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Carol Kerr 
    
3 years ago
I sell products that have a lower price each as the buyer purchases larger quantities. What is the best approach?
Kevin Robertson  @Reply  
          
3 years ago
The Extended Cut of Order Discount covers tiered discounts.
Carol Kerr OP  @Reply  
    
3 years ago
It is more of different prices for larger quantities than a % discount - here is an example link -
https://mailthings.com/circle_tabs.php
Adam Schwanz  @Reply  
           
3 years ago
If you don't want to use a percentage and I'm assuming they cant all be like 2$ off, you might need to make multiple prices in your product table. ProductPrice, Discount1ProductPrice, Discount2ProductPrice etc. Then just dlookup which price to put depending on the quantity they bought.
Kevin Robertson  @Reply  
          
3 years ago
I would set this up similar to my example (see screenshot).
Kevin Robertson  @Reply  
          
3 years ago

Kevin Yip  @Reply  
     
3 years ago
HI Carol, I would suggest some kind of lookup table.  If a fixed discount isn't used, or if the rules of the discounts are irregular in general, and if those rules and prices are subject to change, then I would consider setting a price for each individual unit so you would be able to modify them however you like, when necessary.  The lookup table would look something like, using your example from mailthings.com:

ProductID    OrderUnits    DiscountUnitPrice
P1000        1             $22.50
P1000        2             $21.50
P1000        3             $21.50
P1000        4             $20.50
P1000        5             $20.50
P1000        6             $20.50
P1000        7             $20.50
P1000        8             $20.50
P1000        9             $20.50
P1000        10             $19.50
P1000        11             $19.50
P1000        12             $19.50
P1000        13             $19.50
P1000        14             $19.50
P1000        15             $19.50
P1000        16             $19.50
P1000        17             $19.50
P1000        18            $19.50
P1000        19            $19.50
P1000        20            $17.00
P2000        1             $29.50
P2000        2             $28.50
...
and so on.

During order entry, it would be straightforward to use DLookup() to look up the unit price for the units ordered:

   =DLookup("[DiscountUnitPrice]", "PriceLookupT", "[OrderUnits]=" & IIf(OrderUnits > 20, 20, OrderUnits))
  
Note that the lookup table above only has prices for up to 20 units (which you can change to whatever you want).  That is why I use the IIf() function above.  If OrderUnits is greater than 20 units, treat it as 20 units and return the price for 20 units.

Carol Kerr OP  @Reply  
    
3 years ago
The database is currently in Filemaker Pro ' when I enter the stock number and then the quantity, the correct price for that quantity automatically comes up on the entry form. I am just trying to duplicate that simplicity for my employees. Problem with Filemaker is the database I have is 15 years old and the software won't load on new computers ' updated version is expensive. Hoping I can re-do it myself in Access.

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