Pricing Tab
If you choose to apply a payment method when setting up a store, the product template must have a price list that covers the available quantities and options that can be ordered with the product. These price lists are managed in the Pricing tab of the Product Templates dialog and new price lists that you create in the Product Templates dialog are added to the Price List drop-down list. See “Setting up a Store”.
When you create a Product Template, you need to choose an existing price list to add the prices for the new template, or edit an existing price list. If prices are not set for a product template in the price list selected for the store, any products created from that template may appear on the storefront but they will be unavailable for purchasing.
Two price lists are provided in the Price Lists list by default: including or excluding tax. This enables you to display rounded prices or commercially attractive prices (e.g. 99-prices) with or without the tax included. You can add your own price lists to differentiate between standard and discount prices, prices in other currencies, prices for different Companies, etc.
A price list consists of the following price information:
•Price Matrix: This is the main table with prices for the different quantities and page counts possible with a product template
•Color option: Here you specify the costs to be charged for different color options. The initial color is always included in the Price Matrix.
•Media type option: The initial media type is included in the Price Matrix prices but additional types need to be priced here.
•Single-value and/or Multi-value options: Here you can set the prices for special finishing, accessories to be delivered with a product, etc.
•Downloadable PDF option: Here you set the prices for downloading a high resolution PDF instead of a physical product.
•Free Text option
Each price list may contain all the prices for all product templates and consequently for all the products (all products are based on product templates). Every time a new product template is created, all the price lists are marked as incomplete with the alert icon 
until the Price Matrix and option prices are filled in for the new product template. You only need to update the price list(s) that you will use for a particular template, however, you must ensure that the price list you select for your store contains the pricing information for the products you add to the product catalog. Products without pricing information are also indicated with the alert icon in the product catalog.
until the Price Matrix and option prices are filled in for the new product template. You only need to update the price list(s) that you will use for a particular template, however, you must ensure that the price list you select for your store contains the pricing information for the products you add to the product catalog. Products without pricing information are also indicated with the alert icon in the product catalog.NOTE: If you choose Payment Method None when creating a store, the product template does not require a price list and you can skip this section.
Set Pricing
1 On the menu bar, choose Product Templates.
2 Click the Pricing tab.
A list of price lists is displayed in the top pane. Two price lists are provided by default: one price list including taxes and one excluding taxes.
3 Choose a price list in the Price Lists list and select Price Matrix in the Pricing pane below.
The Price Matrix is displayed in the bottom pane.
If you have just created the Product Template, only the Quantity column is filled in with the supported quantities.
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An alert icon indicates that the prices in the Price Matrix are incomplete.
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4 Click the Edit button to display the Edit Price Matrix dialog.
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5 In the Pricing Formula drop-down list, choose one of the following formulas for calculating the prices for products based on this template:
TIP: When entering values in the Price Matrix, you can use the Tab key to navigate the cells.
•Fixed Price: Specify your prices for each quantity and page count. No other printing cost applies.
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•Price/Copy: Specify your prices for one copy (unit). This formula is useful if the shopper can order intermediate quantities.
•Price/Page: Specify the price per page. For example, 60 copies of a 16 page brochure at 1 dollar/page will cost 960 dollars.
•Setup Cost + Price/Page: Specify your prices/page and the setup cost for each quantity and page count.
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•Setup Cost + Price/Copy: Specify your price per copy (unit) page and the setup cost for each quantity and page count.
•Setup Cost + Price per square metre/foot: (only for products based on an Unbound Flat - Variable Size template) The product unit does not have fixed dimensions, so specify different prices per square metre/foot of media depending on the ordered quantities.
•Setup Cost + Degressive pricing per square metre/foot: (only for products based on an Unbound Flat - Variable Size template and their options) Specify a price depending on the total amount of media used, regardless of the number of copies ordered: e.g. a lower price for higher total sizes. You can also set a minimum price for the product.
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TIP: Setup costs can be an important cost factor in certain printing environments. Compare the pricing of short runs printed digitally and longer print runs in offset.
For a complex price matrix, you can copy the data from a spreadsheet. See “Using a spreadsheet to prepare and maintain a price matrix”.
Select the Cross-Item Pricing option if you want to apply pricing and discount to several items. For example, you order 8 packs of 250 cards. One pack of 250 cards costs 10 euros but 2000 cards cost 60 euros. On the order summary and all other reporting, each pack of 250 cards will have a price of 7.5 euros. If the pricing involves setup costs you can choose to apply a Single Setup Cost.
6 Click Save to confirm the formula and prices.
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The completed Price Matrix is displayed for the selected price list.
If you created Product Options, you need to set the prices for these too.
An alert icon indicates that the price for a Product Option is incomplete.
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7 Click an Option in the Pricing pane and click the Edit button.
8 Choose one of the following pricing methods:
•Fixed: The specified price is added once to the total price for the ordered quantity, e.g. a special service.
•%: A percentage of the price for the ordered quantity is added once to the total price (without other options), e.g. special packaging. The percentage does not apply on top of other options.
•Unit: The option has its own unit price which is added per the specified quantity, e.g. a special box per 250 business cards, and a one-time Setup Cost (optional).
•Per Page: The option price is calculated by multiplying the specified price by the page count, plus a Setup Cost (optional).
•Price Matrix: Choose this option if you want to apply a price formula to control pricing in a non-linear way. You can choose from the same pricing formulas as for the product. This is useful for options such as color, varnish, or binding styles. You can also limit the availability of an option (e.g. varnish that you only want to print if the print run is sufficient) by not specifying prices for lower quantities. Choose a formula in the Pricing Formula drop-down list. The different options are explained above.
•Size-based: (Unbound products only) The option is calculated depending on the width, height, or surface area of the product, or a combination of these properties; for example: varnish, laminating or adding grommets for Unbound Flat - Variable Size products (signs, posters, etc.)
9 Click Save to confirm your changes.
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The option price is displayed for the selected Product Option.
The alert icon is no longer displayed when you have completed all the price information.
Using a spreadsheet to prepare and maintain a price matrix
1 Prepare your raw price data in a spreadsheet, e.g. the setup cost and price/copy for different page counts.
2 Copy the cells that you have prepared in the spreadsheet.
NOTE: Do not include the quantities and total price in your copied data because these are calculated in the price matrix.
3 In the Edit Price Matrix dialog, click in the top left cell.
You have two options, depending on the browser you are using:
If you are using the Firefox browser, clicking in the cell activates the here link which you can click to open a dialog where you can paste the data you copied in your spreadsheet. Click OK.
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For all browsers except Firefox, with the cursor in the top left cell, press CTRL+V (paste) to paste the data directly in the price matrix.
The data is pasted into the price matrix and the totals are calculated and displayed in the Price Table.
4 Click Save to confirm the pricing matrix.
Create a new price list in Product Templates
Price lists can be created in the Product Templates dialog. A newly created price list does not contain any prices.
1 On the menu bar, choose Product Templates and then the Pricing tab.
2 Click the Add button to add a new Price List to the list.
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3 Complete the fields in the Create Price List dialog.
Name
This name appears in the Price Lists list and in the Pricing drop-down list when setting up a store.
Currency
This is the currency used to display the prices; you may want to set up different price lists which are differentiated by currency.
Exclude taxes
Select or clear this check box to exclude or include tax in the prices you enter in the Price Matrix.
Description
Additional information
4 Click Save.
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The new price list is displayed in the list with the alert icon. This icon indicates that the price list is incomplete.
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5 Enter the pricing for all the Product Templates. See “Set Pricing”.
Duplicate a price list in Product Templates
Price lists can be duplicated in the Product Templates dialog. A duplicated price list contains all the prices of the original.
1 On the menu bar, choose Product Templates and then the Pricing tab.
2 Click the Duplicate button to copy and adapt an existing price list.
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3 Click Duplicate.
The duplicated price list contains all the prices entered for the original price list.
4 If necessary, edit the Price Matrix and Option prices in the duplicated list as described in “Set Pricing”.
Delete a price list in Product Templates
Price lists can be deleted in the Product Templates dialog.
1 On the menu bar, choose Product Templates and then the Pricing tab.
2 Click the Delete button to delete a Price List from the list.
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3 Click Delete to confirm.
The price list no longer appears in the list.
NOTE: A price list cannot be deleted if it is being used for a store.
Create a new price list in Stores
1 On the menu bar, choose Stores and select a store.
2 In the Set Up pane, click the Add button next to the Price List drop-down list.
3 Complete the fields in the Create Price List dialog.
Name
This name appears in the Pricing drop-down list. It’s also added to the Price Lists list in Product Templates > Pricing.
Currency
This is the currency used to display the prices; you may want to set up different price lists which are differentiated by currency.
Exclude taxes
Select or clear this check box to exclude or include tax in the prices you enter in the Price Matrix.
Description
Additional information
4 Click Save.
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The new price list is displayed in the Pricing drop-down list.
NOTE: You can only delete a Pricing List in the Product Templates dialog. See “Delete a price list in Product Templates”.
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