The purpose of the “Product Discounts” functionality is to allow you to define discounts for the desired products.
In order to start defining discounts for the products, choose option “Product Discounts” from the “Products” menu.
Figure 240: Choosing option "Product discounts"
The following screen will be displayed.
Figure 241: Creating a new product discount
In order to start creating a new product discount, click on the “new sale” button. The following screen will be displayed.
Figure 242: Defining a new product discount (step 1/2)
SaleName – input field for entering a name for this product discount/sale
Deduction – enter the amount for the deduction of the original price and choose the deduction type:
Deduct amount – choose this option and enter the amount that will be deducted from the original product price (e.g. enter “5” if you want to deduct $5 from the original price)
Percent – choose this option and enter the amount that will be deducted as a percent of the original price (e.g. enter “5” to deduct 5% percents of the original value)
New price – choose this option if you want to apply a new full price for the product (e.g. enter “10” if you want the product to cost $10)
Products Price range – enter the price range for the products in order to apply new price for all products in that range (e.g. $10-$30)
If a product is a Special – select the desired condition from this pull down menu
Start Date – enter the starting date for the product discount; if you do not define a starting date, the discount will be applied immediately
End Date– enter the ending date for the product discount; if you do not define an ending date, the discount will be applied indefinitely
Entire Catalog – select this option if you want to apply the discount to the entire catalog
Categories – choose this option if you want to apply the discount to specific categories
After setting the desired parameters, click on the "Insert” button in order to complete the procedure of creating a new discount.
Figure 243: Defining a new product discount (step 2/2)
The last step in
defining a new discount for the product is activating it by clicking on this icon.
The product discount will be activated.
Figure 244: New product discount activated
Note: tax is applied to discounts.