How to Offer a Fixed Discount or a Fixed Unit Price
A percentage is the right tool when a price list is uniform. Two other types suit a catalogue where products cost very different amounts. A fixed discount per unit takes a set amount off each unit.
A fixed unit price ignores the product price and charges exactly what you enter.
Step 1: Pick the discount type
Section titled “Step 1: Pick the discount type”Open the rule form and choose from Discount Type.
- Percentage discount: A share of the current price.
- Fixed discount per unit: A set amount off each unit.
- Fixed unit price: The exact price each unit costs.
Step 2: Enter the amount
Section titled “Step 2: Enter the amount”The suffix beside Amount changes from % to your currency symbol as soon as you leave
Percentage discount.
A fixed discount
Section titled “A fixed discount”For the demo’s hoodies, a starter tier takes $1.00 off each unit from 3 to 9 units.
A fixed unit price
Section titled “A fixed unit price”For the Album, 10 units or more cost exactly $12.00 each, whatever the album’s own price is. The rule sits at priority 9 so that it is checked before the general ladder.
Step 3: Save the rule
Section titled “Step 3: Save the rule”Click Create Rule. The Rules screen shows the discount in the Tier column. A fixed discount reads $1.00 off and a fixed unit price reads $12.00 per unit.
Step 4: Check the table and the cart
Section titled “Step 4: Check the table and the cart”On the product page the Discount column shows the amount. The Price column shows what one unit costs, and You Save shows the saving as a percentage.
A fixed discount on a $45.00 hoodie, 3 to 9 units, reads $1.00, $44.00 and 2%.
A fixed unit price on the Album reads $3.00, $12.00 and 20% against a $15.00 price. The ladder rows underneath belong to the general rules.
In the cart, ten Albums cost $12.00 each and the savings row shows $30.00.
Step 5: Avoid the two traps
Section titled “Step 5: Avoid the two traps”A fixed discount can empty the price
Section titled “A fixed discount can empty the price”The amount comes off the current price, and the result never goes below zero. A fixed discount larger than the price therefore makes the unit free. The demo’s Single sells at $2.00 on sale.
A test rule taking $5.00 off each unit left the line at $0.00 and the order total at $0.00.
Keep a fixed discount well below the cheapest product it can reach, or target it at products you have checked. The form refuses a percentage above 100.
It has no matching check for a fixed discount.
A fixed unit price above the price is ignored
Section titled “A fixed unit price above the price is ignored”A tier is only used when it lowers the price. If you enter a fixed unit price of $70 for a product that costs $55, the plugin skips the tier. It is not listed in the table, and the cart moves on to the next rule.
Nothing warns you, so check a product after you set a fixed price.
Sale prices count
Section titled “Sale prices count”Both amounts are measured against the current price, which is the sale price while a sale runs. A fixed discount of $1.00 on a product on sale at $18.00 gives $17.00 each.