It is possible to state bulk prices and thus price discounts for products.
Bulk prices
It is possible to state bulk prices and thus price discounts for products. On our platform, bulk prices are shown as follows:
Example:
You sell a cordless drill for 90 euros. You offer a price discount from 10 cordless drills and the customer must only pay 89 euros per item.
In this case, state 90 euros as the price in the catalogue for the first price scale (LOWER_BOUND = 1), a price of 89 euros is saved for the second price scale (LOWER_BOUND = 10).
If a customer buys 8 items, the price is calculated as 8 x 90 euros (total sum = 720 euros).
If the customer buys 11 items, the price is calculated as 11 x 89 euros (total sum = 979 euros).
Requirements
Price scale boundaries:
The same price scale boundaries (LOWER_BOUND) should not be saved multiple times for one item.
The value for the price scale boundary must be a whole, positive number, e.g. 10 200 1000.
Please do not use 0, negative numbers, decimal places and thousands separators as the LOWER_BOUND.
Prices:
The prices must become smaller as the price scale boundary increases.
The price type must stay the same, please do not mix “net_list” and “net_customer”.
The price always refers to an order unit (ORDER_UNIT). The total price is automatically calculated by the Mercateo system.
Implementation in BMEcat
The price scale boundaries and associated prices are saved in the BMEcat fields within the ARTICLE_PRICE_DETAILS. For catalogues on the public platform, please use “net_list” as the price type. For exclusive catalogues, please state “net_customer” as the price type.
Here is an extract from BMEcat:
<ARTICLE_PRICE_DETAILS>
<ARTICLE_PRICE price_type="net_list">
<PRICE_AMOUNT>90</PRICE_AMOUNT>
<PRICE_CURRENCY>EUR</PRICE_CURRENCY>
<TAX>0.19</TAX>
<LOWER_BOUND>1</LOWER_BOUND>
</ARTICLE_PRICE>
<ARTICLE_PRICE price_type="net_list">
<PRICE_AMOUNT>89</PRICE_AMOUNT>
<PRICE_CURRENCY>EUR</PRICE_CURRENCY>
<TAX>0.19</TAX>
<LOWER_BOUND>10</LOWER_BOUND>
</ARTICLE_PRICE>
<ARTICLE_PRICE price_type="net_list">
<PRICE_AMOUNT>85</PRICE_AMOUNT>
<PRICE_CURRENCY>EUR</PRICE_CURRENCY>
<TAX>0.19</TAX>
<LOWER_BOUND>50</LOWER_BOUND>
</ARTICLE_PRICE>
<ARTICLE_PRICE price_type="net_list">
<PRICE_AMOUNT>70</PRICE_AMOUNT>
<PRICE_CURRENCY>EUR</PRICE_CURRENCY>
<TAX>0.19</TAX>
<LOWER_BOUND>200</LOWER_BOUND>
</ARTICLE_PRICE>
</ARTICLE_PRICE_DETAILS>
Implementation in the Mercateo workflow
Please enter the bulk prices precisely like the individual prices in column H (PRICE_AMOUNT). The associated price type is stated in column G.
