Pricing Configuration

PromoSync offers flexible pricing options to match your business model. This guide covers all pricing strategies and configuration options.

Pricing Strategies

MQ (Minimum Quantity)

Uses the lowest quantity tier price from the supplier’s pricing table.

Best for: Distributors selling to end consumers or businesses ordering small quantities.

// Example supplier pricing table
[
  {"minQuantity": 24, "price": 1250},
  {"minQuantity": 48, "price": 1100},
  {"minQuantity": 144, "price": 950},
  {"minQuantity": 288, "price": 825}
]
 
// MQ strategy selects: $12.50 (24 unit tier)

HUNDREDS

Calculates price per 100 units, useful for high-volume pricing.

Best for: Businesses that quote prices per hundred or per thousand units.

// Same pricing table
// HUNDREDS calculation:
// Uses 144-tier: $9.50/unit × 100 = $950.00 per hundred

MAP (Manufacturer’s Advertised Price)

Uses the manufacturer’s suggested retail price when available.

Markup / Discount Pricing (MDP)

Applies your own markup or discount percentage on top of a price base (Cost, List or MSRP), with optional rules per supplier and per brand.

Best for: Distributors who price from supplier net cost or want a different margin per supplier or brand.

Selling price = base price x (1 + percentage / 100)

// 25% markup on a $10.00 cost  ->  $12.50
// 10% discount on a $20.00 MSRP ->  $18.00

Selecting this strategy is what unlocks the Markup / Discount Pricing tab described below.

Setting Your Default Strategy

1. Open PromoSync > Settings
2. In the Pricing Configuration section, pick a strategy from the Price Calc. Method dropdown: Minimum Quantity, Pricing when buying Hundreds, Minimum Advertised Price or Markup / Discount Pricing
3. Click Save

The strategy applies to every product import and price update for the shop.

Markup and Discount Configuration

Manage your product pricing by adding markup or discount prices based on suppliers and brands. Open the Markup / Discount Pricing tab in the settings sidebar.

Default Markup

Set a default markup that applies to all products:

The default applies to every product that has no matching supplier or brand rule. A Default % of 0 with a base of List simply sells at the supplier’s list price.

Supplier/Brand-Specific Rules

Create custom pricing rules for specific supplier and brand combinations. Click + New Price to add a rule:

Price Base Options

Rule Priority

For each product PromoSync uses the most specific rule that matches:

1. A rule for the product’s supplier and brand
2. A rule for the supplier with Brand set to “All Brands”
3. The shop Default Base and Default %

Example Rules

How the Final Price Is Built

• Variant price: the supplier’s lowest quantity break goes through the formula and becomes the Shopify variant price.
• Quantity tiers: every quantity break goes through the same formula and is stored on the variant in the part_price_array metafield (see Tier Pricing Display). Enable Volume Pricing to apply the lower tiers at checkout.
• Decorated vs. blank: the Default Configuration Type setting decides which supplier price set feeds the base. Decorated uses the decorated price breaks, Blank uses the blank ones.
• Setup and run charges: decoration charges are not folded into the variant price. They are stored as decoration data on the product so they can be shown and added at the decoration step.

Prefill SanMar

Click Prefill SanMar to automatically populate recommended pricing rules for all SanMar brands based on their MSRP pricing structure.

Tier Pricing Display

Tier pricing data is stored at the variant level in the part_price_array metafield, following the PromoStandards specification.

// Stored in variant.metafields.psrestful.part_price_array
[
  {"quantityMin": 24, "price": 1250},
  {"quantityMin": 48, "price": 1100},
  {"quantityMin": 144, "price": 950},
  {"quantityMin": 288, "price": 825}
]

Note: Prices are stored as integers in cents for fast and exact calculations. For example, 1250 means $12.50.

Display in your theme:

{% raw %}{% assign tiers = variant.metafields.psrestful.part_price_array.value %}
{% if tiers %}
<table class="tier-pricing-table">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Quantity</th>
      <th>Price Each</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    {% for tier in tiers %}
    <tr>
      <td>{{ tier.quantityMin }}+</td>
      <td>{{ tier.price | divided_by: 100.0 | money }}</td>
    </tr>
    {% endfor %}
  </tbody>
</table>
{% endif %}{% endraw %}

See Variant Metafields for more details on the part_price_array structure.

Currency Settings

Note: PromoSync uses Shopify’s currency settings for display. Supplier prices are typically in USD.

Advanced: Per-Supplier Pricing

For supplier-specific pricing rules, see Custom Pricing (MDP).

Troubleshooting

Prices Not Updating

1. Check that the product is still syncing (not removed from sync)
2. Verify the supplier has updated pricing
3. Manually trigger a sync from the product page
4. Check for pricing errors in the sync log

Incorrect Pricing

1. Verify your pricing strategy selection
2. Check markup/discount configuration
3. Review rounding settings
4. Compare with supplier’s actual pricing table

MAP Pricing Unavailable

Not all suppliers provide MAP pricing. If MAP is selected but unavailable:

• PromoSync falls back to MQ pricing
• A warning is logged in the sync report