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How to Create Price Rules

Learn how to create price rules in Rentopian to automatically increase or decrease pricing based on dates or zones.

Written by Jessica Festa

Price Rules let you automatically increase or decrease product pricing under specific conditions.

You can use price rules for:

  • Peak season pricing

  • Weekday discounts

  • Delivery zone pricing

  • Special event pricing


Where to Find Price Rules

  • Go to Settings.

  • Click Price Rules.

You will see two sections:

  • Global Rules

  • Product-Level Multipliers

This article focuses on Global Rules.


How to Create a Price Rule

  • Click the green Add Price Rule button.


Step 1: Enter a Title

Give your price rule a name.

Examples:

  • Weekend Pricing

  • Peak Season Increase

  • Local Delivery Discount


Step 2: Choose a Location

If you have multiple locations, choose:

  • A specific location

  • Or all locations


Step 3: Select Increase or Decrease

Choose whether the rule should:

  • Increase pricing

  • Decrease pricing

Then enter the percentage rate.

Example:

  • 10% increase

  • 15% discount


Step 4: Choose the Rule Method

You can create rules based on:

  • Date

  • Zone

  • Date and Zone together


Using Date-Based Price Rules

Date rules can be based on:

  • Date Range

  • Days of the Week


Date Range

Enter:

  • Start Date

  • End Date

This is useful for:

  • Holiday pricing

  • Busy seasons

  • Special event weekends


Days of the Week

Select one or multiple days.

This is useful for:

  • Weekend pricing

  • Weekday discounts


Using Zone-Based Price Rules

Zone rules adjust pricing based on delivery area.

  • Click the blue Add Zone button.

You can create zones as broad or specific as needed.

Examples:

  • Entire state

  • City

  • Zip code

  • Specific address area


Using Date and Zone Together

You can combine both date and location conditions.

Example:

  • Increase pricing for weekend deliveries in a specific city


Saving Your Price Rule

  • Click the green Save Price Rule button.

Your new rule will now appear in the Price Rules list.


Managing Existing Price Rules

From the Price Rules list, you can:

  • Edit rules using the pencil icon

  • Delete rules using the trash can icon


Applying Price Rules on Transactions

If a transaction matches the conditions of a price rule:

  • The system will prompt you to apply the rule

You may:

  • Select the price rule

  • Or choose none


How Pricing Appears on Transactions

In the Product and Set Availability Charts, you will still see the standard product pricing.

Once added to the transaction, the adjusted pricing will apply.

Example:

  • Standard Price: $385

  • 10% Discount Applied

  • Adjusted Price: $346.50


Need Help?

If you have questions about creating or managing price rules, contact us at [email protected].

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