Many cannabis products are sold based on weight. To account for this, Dutchie’s tiered pricing feature allows users to create product pricing tiers. When using pricing tiers, the per-gram price is adjusted as the amount purchased increases. Once created, pricing tiers are applied in the product catalog and reflected at checkout. 

Things to consider

• Pricing tiers can be used on weight-based and quantity-based products. Note that quantity-based products will be added together based on a package’s Grams/Concentration.
• Pricing tiers set up in Locations settings override the prices set at the inventory level, which includes prices entered while receiving the products and pricing tiers entered in the Catalog. If a price is not displaying as expected, there may be a pricing tier overriding it. Look out for location-specific pricing tiers that are not set up correctly.
• Dutchie recommends using pricing tiers for giving a discount based on the weight of the product sold.

Weight override (or "weigh heavy") feature

Weight override is an optional feature that allows users to price bulk flower based on common weights (1g, 2g, 3.5g, etc.) even when the actual weight is slightly different (also known as "weigh heavy"). If weight override is not enabled, bulk flower is priced based on the actual weight. Contact Dutchie Support to have weight override enabled for your location.

When weight override is enabled, it's important to also set a Dispense weight vs actual weight threshold. This enforces a maximum difference between the actual weight and the weight override to prevent users from weighing excessive amounts or charging an artificially low price.

1. Go to Settings > Location.
2. Scroll down to the Defaults section.
3. In the Dispense weight vs actual weight threshold field, enter an amount greater than 0 and select a unit of measure.
   
4. Optionally, turn on Auto Adjust Weight Override. When enabled, if the weight of the product falls within the dispense weight vs. actual weight threshold, the item's price will be automatically adjusted accordingly.
5. Click Save.

This threshold is not inclusive. For example, if you set the threshold to 0.2g, budtenders can enter an override that is less than 0.2g different from the actual weight, but not 0.2g or more.

Create pricing tiers

To create a pricing tier:

1. Go to Products > Configure.
2. Select the Pricing tab. 
3. Click the Add tier button. 
   
    
4. Enter a name for the pricing tier and click Add.
    
5. Click the pencil icon next to the newly created pricing tier. 
   
6. Click Add tier.
   
    

7. Fill in the following fields:
    

   Weight	The minimum weight a customer must purchase to get this tier's price.
   Max Weight	The weight at which this tier's price no longer applies (in other words, customers can purchase up to this weight, non-inclusive). If you have also set a Dispense weight vs actual weight threshold, the smaller of the two applies. For example: If the Weight is 3.5g, the Max Weight is 3.7g, and the Dispense weight vs actual weight threshold is 0.3g, then the Max Weight applies and this tier's price applies to weights of 3.5g to 3.699g. If the Weight is 3.5g, the Max Weight is 3.7g, and the Dispense weight vs actual weight threshold is 0.1g, then the Dispense weight vs actual weight threshold applies and this tier's price applies to weights of 3.5g to 3.599g. If you have not set a Dispense weight vs actual weight threshold for your location, the Max Weight always applies.
   Per gram	Price per gram for this tier. If you enter a value here, the Total is automatically calculated based on Per gram x Weight. If you have dual pricing enabled, there are separate fields for Medical and Recreational prices.
   Total	Total price for this tier. If you enter a value here, the Per gram is automatically calculated based on Total ÷ Weight. If you have dual pricing enabled, there are separate fields for Medical and Recreational prices.

8. Click Add.

Additional options

Select Actions > Edit pricing tier to set these Tier options:

• Only apply price breaks at specified weights: Customers will only get price breaks for weights that fall within a tier. For any other weights, the per-gram price set at the catalog level would apply.
• Only group items with the same SKU for price breaks: Customers will only receive price breaks when purchasing multiples of the same SKU. For example, a 2g price would apply to 2 units of the same 1g prepack, but not two different 1g prepacks.

If you enable either of the above, you cannot assign this pricing tier to a group.

Edit pricing tiers

1. Go to Products > Configure.
2. Select the Pricing tab. 
3. Click the pencil icon next to the tier you want to edit.
4. Click the three dots and select Edit next to each weight/price you want to edit.

Apply pricing tiers to a product

1. Go to Products > Catalog. 
2. Select the product you want to apply to a pricing tier.
3. From the Details tab, scroll down to the Default pricing tier field. 
   
4. Select the tier you want to apply from the dropdown. 
5. Click Save.

Set group pricing tiers

Group pricing tiers permit mix and match across pricing tiers. For example, if group pricing is enabled and a retail customer buys 1/2 oz of one tier, and 1/2 oz of another tier, they will get a prorated 1 oz. price reduction for both products since they still met the 1 oz. benchmark due to the group pricing tier being applied.

1. Select the Pricing tab. 
2. Click the Add group button.
3. Enter a name for the tier group and click Add. 
4. Click the pencil icon next to a pricing tier you want to add to a group. 
5. Select Actions > Edit pricing tier.
6. Select the group from the Assign to group dropdown.
7. Click Save.

Discontinue a pricing tier

Pricing tiers cannot be deleted. If you are no longer using a specific pricing tier or pricing tiers in general, you can discontinue them by:

1. Delete the individual weights on the tier by selecting the ... and then Delete.
   
2. Remove the Default pricing tier assignment from each product in the Catalog.

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