A volume license plan (VLP) is used to define discount pricing for products based on the quantity of product purchased. When you create a VLP, you choose the products (or product variations) you want to be a part of the plan, and define the tiers or levels at which shoppers get a discount. When a shopper makes a purchase of a product in a VLP, they get the pricing you have defined based on the total point value of the products they are purchasing.
Note: To create volume license plans you must have the Pricing ManagerA user role that provides access to price lists and volume license plans. Search this file for the "user role definitions" topic for more information. role assigned. To edit products to allow them to use volume license pricing you must have the Catalog ManagerA user role that allows the user access to the catalog and product features. Search this file for the "user role definitions" topic for more information. role assigned.
How Tiers and Points Work
Tiers are used to control the discount a shoppers gets with their purchase within a volume license plan. When you create a volume license plan you define the tiers in the plan and assign points to products, allowing you to use the same VLP to control pricing and discounts for multiple products.
The tiers in a VLP have a minimum and maximum value. The minimum value represents the lowest number of points a shopper must have to qualify for the pricing defined for that tier. The maximum value represents the highest number of points a shopper must have to qualify for the pricing for that tier.
Depending upon the point value you have assigned to products in a purchase, shoppers qualify for reduced prices when their total product purchase exceeds or meets the minimum value for the next tier and is less than or equal to the maximum value for that tier.
Your highest tier does not need to have a maximum value defined. In this case any shopper whose point value meets or exceeds the minimum would qualify for the pricing for that tier.
Total points for a qualifying purchase are calculated by multiplying the quantity ordered by the point value assigned for each product. For instance, if a shopper buys 50 of a product and the value for each product purchased is 2, the total number of points would be 100.
Products in Multiple Volume License Plans
A product can exist in more than one volume license plan as long as the locale and currency differs between volume license plans. This only applies to active volume license plans; volume license plans in Design or Retired status do not have this restriction.
For example, let's say you have two volume license plans. If you add a product to the first plan and set the locale for the product as "en_US" and the currency as "USD" you will not be able to add that same product in the "en_US" locale or use "USD" with that product in any other active volume license plan. A volume license plan with the Design or Retired status can have a product with the same locale and currency as another volume license plan because it is not active on the store. Keep in mind that you will not be able to activate a volume license plan if it shares a product with the same locale and currency and as another active volume license plan on your store.
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