Applying a Group Discount to Product Options

[bootsnjeans]

I havn't been able to find anything on this so perhaps someone out there an help. I would like a apply a discount to the product options associated with my products when customers login with certain group membership. How is this done?

[Jamie]

We don't have a feature to discount product options.

[bootsnjeans]

Is it possible to write some code to do this? I'm just looking for a way to apply a blanket xx% discount to the options when the customer has a group membership.

[Jamie]

This may work - use at your own risk.

1. Backup your files
2. Open squirrelcart/functions/storefront/common/catalog_viewing/sc_product.func.php in an editor
3. Find this line (around line #333):

                // only continue w. this option if choices where found
                if (is_array($choices)) { 

4. After that, add this:

foreach($choices as $key => $choice) {
    if ($choices[$key]['Price'] && security_level('Group Name')) $choices[$key]['Price'] *= .75;
} 

5. Change the Group Name to the name of your group
6. Change the .75 to the percent of the original price they are paying. With it set to .75, they are getting 25% off.
7. Save the file
8. Cross your fingers

[bootsnjeans]

Thanks for the code. This worked out great and can also be used for multiple group memberships at various discounts. The only issue I found was a minor formating problem on the product display page... the discounted options display with a floating decimal on this page. However, all formating is correct when added to the cart.

[Jamie]

Try changing this:

foreach($choices as $key => $choice) {
    if ($choices[$key]['Price'] && security_level('Group Name')) $choices[$key]['Price'] *= .75;
} 

To this:

foreach($choices as $key => $choice) {
    if ($choices[$key]['Price'] && security_level('Group Name')) $choices[$key]['Price'] = number_format($choices[$key]['Price'] * .75,2);
} 

[bootsnjeans]

That worked great... this is an excellent fix for anyone who wants to discount product options!