Quantity discounts are offers that apply to one or more products, where a discount is offered whenever a specified number of items are exceeded. This is best clarified by a few examples. Suppose we wish to sell four packs of Stella at a discount of 20p. This equates to 5p a can. If five cans are purchased, there will also be a discount on the fifth can, unlike the pack offer. A range of products can be selected for the offer. Consider a dog food - there might be a range of five flavours, all covered by the same offer of 2p off when you buy three or more.
To set up a quantity discount, choose the menu selection Offers|Create and then choose Quantity discount in the drop down box.


The required first product is scanned, or the alpha lookup function used. Pressing enter moves the focus to the quantity for the offer. The normal price will be filled in, and can be reduced to the offer amount before pressing enter. Next, the end date is selected by means of a drop down calendar. An end date is always required and will be the same for each product. If more than one product is required for the offer, click the additional product button, and fill in details for subsequent products. Prices can be different, but not quantities. The offer will be automatically deleted on the day after the end date, at program start up. A warning message is displayed, so that any advertising can be removed. There is an option to skip this deletion if for any reason it is desired to continue an offer for a further day.
For quantity discounts, it is possible to set the pack size to one. This is useful if you would like to put a special price onto an item as an offer, for a limited period.
It is also possible to have more than one offer on the same product. For instance, 1 at 10p, 5 or more 9p each, 20 or more 8p each. Enter each offer separately, starting at the lowest, and working up to the highest.

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