Set up weight-based pricing in Jovvie Point of Sale

Set up products priced by weight or volume in Jovvie Point of Sale, such as produce or bulk goods. With weight-based pricing, a product’s price applies to a set amount, such as 1 kg. At the register, staff enter the weight and the register works out the price.

Weight-based pricing works only in Point of Sale. It does not change how the product is sold in your online shop.

Before you start

• You need to be an administrator or shop manager.
• The product needs a regular price.
• Weight-based pricing works on simple products and on individual variations of a variable product.

Make a product weight-based

1. In your dashboard, go to Products and open the product.
2. In Product data, open the General tab.
3. Select the Weight option. Its description says “Enable weight based pricing. (Works only with POS)”.
4. Under the price fields, find Per weight. Enter the amount that the product price is for. For example, enter 1 to say the price is for 1 kg.
5. Next to Per weight, choose the unit: kg, g, lbs, oz, l, ml, gal, or pt.
6. Optional: under Weight limit (optional), enter a minimum in from and a maximum in to.
7. Click Update.

The product is only treated as weight-based when Per weight is greater than 0.

How the price is calculated

The register divides the weight staff enter by Per weight, then multiplies the product price by that number. If the price is 10 and Per weight is 1 kg, then 2 kg costs 20.

Caution

Fractional weights, such as 1.5 kg, may give a different total when an order is updated after it is added. To avoid this, have staff enter whole numbers in a smaller unit. For example, set the product up per 1 g and enter 1500 instead of 1.5 kg. Check the order total before you take payment.

If you set a weight limit, the register keeps the weight within it:

• A weight below from is raised to from.
• A weight above to is lowered to to.

Variable products

1. Open the variable product and go to the Variations tab.
2. Expand the variation.
3. Select Weight on that variation.
4. Fill in the fields that appear: Per weight, the unit, and the minimum and maximum weight.
5. Click Save changes.

Choose how staff add weight-based products

Each station decides whether staff must confirm the weight before the item goes into the cart.

1. Go to POS > Stations.
2. Find the station and click Edit Station.
3. Open the Cart tab.
4. Find Weight based products.
5. Select or clear Weight products need to confirm weight to add to card.
6. Click Save.

This setting is on by default.

• On: When staff tap a weight-based product, a panel opens with Weight (in your unit) and Quantity. Staff enter the weight and click Add. Whole-number limits are shown in the panel. Limits with decimals may not be shown.
• Off: The product is added to the cart right away using the Per weight amount. Staff can change the weight in the cart afterward.

To learn how staff sell these products, see Sell a product by weight.

What shows on the order

The order shows the weight sold and the price for each unit amount. For example, it shows the weight in kg, followed by the price per 1 kg.