Price Breaks

Use the Price Breaks function to set up increasing discounts for customers as the quantity of sales increases. For example, you can set up a price break ID that gives a 1 percent discount on purchases of 10 items, a 2 percent discount on purchases of 20 items, and a 3 percent discount on purchases of 30 items or more.

Creating a Price Break

  1. Click the New button, on the toolbar, to open a blank price breaks record.
  2. Enter a new break ID in the Price Break ID field.
  3. Enter a description for the price break in the Description field.
  4. Enter the number of items a customer must buy before you can apply a discount in the Break Quantity field.
  5. Enter the amount or percent discount for each item after exceeding the break quantity in the Adjustment field.
    Note: Use a minus sign (-) to indicate a markdown or a plus sign (+) to indicate a markup.
  6. Select the type of adjustment from the Adjustment Type field: Percent or Amount.
  7. Click the Save button, on the toolbar, to save the new price break.

Editing a Price Break

  1. Select a break ID to edit from the Price Break ID field.
  2. Edit the fields as necessary.
  3. Click the Save button, on the toolbar, to save any changes made to the price break.

Deleting a Price Break

  1. Verify the price break is not being used in any items.
  2. Select a break ID from the Price Break ID field.
  3. Select the break quantity to delete from the Break Quantity field.
  4. Click the Delete button, on the toolbar, to delete the selected row from the Price Break ID.
  5. Click Yes at the "Are you sure you want to delete selected record(s)?" prompt.

Produce a Price Breaks List

  1. Select the print preview button () to preview the list.
  2. The preview report screen appears.
  3. Select the print button ( ) in the toolbar to print your list.