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I want 5% off for 10 units and 10% off for 50; how do I build the price table?

Run the unit price through the calculator once per tier to get the discounted unit price, then multiply by the quantity. For a unit at 35: from 10 units it drops to 33.25, from 50 units to 31.5. And watch a point many sellers miss: an order of 48 or 49 costs more than an order of 50.

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Work out the unit price for each tier

  1. Open the Discount calculator and type the normal unit price, 35 here.
  2. Type 5 as the discount and note the final price, 33.25, and the saving, 1.75 per unit.
  3. Change the rate to 10 and note 31.5, a saving of 3.5 per unit.
  4. For a third tier, such as 15% from 100 units, repeat: 29.75 per unit.

The finished table

Worked example

1 to 9 units: 35 each.

10 to 49 units: 33.25 each. An order of 10 = 332.5.

50 units and over: 31.5 each. An order of 50 = 1,575.

That layout pastes straight into a product description in a WhatsApp Business catalogue, or into the notes of a quote for a wholesale buyer in the Quotation generator.

The gap at the tier boundary

When every unit gets the lower price once the tier is reached, a bigger order can cost less than a slightly smaller one:

Worked example

49 units × 33.25 = 1,629.25.

48 units × 33.25 = 1,596.

50 units × 31.5 = 1,575, less than either.

A sharp buyer will order 50 instead of 48, which usually suits you since you sell more. If you would rather nobody pay more for fewer units, you have two options: apply the higher discount only to the units above the threshold, or politely point out that 50 costs them less than 49.

Before you publish the table

  • Check your profit at the lowest price in the table, not the normal one. The 10% tier decides whether the scheme pays.
  • If shipping costs you less per unit on big orders, that is what funds the discount. If it costs more, include it.
  • Buyers will compare your unit price with bigger packs elsewhere; you can run the same comparison yourself with the Unit-price comparison.

Common questions

Are these two discounts applied in sequence?

No. Each tier is one separate discount on the normal price. Do not enter 5 and then 10 together in the calculator, or you get an equivalent 14.5%.

Should I use three decimals if the unit price is tiny?

The calculator shows amounts to two decimals. If a unit is very cheap, price the carton or the pack instead of the single unit.