Learn how to create and schedule sales and promotions for some or all of your products.
Requirements/Tools Needed:
- Sign in to my.catalogkiosk.com using the Google Chrome web browser
Getting Started
1. To set the prices on the kiosk, click Content from the navigation menu across the top, then choose Prices.
2. Under the prices section selectAdd Promo Price List.
3. Next, enter a name of your choice for the promotion in the space indicated below, then clickFinishon the bottom right corner.
4. Choose a start date and time for the sale, as well as an end date and time for the sale then clickSave Changesin the top right corner.
5. After saving the promotion dates and times, selectPricing Rulesto edit the prices that will be adjusted during the sale.
6. Once in the price management console, choose a method of how to manage prices for your sale, it is the same process used for setting standard pricing. Choose from the following methods:
- Import pricing from fileallows an upload of a custom spreadsheet of prices.
- Pricing setup in theBase Ruleis considered “global”, and the pricing rules will apply to all products in all categories.
- Category Rulesallow prices to be set for a specific category or subcategory of items.
- Product Ruleswork the same way that category rules do, the key difference, is that the changes made in product rules only apply to specifically chose SKUs.
7. To edit the Base Rule. ClickEdit Base Rule, and the following screen will appear:
- ToShowretail prices switch to Blue. ToHideretail prices switch to Gray.
- When setting the global base rule, always select Cost-Based from the dropdown. The other option is "fixed price", which will be relevant when setting category or product rules.
- Choose between multiplier, gross margin, or markup.
- Multiplier- multiplies the wholesale/landed cost with the factor entered into the field
- Gross Margin- the percentage difference between the selling price and the profit
- Markup- the percentage difference between the actual cost and the selling price
- If desired, the rounding tool dropdown will round the price up or down to a specific number.
- Once completed adjusting the retail and/or list pricing, clickDonein the bottom right corner. This will save any changes.
Please Note:The List Pricing works the same as the retail pricing. As a general rule, always ensure the list multiplier will result in a higher cost than the retail multiplier.
8. Once the desired pricing perimeters have been entered, the pricing rules can be reviewed by clicking the navigational arrow. If the terms are not correct, they can be adjusted by clickingEdit Base Rule.
9. To adjust pricing for all items in a specific category or subcategory, clickAdd Category Rule.
10. Once on the add category rule screen, browse and select the categories (1) or subcategories (2 & 3) to adjust pricing for.
11. After selecting the desired categories or sub-categories, navigate to theDefine Pricingsection.
- Cost based or fixed price: ChooseCost Basedto set a retail multiplier based on each product's cost. ChooseFixed Priceto have every item in the chosen categories show the same price (For example, if the store advertises that all mattresses are $1,000, select the mattresses categories, then set a fixed price of $1,000)
- Choose between multiplier, gross margin, or markup
- Multiplier- multiplies the wholesale/landed cost with the factor entered into the field
- Gross Margin- the percentage difference between the selling price and the profit
- Markup- the percentage difference between the actual cost and the selling price
- If desired, the rounding tool dropdown will round the price up or down to a specific number.
- Save by clickingDonein the bottom right corner.
Please Note:The List Pricing works the same as the retail pricing. As a general rule, always ensure the list multiplier will result in a higher cost than the retail.
12. Once the desired pricing perimeters have been entered, they can be reviewed by clicking the navigational arrow. To add a new Category Pricing Rule, clickAdd Category Rule. If the terms need to be edited or deleted for a previously set rule, clickEdit.
13. To adjust pricing for a specific product or specific group of products, clickAdd Product Rule.
14. Once on the Add Product Rule screen, clickChoose Products. To import a list of prices from a spreadsheet, click Import CSV of Products to Select. Otherwise, clickChoose Products.
15. Search for the products to be edited by searching by the product's category, name, or SKU from the drop down menu. Enter the search parameters, then clickDisplay Products.
16. Choose the individual items, or clickSelect Allto choose all items returned in the search. Once the desired products are selected, choose AddSelected Productsat the top right of the screen.
17. Similar to the last step- Choose the desired individual items, or clickSelect Allto choose all items returned in the search. Once the desired products are selected, chooseNext.
18. Use theDefine Pricingpage to setup pricing rules for these items.
- To Show retail prices switch to Blue. To Hide retail prices switch to Gray.
- When setting the global base rule, always select Cost-Based from the dropdown. The other option is "fixed price", which will be relevant when setting category or product rules.
- Choose between multiplier, gross margin, or markup
- Multiplier- multiplies the wholesale/landed cost with the factor entered into the field
- Gross Margin- the percentage difference between the selling price and the profit
- Markup- the percentage difference between the actual cost and the selling price
- If desired, the rounding tool dropdown will round the price up or down to a specific number.
- Once completed adjusting the retail and/or list pricing, clickDonein the bottom right corner. This will save any changes.
Please Note:The List Pricing works the same as the retail pricing. As a general rule, always ensure the list multiplier will result in a higher cost than the retail.
19. Once the desired pricing perimeters have been entered, they can be reviewed by clicking the navigational arrow. To add a new product pricing rule, or if the terms need to be edited or deleted for a previously set rule, click the appropriate button.
