| Price Manager Overview | Discount ReportsDiscount Pricing: Overview
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(Basic) Price Managers discount pricing section allows you to define manual item discount names, which are then available to select from when giving a manual discount on sales. Discount reports can be filtered by the discount names.
(Pro) Price Managers discount pricing options lets you define discount pricing for your items in any of three discount types: Manual, Automatic, Coupons. A virtually unlimited number of discounts can be defined and saved in Point of Sale.
(Pro) Only Headquarters can add, edit, schedule, or inactivate a discount. The discount records are sent to remote stores, where they can be viewed and used to print discount price tags for the merchandise in their store.
After accessing Price Manager, do one of the following to work with discount prices:
(Basic) Click Set Up Manual Discount
(Pro) Click the button corresponding to the discount type you wish to set up
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Select View all Discounts to go to your full list of saved discounts and then double-click an existing discount name to edit it
The combination of customer and items may result in more than one discount applying to a sale. When this happens, Point of Sale will compare the discounts and apply them according to these rules.
As the name suggests, these discounts are manually applied to specific items at the time a sale is made. Examples include:
Discount for a damaged, defective, demo, or discontinued item
Discount to meet or beat a competitor's price
Discount given for any other reason you might have
You name your manual discount reasons in Price Manager, but manually apply and enter a discount amount or percentage when the sale is rung up. Several default manual discount names are provided; you can add to or change them to meet your needs.
By specifying the discount reason on the receipt (a drop-down list lets the cashier choose from your predefined choices) you can track the discounts with Point of Sale reports.
Optional preference: Require manual discount reason on receipts
Define an automatic discount and Point of Sale will automatically apply it to qualifying sales during the period the discount is active. You can specify start and stop dates and times or manually activate/deactivate the discount as needed.
Four automatic discount types are supported: (T-shirts used as an example):
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% Off |
Offer a percentage off on any purchase of T-shirts. There is no purchase quantity requirement.
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$ Off |
Offer a percentage off on any purchase of T-shirts. There is no purchase quantity requirement.
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Buy X for $Y |
Buy a specified quantity (X) of T-shirts for a specified amount (Y). Option: Apply the discount to additional quantities (other than multiples of the specified quantity, which automatically qualify for the discount price).
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Buy X and get Y% Off |
Buy a specified quantity (X) of the T-shirts and get a percentage (Y) off. Option: Apply the discount to additional quantities (other than multiples of the specified quantity, which automatically qualify for the discount price). |
An item can be included in more than one automatic discount, subject to some restrictions. Read the discount tips and rules for more information.
Setting up an automatic discount
Create store coupons with bar codes that can then be scanned or entered at point of sale to give item discounts.
Coupons can be printed on your customer's sales receipts (optionally based on their purchase level ), include expiration dates, and include either a percentage or dollars-odd discount.
You can also copy the coupon barcode from Point of Sale to your Windows clipboard and then use it to create and distribute your own coupons via e-mail or another application.
Learn more about using store coupons
Optional preference: Print Coupon with Sales Receipts