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Thread: Discount structure for crate sizes
- I want to make a crate of 5 cheaper than 5 singles. So I will price it at 4.5 units
- I want a crate of 10 to be cheaper than 2 crates of 5, to encourage an immediate purchase, rather than a purchase of 5 with an 'I'll come back later for the next 5' approach. So I discounted an extra half unit on the 10-crate.
- The same reasoning leads to the pricing for 15 and 20.
- Crates of 25 were coming out with odd prices - so I generally cap it off at 20 x unit price for the 25-crates.
I'm now starting to wonder if the 'additional' discount is really a good idea. For one thing, I'm finding instances where the crate price for 25 sounds reasonable, but working back to unit price ( I do this sometimes, if there is an established 'crate price' norm out there), the unit price seems too high.
What do you think? Thanks for any input 
I don't put crates of 15 or 20 on my vendors any more, just singles, 5, 10, and 25. I do something similar, but I work the other way. I define a value on a full crate (based on the going market on my server) and then determine a single stack's value (ie price of crate/25and then adjust to the nearest 500 or 1000 credits). So far this has worked for me since I started doing it last summer. If I am too high, I adjust with the market...if I am too low, then I slowly bump up the price until its consistent...big jumps usually have bad results.
Like Saitek, I've found that most people are interested in full crates and singles. On occasion I get the person with champagne taste and a beer budget though, so a 5 or 10 crates works perfect for them.
Mutton
yes I agree with the above. Originally I thought the same thing discount larger purchases, but then I found that with so much disposable income available to most players theres no point in discounting large puchases. I now just price according to what I'd want per unit and multiply to the crate size. theres really no incentiveto price differently. Unless its a wholesaling contract worth a few million it doesn't matter if I sell today or 5 days from now. I have enough credits that I don't care.
So I'd suggest if you're just starting out maybe give a little discount for a large order, otherwise if you're an established chef theres really no point in discounting. If you're waiting on credits to make a purchase, like upgarding your harvesters then give a discount to get the cash as fast as possible, otherwise who cares jsut do less work and sell for more in another day or so.