Systems and methods for promotional programs

A method for managing promotional programs, the method comprising:

• Receiving, by a server executing a substantiation platform, information related to one or more items for purchase in a transaction from a device;
• determining, by execution of a rules engine of the substantiation platform, eligibility of the one or more items for a plurality of promotional programs based on one or more rules associated with at least one promotional program of the plurality of promotional programs, and determining eligibility of items based on rules defining redemption order of multiple promotional programs;
• receiving, by the substantiation platform, edits to the rules integrating a modified approved items list that are specifically eligible for a promotional program and a modified black-list items list that are specifically ineligible for the promotional program of the plurality of promotional programs applicable to the one or more items;
• automatically generating, by the substantiation platform, edited rules integrating the modified approved items list and the modified black-list items list into one or more edited rules;
• reanalyzing, by the substantiation platform the one or more edited rules to determine eligibility of the one or more items for the plurality of promotional programs based on the one or more edited rules associated with the promotional program;
• determining, in response to execution of the rules engine, payment information for the one or more items based on the eligibility of the one or more items and the one or more rules for the plurality of promotional programs;
• wherein the transaction for the purchase of the one or more items includes a first transaction for a payment amount determined based on the payment information for the one or more items determined to be eligible and a second transaction for one or more ineligible items using different payment information.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by a processing device, wherein execution of the instructions causes the processing device to implement a method for managing a plurality of promotional programs, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a server executing a substantiation platform, information related to one or more items to purchase in a transaction from a device;
• determining, by execution of a rules engine of the substantiation platform, eligibility of the one or more items for the plurality of promotional programs based on one or more rules associated with at least one of the plurality of promotional programs, wherein the substantiation platform determines eligibility of items based on rules defining redemption order of multiple promotional programs;
• receiving, by the substantiation platform, edits to the rules integrating a modified approved items list that are specifically eligible for a promotional program and a modified black-list items list that are specifically ineligible for the promotional program associated with at least one of the plurality of promotional programs applicable to the one or more items;
• automatically generating, by the substantiation platform, edited rules integrating the modified approved items list and the modified black-list items list into one or more edited rules;
• reanalyzing, by the substantiation platform the one or more edited rules to determine eligibility of the one or more items for the plurality of promotional programs based on the one or more edited rules associated with at least one of the plurality of promotional programs;
• determining, in response to execution of the rules engine, payment information for the one or more items based on the eligibility of the one or more items and the one or more rules for the plurality of promotional programs;
• wherein the transaction for the purchase of the one or more items includes a first transaction for a payment amount determined based on the payment information for the one or more items determined to be eligible and a second transaction for one or more ineligible items using different payment information.