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Quantity discounts are offers that apply to one or more products, where a discount is offered whenever a specified number of items are exceeded. The discount is specified as a percentage. This is best clarified by a few examples. Suppose we wish to sell four packs of Stella at a discount price of 80p when the normal price is £1. This equates to 20% reduction. If five cans are purchased, there will also be a discount on all five cans, 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 10p 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 and then the limit. Leave the limit as zero if there is no limit. Limit values do not stop the sale of more items - they limit the items that can be bought at a discount. The discount can then be filled in. Next, the start and end dates are selected by means of drop down calendars. If more than one product is required for the offer, click the plus button, and the system will fill in details for subsequent products. The offer will be automatically deactivated on the day after the end date, at program start up. Offers no longer in effect should be deleted using the Offers|View screen, as they can still slow the system down.
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.
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