductCode&Promotion=PromoCode&Date=YY-MM-DDAgent=AccountCode |
You can combine the affiliate agent parameter with all of the reservation parameters for activity bookings, but it will not work using any product specific paramaters for hire/appointments at this time. We also do not recommend using affiliate links if you are using an i-frame as it will not open your E-Commerce website embedded within your own pages.
Facebook page
Take advantage of getting your booking page out on as many platforms as you can. You can do this by simply adding a Book Now button to your company's Facebook page and linking it to your IBIS E-commerce site. This will, in turn, drive more online bookings through your site. Through Facebook, you will be able to track page views and bookings that come through.
- Log into your company's Facebook account as the admin.
- Go to the Business Page and click + Add a Button
- Click Book with you, then Book Now, then Next
- Click Link to Website
- Enter the URL of your IBIS booking page and then Save
- Review the configuration you just set up, then click Finish
Great news! You have just successfully added another resource for customers to book your products by adding a Book Now button to Facebook!