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This is a Level 7 Feature You can use pricing levels to vary royalty rates. Pricing levels are set-up in the product database: PRODUCT TOOLS >> PRODUCT INFORMATION & CATALOG NUMBERS. If you have established pricing levels, you can use this method to vary royalties. For example, you might have a pricing level for domestic sales (which would be the default pricing level of zero (0). And you might have a pricing level for international sales (pricing level of one (1). With at least two pricing levels, such as domestic and international, you would be able to set up different royalty rates. Pricing levels work with all other royalty options except for the profit method. For instance, you can have a counting method of "cash" and a calculation method of "net" combined with pricing levels. Or you could have "accrual" and "flat rate" combined with pricing levels. You can even combine pricing levels with quantity breakpoints and/or discount ranges. To set-up pricing levels, begin by placing a checkmark beside "Vary Rate Based on Pricing Level' found on the Royalty Set-up Screen. Then click on the "Pricing Level Set-up" button.
When you click on the "Pricing Level Set-up" button, the "Pricing Level" dialog box appears:
Each of the pricing levels that you have set-up in the Product Database will be indicated. For royalty purposes, you can change the name. If you don't change the name, the original name that you set-up in the Product Database will be used. Beside each pricing level, you'll be able to indicate the royalty percentage. Or, in the case of a flat rate, you'll indicate the monetary amount. Additionally, beside each pricing is the price of the item which comes directly from the Product Database. The price is important if you use the Retail Calculation Method. If for some reason, you need to change the price, you can do so in the price field. The only thing that you can't do is to change the price to zero. If you change it to zero (0), AnyBook will re-insert the price found in the Product Database. If you need to have zero royalties for a particular price level, and you are using the Retail Calculation Method, set the percentage to zero (0). Note that if you are using pricing levels in combination with quantity breakpoints, the percentage or flat rate that you indicate for each level will serve as the rates for the first quantity breakpoint. You'll need to set-up the additional rates for each of the other breakpoints by clicking on the "Quantity or Discount Set-up" button in the Variable Structure area of the Royalty Set-up Screen. If you plan to use pricing levels in combination with discount ranges (or both discount and quantity breakpoints), you'll need to indicate the rates associated with each by clicking on the "Quantity or Discount Set-up" button in the Variable Structure area of the Royalty Set-up Screen. The dialog box that appears will lead you through the rest of the process. Other Parts of the Set-up Screen include: Name, Address, and Phone Blanks Email, Product, and Catalog Number Blanks Summary Name, Social Security, and Active Check Box Counting, Calculation and Structuring Methods Options (Net and Profit Calculation Methods) Vary Rate Based on Pricing Level
For more information on setting up a royalty with a Variable Structure: Indicating the Number of Quantity Breakpoints Indicating the Number of Discount Ranges Entering Breakpoints & Royalty Rates for Variable Structure (Quantity) Entering Discount Ranges & Royalty Rates for Variable Structure (Discount) Entering Breakpoints, Ranges & Rates for Variable Structure (Quantity & Discount)
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