Pricing Settings

overview & purpose the pricing tab allows you to configure additional pricing controls and business rules for individual products it helps you manage production costs, protect profit margins, and enhance pricing visibility on the storefront settings add product setup cost you can configure a one time setup charge for a product to cover initial production preparation costs enter the setup cost in the setup cost field, enter the fixed amount that should be charged as a one time production fee enter a value if a setup charge is applicable leave the field blank if no setup cost is required for example, if printing plates must be prepared before production, you may enter $25 as the setup cost define when the setup cost should be applied after entering the setup cost, select how it should be applied always the setup cost will be charged on every order, including first time orders and reorders exclude for reorder the setup cost will be charged only on the first order and will not be applied to subsequent reorders of the same product this configuration ensures accurate cost recovery while avoiding unnecessary charges for repeat customers hire designer cost this is a fixed cost applied when a customer selects the option to hire a designer this is useful if you offer in house design services this costing is applicable only when the “hire designer” option is enabled in the customization option section on the product add/edit page example if your store provides design assistance for $100 per order, enter that amount here the cost will automatically be added when the customer selects the hire designer option set product minimum price you can define a minimum price for a product to ensure it is not sold below your desired margin this setting allows the system to compare the calculated product price with the defined minimum price and display whichever value is higher enter the minimum price in the product minimum price field, enter the minimum amount that should be charged for the product the system will calculate the product price based on standard pricing rules (base price, quantity, additional options, etc ) compare the calculated price with the defined minimum price display the higher value to the customer example calculated product price = $18 minimum price defined = $25 final displayed price = $25 this ensures your product is never sold below $25 select where the minimum price should be applied under minimum price applicable on , choose how the system should evaluate the minimum price base price the minimum price is compared only with the product’s base price subtotal the minimum price is compared with the base price plus additional option prices subtotal (unit qty) the minimum price is compared against the unit subtotal price (base price + additional options price per unit) this flexibility allows you to apply minimum pricing rules according to your business and pricing strategy display product price list the show price list setting allows the admin to update and display quantity wise pricing directly in the product’s price list it is especially useful for managing bulk pricing and tier based pricing structures enable price list display enable the show price list option, and the system will allow you to manage and update pricing based on different quantity slabs this helps when you want to revise bulk pricing offer better rates for higher quantities maintain structured tier pricing (e g , 100 qty, 500 qty, 1000 qty) configure the price list in product page layout after enabling the setting, ensure the price list block is added to the product page layout navigate to the admin panel > store personalization > product page layout from here enable or position the price list section on the product page choose where it should appear (for example, below the quantity field or near the pricing section) once configured customers will see a structured price list displaying different prices based on quantity ranges the pricing table updates according to the defined quantity slabs set product starting price this is a promotional pricing display feature used to attract customer attention and improve product visibility it allows you to highlight a starting price for a product without affecting the actual pricing calculation the start price is for display purposes only the value entered here does not impact the actual product price calculation, subtotal, or checkout amount enter the start price in the start from price field under product settings, enter the value you want to display as the starting price this price will be shown on category landing pages schema org microdata shopping ads (based on your seo strategy) this helps in marketing products with messages such as “starts at $11 99” configure start price display position you can control where the start price appears on the storefront to setup, navigate to the admin panel > store configuration > site settings > theme settings tab > option to set product start price position from here, you can choose the preferred display position based on your website layout and theme design here is how the start price appears on the storefront