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Price Codes

Setting a Minimum Retail Price Per Foot

You can set a minimum retail price so that moulding will not fall below a specified dollar amount per foot, e.g. $12.50

Rather than using a markup  Cost<2.50; Cost * 5;   and having moulding with a cost of $1 being sold for $5 per foot…

you can enter the retail price  Cost<2.50; 12.50;   and all moulding with a cost below $2.50 sells for $12.50 per foot.

Calculating the Cost Break

There is a simple calculation to determine the Cost Break between the minimum retail price you want to charge and when a moulding will go above that amount at your regular markup.

The Cost Break Formula

Adding in a New Cost Breaking Point for Length

For example, you want a minimum Retail Price of $7.50 per foot on Length but your formula in FrameReady looks like this:

 Let([ 
 Length Price = 
 Case( 
 Cost<2.50; Cost * 5; 
 Cost<3.75; Cost * 4.9; 
 Cost<5.00; Cost * 4.8; 

Remember, Retail Price divided by Markup equals Cost Breaking Point.

If the retail price is $7.50 and the Markup is 5 then

$7.50 divided by 5 = Cost Breaking Point

$7.50 / 5 = $1.50

Add in the new Cost Breaking Point of $1.50 and the formula looks like this (the newly added line appears in bold):

 Let([
 Length Price =
 Case(
 
Cost<1.50; 7.50;
 Cost<2.50; Cost * 5;
 Cost<3.75; Cost * 4.9;
 Cost<5.00; Cost * 4.8; 

Now, all wholesale costs below $1.50 will retail at $7.50 per foot and all wholesale costs higher than $1.50 will result in a higher retail price, e.g. $1.51 * 5 = $7.55

The same can be done with a Sliding Scale Markup for Chop Pricing

Adding in a New Cost Breaking Point for Chop

You want the minimum Retail Price to be $9 per foot on Chop but your formula in FrameReady looks like this:

 Case( 
 Chop<5; Chop * 2.85; 
 Chop<10; Chop * 2.8; 
 Chop<15; Chop * 2.75; 
 Chop<20; Chop * 2.7; 
 Chop<25; Chop * 2.65; 
 Chop * 2.6); 

As before, lets calculate your new Cost Breaking Point. Remember, Retail Price divided by Markup equals Cost Breaking Point.

If the retail price is $9.00 and the Markup is 2.85 then

$9.00 divided by 2.85 = Cost Breaking Point

$9.00 / 2.85 = $3.16 (rounded up from 3.15789)

Retail Price divided by Markup equals Cost Breaking Point.

Add in the new Cost Breaking Point of $3.16 and the formula looks like this (the newly added line appears in bold):

 Case( 
 Chop<3.16; 9.00;
 Chop<5; Chop * 2.85; 
 Chop<10; Chop * 2.8; 
 Chop<15; Chop * 2.75; 
 Chop<20; Chop * 2.7; 
 Chop<25; Chop * 2.65 
 Chop * 2.6); 

Now, all wholesale costs below $3.00 will price at $9.00 per foot and all wholesale costs higher than $3.00 will result in a retail price higher than your minimum of $9.00, e.g. $3.17 * 2.85 = $9.03

Cautuion: ALL AMOUNTS SHOWN ABOVE ARE FOR USE AS EXAMPLES ONLY AND ARE NOT INTENDED AS A RECOMMENDATION OF RETAIL PRICE.