How to use Bundles to handle bulk items by weight or quantity.
This article is for anyone who needs to set up a way to sell products by bulk weight. An example of weight is selling birdseed that normally comes in 50 pound bags in smaller weights like 5 or 10 pounds scoop from a bin bags. A quantity example is bag of 50 dog treats that you may want to sell 5 for $5 or 10 for $8.
The Pinogy POS allows for selling products by weight or in bulk Quantites. To do this you will need to set up bundles for the products. Use the following guide to set up a bundle except you will only have the one product you want to sell by weight or quantity in the bundle. How to create a Bundle
If you want to have different price points depending on the weight or amount purchased you will need a different bundle for each price point .
For example 1 pound increments of the product would have a $2.99 each bundle but a 10 pound bag would be a $24.99 bundle. If doing Quantities of bulk dog treats you could have 5 for $5 and a different bundle for 10 for $8.
After making a bundle with just the one product as shown in the guide linked above, you will want to change a few settings.
On the Bundle tab:
Set the Bundle Price to the Price you wish to charge for the bulk amount of product.
Put a check in Ask for Quantity
On the Products tab
Click the 1 under Qty.
In the number pad that comes up set the amount to the percentage in decimal form of the original product that you want the bulk amount to be set to. 1lb of a 50lb bag would be .02, 5 would be .1, 10 would be .2, and 25 would be .5.
Click Enter when you have the correct amount set.
Click Save when done
Ringing up the bulk products in Cash Register.
After any bundles needed have been made, they can be rung up like normal in the Cash Register. It will prompt the Cashier to enter the amount. This can be a flat quantity or a weight with up to 4 decimal places. Different bundles of the same product can be on the same sale if you have prepackaged amounts. It is up to store policy which bundle to charge them for if they get for example 16lbs - 1 10lbs and 6 1 lbs or 1.6 of the 10lbs.