How to Use Group Pricing in the Zen Cart

Running an e-commerce site can be difficult due to fierce competition from similar retailers, but you can help keep loyal customers coming back by offering a discount on your store products. Zen Cart, the open-source e-commerce software, includes a group pricing feature that allows you to implement a discount for certain customers. The group pricing feature allows you to keep customers coming back to you for great deals and can help establish a positive relationship between your store and the online shopping community.

Instructions

1. Launch your Web browser. Type your Zen Cart storefront URL, followed by "/admin", in the address bar and press "Enter."

2. Type your admin username and password into the provided text fields, then click "Login."

3. Click the "Customers" menu, then click "Group Pricing."

4. Click the "Insert" button.

5. Type the name of the group you want to create in the "Group Name" text field, then type the discount percentage in the "Percentage Discount" text field. Click "Save."

6. Click the "Customers" menu, then click "Customers."

7. Click to select a customer from the customers list, then click "edit."

8. Click to select the name of the discount pricing group you created in Step 5 in the "Discount Pricing Group" drop-down menu in the "Options" section.

9. Click the "Update" button.

10. Repeat Steps 7, 8 and 9 to add more customers to the discount pricing group.

References

• ZenCart: Group Pricing
• ZenCart: First Steps to Setting Up Your Online Shop