The Sage quantity sold discount reduces the net selling price of a product. These discounts can't be applied to Suppliers.
NOTE: Product Quantity Discounts are available in Sage 50 Accounts Professional. If you're interested in upgrading, leave your details and we'll be in touch.
This article uses the following example:
You sell the same product to three different customer types, Retail, Wholesale, and Trade.
NOTE: This procedure uses the example, table A is for retail customers, table B for wholesale customers and table C for trade customers.
| Discount | Indicates the level ofthe discount. This cannot be changed. |
|---|---|
| Quantity | Enter the quantity of the product required for a customer to qualify for a discount, for example, 10. |
| Discount % | Enter the discount to be applied when the customer buys the relevant quantity of the product, for example, 5. |
| Discount Value | This calculates automatically and is the net price of the product less the percentage discount you entered. |
NOTE: If you're setting up discounts for different customer types, the discount table selection must be consistent on each Product Record. For example, all discounts for retail customers must be entered on table A, all discounts for wholesale customers must be entered on table B and all trade discounts set up on table C.
To create another discount table for this Product, click the relevant discount tab and repeat this step.
For the quantity discount to automatically adjust the net selling price of the product, you must also apply the discount table letter to the customer record. For further information about this, please refer to the section, To apply the discount to the Customer Record.
NOTE: This procedure copies all of the discounts from the selected product record. If you want to copy only one discount table, from within the table window, click Copy Matrix then follow the on-screen prompts.
The discount tables are now copied to the selected Product Record. For the quantity discount to automatically adjust the net selling price of the product, you must also apply the discount table letter to the customer record. For further information about this, please refer to the following section.
NOTE: You can only apply one discount table letter per customer.
Repeat steps 1 - 3 for any other customers to whom you want to apply a discount.
You've now applied a quantity discount to your customer records. The next time you create a product invoice, the additional discount is applied to the net selling price of the product.