FME Extensions Pricing Calculator Extension for Magento User Guide - Version 1.0

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1 FME Extensions Pricing Calculator Extension for Magento User Guide - Version support@fmeextensions.com

2 Intended Audience The content of this document is designed to facilitate the users -managers, supervisors and others of FME Pricing Calculator Extension for Magento. A step by step instruction has been added to this document to help users to install the extension on Magento. This extension will only work on Magento. As a safe practice always backup your files and database before installing any extension on Magento. If you are looking for someone to install the extension we can do it for you as well. Just go to the following link and let support know the order id to expedite the installation process. Go to: Once you have installed please see the User Guide to help you understand on how to use the extension to its full capacity. If you still have questions feel free to contact us on our website. If you have any custom requirements feel free to touch base with. Just support@fmeextensions.com with the description of the requirements and they will get back to you with estimates. For further help or support, feel free to reach 2 User Guide

3 Table of contents I. Price Calculator Extension Intended Audience II. Table of contents III. Getting Started! Overview IV. Extension Features Price Per Unit 5 Input & Output Units Dynamic Pricing Formula Price Based On Area / Volume Pricing With Discounts Fixed Base Price V. User Guide VI. Disclaimer VII. Support VIII. Customization IX. Need a New Custom Extension? 3 User Guide

4 Getting Started! Overview Extension Features Magento price calculator extension enables pricing based on length, width, height, area, & volume. You can create your own pricing rules for variable sized products in your store, and let customers acquire the price by entering measurements in custom fields. This allows you to sell the exact size of product the customer needs without wasting any extra amounts. Magento dynamic pricing calculator allows you to configure several features such as base price, per unit price, dimensional pricing with discounts and multiple input/output fields. Price Per Unit You can configure Magento price per unit depending on the product. 5 Input & Output Units Dynamic Pricing Formula Price Based On Area / Volume Pricing With Discounts Price calculator supports 5 different units of measurement to calculate price for customers. Make your own dynamic Pricing rules to sell your variable sized products. Allow customers to purchase products with respect to Area and Volume. Offer your customers attractive discounts based on size of product being purchased. Fixed Base Price Add a fixed base price on each of your products 4 User Guide

5 User Guide After installation of module, make sure the setup is upgraded and static-contents are deployed. Login to admin panel and flush you Magento cache storage. Mode 1: How to Add Product based on Price Per Unit Step 1 Add New Product: To add new product, go to Manage Products. You can enter Manage Products from Admin Panel > Catalog > Manage Products. Click on Add Product there to add new product. Step 2 Add Product information: Fill the basic information of your product here. For the purpose of this demo we have named the product carpet. 5 User Guide

6 Step 3 Add Pricing information: The price is set as $10 which is the fixed based price of the product and will be added to the product irrespective in the changes in Price Per Unit. Price Per Unit will be set in Step 4. Step 3 Set Customizable Options: You can add option and name it according to your requirements. For the Price Per Unit we named it Length as shown below. 6 User Guide

7 Step 4 Set Price Calculator: After product dimensions are set scroll down and click on Price Calculator. Here you can add the following: Pricing Rules: You can add discounts in this category. In this guide we have given 10% & 50% discounts for products ranging from 10 inches & 45 inches respectively with the code min=10;max=45;discount=10,50;length=15,30;area;percent. Discount can be fixed amount or a percentage. Pricing Limit: You can provide minimum and maximum limits to your product. Here we have given minimum and maximum limits are set as 5 and 70 respectively with the code Length_min=5;Length_max=70. Input Unit & Output Unit: These are the units of measurements for the product. We set both units are inches. Price Per Unit Area: The value entered here will be multiplied by the length added to the fix price provided above to give the product price. This price will vary if discount applies. 7 User Guide

8 Step 5 Frontend: Now go to the frontend demo to check out your product. Here your customers will be able to change the length of the product and the quantity and get the price according to your presets. Mode 2: How to Add Product based on Area (sqrt) Based Pricing Step 1 Add New Product: Fill the basic information of your product here. For the purpose of this demo we have named the product encoresky. 8 User Guide

9 Step 2 Add Pricing Information: The price is set as $50 which is the fixed based price of the product and will be added to the product irrespective in the changes in Area (sqrt) Based Pricing. Area (sqrt) Based Pricing will be set in Step 4. Step 3 Set Customizable Options: You can add options and name them according to your requirements. For the Area (sqrt) Based Pricing we named them Height & Width as shown below. 9 User Guide

10 Step 4 Set Price Calculator: After product dimensions are set scroll down and click on Price Calculator. Here you can add the following: Pricing Rules: You can add discounts in this category. In this guide we have given $10 & $50 discounts for products ranging from 15 inches & 30 inches respectively with the code discount=10,50;size=15,30;area;fixed. Discount can be fixed amount or a percentage. Pricing Limit: You can provide minimum and maximum limits to your product. Here we have given minimum and maximum limits are set as 5 and 70 respectively with the code Length_min=5;Length_max=70; for length and 5 and 80 respectively with the code Width_min=5;Width_max=80 for width. Input Unit & Output Unit: These are the units of measurements for the product. We set both units are inches. Price Per Unit Area: The value entered here will be multiplied by the length added to the fix price provided above to give the product price. This price will vary if discount applies. 10 User Guide

11 Step 5 Frontend: Now go to the frontend demo to check out your product. Here your customers will be able to change the length and width of the product and the quantity and get the price according to your presets. 11 User Guide

12 Mode 3: How to Add Product based on Volume Based Pricing Step 1 Add New Product: Fill the basic information of your product here. For the purpose of this demo we have named the product Green WP. Step 2 Add Pricing information: The price is set as $50 which is the fixed based price of the product and will be added to the product irrespective in the changes in Volume Based Pricing. Volume Based Pricing will be set in Step User Guide

13 Step 3 Set Customizable Options: You can add options and name them according to your requirements. For the Volume Based Pricing we named them Length, Width & Depth as shown below. Step 4 Set Price Calculator: After product dimensions are set scroll down and click on Price Calculator. Here you can add the following: Pricing Rules: You can add discounts in this category. In this guide we have given $10 & $50 discounts for products ranging from 15 inches & 30 inches respectively with the code min=10;max=45;discount=10,50;size=15,30;volume;fixed. Discount can be fixed amount or a percentage. Pricing Limit: You can provide minimum and maximum limits to your product. Here we have given minimum and maximum limits are set as 5 to 70 respectively with the code Length_min=5;Length_max=70; for length, 5 and 80 respectively with the code 13 User Guide

14 Width_min=5;Width_max=80; for width and 5 and 80 respectively with the code Depth_min=5;Depth_max=80 for depth. Input Unit & Output Unit: These are the units of measurements for the product. We set both units are inches. Price Per Unit Area: The value entered here will be multiplied by the length added to the fix price provided above to give the product price. This price will vary if discount applies. Step 5 Frontend: Now go to the frontend demo to check out your product. Here your customers will be able to change the length, width & depth of the product and the quantity and get the price according to your presets. 14 User Guide

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16 Disclaimer Support Customization Need a New Custom Extension? It is highly recommended to backup your server files and database before installing this module. No responsibility will be taken for any adverse effects occurring during installation. It is recommended you install on a test server initially to carry out your own testing. You can also find Step by Step guide on this extension by visiting Pricing Calculator product page on our website. If you need more information or have any questions or problems, please refer to our support helpdesk: You can log a ticket and a support technician can assist you further. If you are still struggling with your extension, submit a request via support@fmeextensions.com If you have requirements that are not covered by our extension and you need to have our extension customized, feel free to us with detailed requirements at support@fmeextensions.com You can also fill out a Request for Quote form here and we can get back to you with a quote: We can build a new extension based on your custom requirements if needed. Feel free to us at info@fmeextensions.com 16 User Guide