Sale Price Rules
Sales change the price of the product, instead of giving a Discount.
The total amount discounted on an Order is tracked, but a sale price does not contribute to that because a Sale becomes the new base price the customer must pay.
A sale
special_pricecan be set on individual products through their settings.
BEFORE you promote a rule make sure to test it!
The sale price will display next to the struckthrough original price.
Add a new Sales Rule
In your Control Panel go to Promotions > Sales and click on Add New Sale in the top right of the page.
Fill in the Sale Information fields:
| Rule Name & Description | These are for internal reference only and are not shown to customers. |
| Status | Set to active or inactive. Unless you set a specific time frame, the rule keeps the status that you set. |
| Website | If managing multiple store views (languages), select the websites where this rule applies. |
| Customer Groups | Select for the rule to apply to specific customer groups. |
| From Date and To Date | Set a date range for the rule to take effect. If you leave the date range empty, then the rule is enabled as it is saved. |
| Priority Field | if you have several promotions running at the same time, enter a number to state the priority of this rule. Enter 0 for the highest priority, 1 for the second highest priority, and so on. |
Set the Conditions
Under Conditions you can define what products the sales should apply to. A few common examples:
| Sitewide sales, no restrictions | Leave the Conditions empty and all products will show sales prices. |
| Category sale prices | You can select specific categories only by selecting "If ANY of these conditions are TRUE: Category is one of ... " |
| Sale prices for specific products | If only a few SKUs should be on sale you can also select "If ANY of these conditions are TRUE: SKU is one of ... " |
Any area in bold is editable by clicking on it.
Apply Actions
In the panel on the left, select the Actions tab.
In the Apply field, select one of the following options:
| By Percentage of the Original Price | Subtracts the discount amount from the original product price. (Exampe $10 is the original price, 10% off is $1, shows the sales price of $9) |
| By Fixed Amount | Discounts the item by subtracting a fixed amount from the original price. |
| To Percentage of the Original Price | Discounts the item by defining the final price based on a percentage. (Example: $10 is the original price, 10% to the price is $9, displays a sales price of $1). |
| To Fixed Amount | Discounts the item by defining the final price to a fixed amount. |
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Discount Amount: Enter a numeric value only, such as 10 for 10%.
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Enable Discount to Subproducts: Yes will allow you to apply the rule to the variations (child products) of your configurable products.
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Stop Further Rules Processing:
Yes: Stops processing other rules (Only the sale with the highest priority will be shown)
No: Other rules continue to be processed (Additional sales can be compounded)
Saving the Rule
Click Save and Apply button to save your changes and apply the rule.
If you click on Save or Save and Continue Edit the sales prices will not show in the frontend!
NOTE: You may need to index your store to see the sales prices.
Sales rules do not work with Grouped or Bundled products!
You can only set a sales price for the individual simple products assigned to a grouped or bundled product.
Sale Price (special_price)
The special price is a sale price on an individual product.
| special_price | Sale Price for an item, not associated with a catalog sale 1.99 |
| special_from_date | Beginning dates for the special price (Sale Price)YYYY-MM-DD2017-02-13 |
| special_to_date | End dates for the special price (Sale Price)YYYY-MM-DD2017-02-14 |
Updated 18 days ago