Magento Support: Product Pricing

Magento Community Edition supports a number of pricing options that you can use for promotions, and to meet minimum advertised price requirements. You can use the Prices tab to establish the pricing structure of the product. Options include special and tier pricing, and manufacturer’s suggested retail price. We will discuss product pricing in Magento.

Product Pricing in Magento

Field Descriptions

FIELD: Price

Scope: Global

The retail price of the product.

FIELD: Group Price

Scope: Global

Sets up promotional prices for specific customer groups within the selected website.

FIELD: Special Price

Scope: Website

To offer a Special Price, enter a discounted price and complete the date range fields to establish when the promotion goes into effect.

When available, the retail price is crossed out and the special price appears below in a large, bold font.

FIELD: Special Price From Date

Scope: Website

Sets the beginning date for the range of time the Special Price is offered.

FIELD: Special Price To Date

Scope: Website

Sets the ending date for the range of time the Special Price is offered.

FIELD: Tier Price

Scope: Website

Tier pricing is used to offer a quantity discount. The discount can be applied to specific customer groups within the selected website.

FIELD: Apply MAP

Scope: Website

When applied, hides the actual product price from the customer. Options include: Yes / No / Use Config

FIELD: Display Actual Price

Scope: Website

Determines when the customer can see the actual product price. Options include:

In Cart: Displays the actual product price in the shopping cart.

Before Order Confirmation: Displays the actual product price only at the end of the checkout process, just before the order is confirmed.

On Gesture: Displays the actual product price

Use Config: Displays the actual price according to the configuration setting.

FIELD: Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price

Scope: Global

The retail price as suggested by the manufacturer (MSRP).

FIELD: Tax Class

The tax class associated with the product.

Topics in the Products section:

• Product Information and Creation
  • Creating a Simple Product
  • Creating a Grouped Product
  • Creating a Configurable Product
  • Creating a Virtual Product
  • Creating a Bundle Product
  • Creating Downloadable Product
• Inventory: Introduction and Setup
• Inventory: Managing Stock
• Inventory: Stock Availability Messages
• Inventory: Out of Stock Threshold
• Inventory: Products Alerts
• Product Pricing: Price Section
• Product Pricing: Special Price Section
• Product Pricing: Tier Price Section
• Product Pricing: Package Price Section
• Product Pricing: Minimum Advertised Price Section
• Product Pricing: Product Group Price Section
• Product Images
• Swatches

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