Josh Okey
Created Nov 25, 2024coreFORCE Advanced - Memberships: Using Pricing Structures For Member Pricing Online
In this guide, we will explore how to use Pricing Structures on coreFORCE Advanced to apply a 10% margin to product departments. This approach allows you to effectively offer a discount to your members as a benefit of being a range member. It is recommended to implement these "discounts" using margin or markup calculations, ensuring that your costs are accurately reflected based on your distributor accounts.
In this example, I will specify certain Departments for the members' benefits. This will include any Categories that fall under these departments in your established taxonomy.
Note 1: Any selection made in this section can only be used in one pricing structure. For instance, if the Accessories department is selected in this pricing structure, it cannot be selected in any other pricing structure.
Note 2: If multiple selectors are used, products matching any of the selected criteria will use this pricing structure. For example, if both Manufacturer X and Category Y are selected, this pricing structure will apply to all products from Manufacturer X as well as all products in Category Y.

In the Price Calculation Type field, you can choose from Discount, Margin, or Markup. For this example, I’ll use Margin. Our previously established pricing structure has a default margin of 20%. Here, we will set a 10% margin for our members, effectively giving them a 10% discount on all Accessories and Firearms.
Note: The Discount pricing structure type is not recommended for most retail dealers. This type is based on the List Price, which is intended to represent MSRP but is often missing or incorrect in distributor data feeds. Markup and Margin are based on Cost, making them far more reliable.
The Discount pricing structure type is generally only used by distributors or manufacturers who define their own pricing.

Select the established User Type that this pricing structure will apply to. This ensures that users with a membership will receive the discount. If a product does not fall under this pricing structure, the system will default to the standard pricing structure you have established.
For more details on how pricing structure priority works, refer to this document on understanding pricing structures in coreFORCE.
