There are times when a Manufacturer may want to assign a discount on a specific item, EX: putting an item on clearance. This article will walk you through the steps needed to assign a discount to a product in your line.
1. From the Manufacturer (M ID) account, go to the "Items" section of the left-hand navigation and then "View Items" to bring up a list of all of your products in MarketTime.
2. Select the item you wish to discount from the list of products in the "View Items" window by clicking on the product name.
3. In the product window you will see all of the details that have been either entered manually or have passed into the platform through your product upload sheet.
- At the top is the name of the item
- Basic information can be found in the middle of the screen
- Near the bottom, you will find different tabs to further customize the product listing
4. Click on the "Additional Details" tab
5. From here, you can enter a Discount Start and End date and the % Discount you'd like to be automatically applied when this item is added to an order. Note: this is NOT a promotion.
6. IMPORTANT: for the discount to be applied to the product when a salesperson writes an order, you must have the "No Further Discount" enabled (set to YES).
- If you include a discount but do not enable "No Further Discount" the discount will not be included when the item is added to an order.
- If you have "No Further Discount" enabled (set to yes) and no discount % is listed, the salesperson cannot discount the item at all
7. If you have many items that require a discount/need to be adjusted, this work can also be done in the product import file. Upload a new product file and set all items with a discount to No Further Discount = Yes