Pricing overview
The following table presents the hierarchy of Commerce Engine pricing entities and components:
|
Entity |
Components | |
|
Price Book Price Card |
Snapshot |
Tier Tag |
The following table describes general pricing terminology:
|
Pricing Term |
Description |
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Catalog |
An organization of products and services to sell. The catalog is defined in groups of categories and products, and contains products and description data. |
|
Price Book |
A container for one or more Price Cards. Can be associated with one or more catalogs. |
|
Price Card |
An optional mechanism to define a Sell Price, which is normally a discounted price as compared to the List Price. Price Cards also make it possible to apply common pricing across multiple SellableItems without repeating the same pricing definition in each one. A Price Card can be a single application (for example, a reduced item price) or can contain multiple applications (for example, multiple promotions impacting a price at a particular time). |
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Snapshot |
A calculated price that is defined to apply at a specified date/time (for example, at a snapshot in time). Snapshots are used to vary prices by date/time. |
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Tier |
A categorization that can be used to present tier-based pricing, for example, by pricing by number of units bought, or by currency. |
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Tag |
An indicator used to efficiently relate prices to particular SellableItems. By adding tags to a snapshot, you link a Price Card (at a particular date/time) to items that have the same tags applied. |