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Payments and Discounts Question

Leah Andrascik
posted this on July 01, 2010 09:16

Is there a way to discount prices for a specific shoot with out having to change all my current pricing. Something like a discount code the client could enter on the payment page?

Thanks for your help!

Leah

 

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Ryan Kudasik
Event Horizon Fotografie Account - 1343

Unfortunately, I think you'll have to manually change the prices for each package yourself. I think the easiest way to do this is, when you are creating the proposal click ""Build a customized version" In the Package Price box just put in your adjusted price.

I have just been getting more accurate with my product prices, so I like manually adding the discounted prices. I can see the profit margin before they book.

You could also book it at full price then add a discount to the invoice.

July 01, 2010 10:02
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Leah Andrascik
Leah A {life...captured.} Account - 2468

Thank you so much!!

July 02, 2010 08:55
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Jeremy Orr
dsmPhotoCompany Account - 1463

It would be nice if we did not have to build a customized package in order to give a discount.  All that needs to be added is the price with an open text field on the page that lists all the packages - pre-filled with the package price but can be changed easily without modifying the contents of the package.

July 29, 2010 09:02
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Mary Angelini
Key Moments Productions, Inc. Account - 1354

Agreed, a discount code would be a great sales tool as well.

November 20, 2010 06:02
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Dana Andreasson
Orange Cat Photo Account - 41

This is an old thread, but I'd like to reiterate the need to be able to discount items.  I give a percentage off of the albums when included with contracted package and I'd like it to show that it IS a discount and not just the price.....can we add that please?! :)

February 14, 2011 11:44
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Rebecca VanHouten
516 Cinema, LLC. - 6531

Yes Please!! This would be a great tool!

July 19, 2011 06:47
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Debbie Schwab
Debbie Schwab Photography Account - 2704

I would love the option to add a discount to show the clients the "original price" then the "discounted price".  If we just change the price by the discounted amount the client doesn't always see the VALUE in what we did for them.  I've been adding the discount at the end but it seems that sales tax is added on so they actually pay taxes on the full amount and not the discounted version.  Please SHOOTQ make adding discounts easier!!  Thanks.

August 23, 2011 13:31
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Janet Buller
Sweet Spirit Productions Account - 1199

YES! Please! I highly recommend fixing this so that sales tax is added correctly. The sales tax should NOT be figured on the original (pre-discounted) price, but be charged for the discounted price. The sales tax needs to accurately be figured from what they ACTUALLY PAID. Thanks.

October 20, 2011 09:39
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Rebecca Hollis
Rebecca Hollis Photography Account - 6717

Agreed!  This would be so nice!

October 29, 2011 09:24
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Justin Lund
ShootQ

Hey Q'ers. 

Interesting thread. I think the way to handle this would be to build a system of discount codes that you could allow customers to apply to certain shoots and not others. 

The pricing page could have a field where the user could enter a discount code. There could be rules about what discount codes are allowed based on shoots and/or users. You could also set a specific discount code to be pre-populated in the discount code field, again based on logic by user and shoot.

@Janet - the sales tax thing is tricky. Certain states (I think California is one) require you to calculate sales tax against the full-retail price of the item before discounts. Other states don't. Building that concept into the system adds complexity and makes my head hurt really, really bad!

October 29, 2011 15:27
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Ric Mershon
Ric Mershon Photographers Account - 6160

Is there any way to create a product/service with a negative value that is editable in the package builder?  I would love this!

Justin,

Also to Debbie's point, it would be nice to have the ability to show a discount on a pre-configured package.  For example, when a client books us, we discount products included in a package 10%.  I'm testing ShootQ now and currently use (can I say this here) Tave, where a discount product kind is available to allow negative values.  This allows me to have two discount "products", one for taxable items and one for non-taxable items.  With ShootQ I'll need two items for each product and I have no way of tracking discounts.

Even better would be a product item/discount code that I could add to a package that tells the system to discount an item in a package one line up a certain percentage.  I actually do this with QuickBooks  when I create the actual invoice for a client, and it saves a ton of time.

Thanks.

December 08, 2011 13:01
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Ric Mershon
Ric Mershon Photographers Account - 6160

Justin,

Another thought.  If you're considering adding discounts, would it be straight forward to add credit memos at the same time?  Your going to have to allow negative product/service prices in this case, i.e., when a customer has a credit and they want to purchase something, the price of the product would be debited from the credit.

Thanks.

January 03, 2012 15:58
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Brian David Matanane
Brian David Fine Art Wedding Photography Account - 7757

Justin,

Where are we on this discount field for ShootQ?  Also California DOES NOT require you to tax on the full retail price before discount unless you are being reimbursed by a third party.

Thanks

January 04, 2012 15:18
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Nathan Bell
Richard Bell Photography Account - 7825

Plus one for me on easier discounting.   Really, I'd like the ability to change the price of items on an invoice without having to create a brand new item each time.  My disc of high res images, for instance changes price with every shoot based on a number of considerations.  I have to create a new product each time for the disc to put in the correct price.

January 04, 2012 19:05
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Paul Marchenko
Orlando Photo Booth Rental LLC Account - 8523

I think it clear that pretty much all shootQ users provide discounts for their clients in some way and this feature is just not integrated into the shootQ system.  Let's fix that shootQ. thanks.

March 16, 2012 09:01
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David Ethridge
AVRfilms Account - 3088

ShootQ - When will this feature be added? Desperately needed!

March 28, 2012 11:08
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Ric Mershon
Ric Mershon Photographers Account - 6160

Hey ShootQ People,

It's five months since we've heard anything on this topic from ShootQ, and I'm not sure what to make of your silence.  I think it's pretty clear from feedback on this topic that discounting of individual items on an order/invoice is badly needed.  I would go so far as to say that it's a glaring oversight of basic functionality.

If you're going to provide a community forum I don't think it's too much to ask for a response from you, even if the answer is "no."  It's been five months!

Thanks,

-ric.

March 29, 2012 09:16
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Nathan Bell
Richard Bell Photography Account - 7825

Amen!  All I really want is the ability to change the price of an item on the package creation screen just like I can change the quantity.  This would allow us to have flexible pricing, as well as allow us to give discounts on individual items.

My Digital Image disc ALWAYS cost a different amount, and many of my items are priced on a per-shoot basis.   I currently have DOZENS of nearly identical items in my product list, just so I can apply the correct price to the item.

PLEASE shootQ!  At least let us know that you hear us! 

March 29, 2012 09:24