Does anyone know how to exclude a particular product from the discount method? Say I want to have a customer appreciation coupon, of $5.00 off, but I don't want a product that has mandatory MAP pricing from being eligible for the discount, is there a way to turn off that particular brand from getting the discount?

If manufacturer/brand is the only criteria/rule - I can only think of using each of the other manufacturers in the rule - that is 'Manufacturer in the Cart' - 'contains' - 'XYZ' brand for the brands that are eligible for the $5 off. Assuming Brand is setup as the Manufacturer. If it's a strict rule - then I would think each manufacturer/brand would have to have a separate rule.

 If you carry a number of brands - this may be very time consuming and impractical.

 It may be something to then drop into a feature request to have the 'not contains' programmed in. I'd vote for it. We would find it very useful too.

 Thats all I can see in there. If there is another way, I'd like to know as well.
 

 Manjula
 

Manjula,

Thanks for posting!  And yes I have about 40 different brands on my site. What happens in my particular industry is that there are several manufacturers that have very strict MAP pricing guidelines, and you can't discount, one cent from the prices. I am going to put that in as a feature request, it certainly is something that should be available, and shouln't be too difficult to program in, since the rules are already available.

Louis

Manjula,

 Dave got back to me on this, it can be done, however it is a dev request or may be added as a featured request. I suggested putting it out there as a dev share request, perhaps there may be a few of us who may need this.  If the cost is acceptable, perhaps we may all get this done as a group. I am assuming that is how dev share works, but I may be wrong. I am still not 100% familiar with all the ins and outs of how the systems work.

Yes, the costs are shared in dev share. 50% is covered by AmeriCommerce - the other 50% can be picked up by one person or shared between members who may need the feature.

Very cost effective when several members need the same feature and are willing to pay for it.

Thanks for the update.

Manjula
 

We added an internal flag on the cart / order items recently to exclude all Gift Certificates from the discount rules for dollar based discounts.  We could expose this flag on the products so any products could be excluded in the same way from all discounts.

It isn't as flexible as an exclude rule but for most cases it is probably easier to manage and covers most requirements.

Is this something that would help you?

Stefan,

While that may not be the most ideal solution overall, if it is a down and dirty quick fix to let us all start taking better advantage of the discounting system, I think it's a great start. Thanks for the suggestion!

That option should also appear on the mass editor as an edit option. I think all of the different things you guys are adding to the system should also become part of the mass editor, shipping options included. Nothing like going by manufacturer lists to make these changes.

 I think the mass editor works really good, but it doesn't have all the great options you guys are coming up with. I would expand on the product editor as well as create a mass category/subcategory editor. The mass editor should upgrade options as you guys add them.

In addition I would like to see a quantity discount to matched items.  Right now if you put a 10% discount on purchasing 3 or more items in category XYZ all the customer would have to order is one item from XYZ and 2 other items from any other category to receive the discount on the matched item. Obviously, the same problem exist for brands.  To me this would make the global discount area much more functional.

Thanks,

Mike
www.dhcsupplies.com

A new flag has been added on Products called "Do Not Discount".  If this is set on a product the product's price will not be discounted by a Discount Method.

This  field is accessible on the General tab on the Product Editor, as well as the Mass Product Editor and Import / Export.

Outstanding! This is a big improvement. Now I shouldn't get anymore threatening letters from manufacturers.

Elliot@LS:

Does anyone know if this feature is working yet?

It is on Version 2010.2 (here is the link to the release history: http://myamericommerce.com/blogs/feature_release_history_production_path/archive/2010/01/05/2010-2-ongoing-progress-and-fixes-report.aspx). You can request to be updated to the version if you aren't on it already. Still in beta but fairly stable.

Manjula

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