This article is for anyone who needs to know how to set MAP and MSP pricing and how it affects a Pinogy E-Commerce site.
Our system now supports MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) and MSP (Minimum Selling Price). These are set in Products for each individual product.
MAP is the lowest price that manufacturers want to be advertised online (Minimum Advertised Price). If the actual price is lower then the system will show a Lower than (MAP) message. The actual price will be shown once the product is in the customer’s cart.
MSP is the lowest price that manufacturers want an item to be sold at online (Minimum Selling Price). Even if the in-store price is lower our system will only allow the an e-commerce sale to proceed at the MSP price. For example in the picture below the MSP is set for 35.99. The E-Commerce site will only allow the item to be sold show and sell the product at the MSP price . Even in the customer’s cart the price will only go down to the MSP priceinstead of your regular in-store price.
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Once these are set the E-Commerce site will use them to determine what to display for a price. In the picture above the in-store price is lower than both the MAP and MSP but the website will display either the MSP or it will show a message stating that the price is lower than the MAP.
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The actual price will be displayed once the item is in the cart. This price will either be the actual price or a MSP if a MSP is specified and greater than the in-store price. If there is not a MSP specified then it will show the in-store price.
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