# Pricing (Legacy)
{% hint style="danger" %}
As of April 2022, this concept has been marked as **legacy**.
To learn about the current pricing concept, check out the [Pricing guide](https://developer.emporix.io/ce/core-commerce/pricing-v2).
{% endhint %}
In the Emporix e-commerce system, prices apply to products sold on your storefront.
## Price types
Each product's price information includes two price types. They are described in the table below.
| Price type | Description |
| ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Presentation price | Price presented to the customers on the storefront. |
| Base price |
Price per base measurement unit (such as a kilogram or liter). It is often used by customers to compare the prices of different products.
|
## Examples of price setups
| Example of product | Bananas | Chocolate spread | Bottled juice |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Description** |
Customers can order bananas by pieces.
One banana weighs approximately 180 grams.
The final price of the product depends on its actual weight in kilograms.
|
Customers can order chocolate spread by packaging.
One packaging contains 450 grams of chocolate spread.
Base price is calculated per kilogram.
|
Customers can order juice by bottles.
One bottle contains 500 milliliters of juice.
Base price is calculated per liter.
|
| **Original and** [**effective**](#user-content-fn-1)[^1] **amount** | 0.36 EUR | 2.99 EUR | 0.99 EUR |
| **Measurement unit** | Piece | Piece | Piece |
| **Base price** | 1.99 EUR | 6.64 EUR | 1.98 EUR |
| **Base price unit** | Kilogram | Kilogram | Liter |
| **Presentation price** | 1.99 EUR | 2.99 EUR | 0.99 EUR |
| **Presentation price unit** | Kilogram | Piece | Piece |
## Sales promotions
You can put products on sale and specify the date range in which the sale price applies. Discounts can be applied either as a percentage of the original price or as a fixed amount.
See example of a Price object with the sale price configured
```json
{
"id": "61b9dcb2cfa47f0001e0e75d",
"productId": "61b9dc9ff5758b79d5815892",
"siteCode": "main",
"currency": "EUR",
"originalAmount": 0.3582,
"effectiveAmount": 0.2682,
"measurementUnit": {
"quantity": "1.0",
"unitCode": "H87"
},
"basePrice": {
"originalAmount": 1.99,
"effectiveAmount": 1.49,
"measurementUnit": {
"quantity": 1.0,
"unitCode": "KGM"
}
},
"presentationPrice": {
"originalAmount": 1.99,
"effectiveAmount": 1.49,
"measurementUnit": {
"quantity": 1.0,
"unitCode": "KGM"
}
},
"customAttributes": {},
"salePrice": {
"discountRate": 25.0,
"description": "25% off!"
},
"metadata": {
"mixinMetadata": {
"mixins": {}
}
}
}
```
See example of a Product object with the sale price configured
```json
{
"id": "61b9dc9ff5758b79d5815892",
"code": "SALEPRICE",
"name": {
"localizedMap": {
"en": "Product on sale"
},
"multiLanguage": true
},
"description": {
"localizedMap": {
"en": "Product created for documentation purposes."
},
"multiLanguage": true
},
"published": true,
"mixins": {
"salePricesData": {
"salePrices": [
{
"enabled": true,
"salePriceAmount": 1.49,
"salePriceEnd": "2021-12-31T23:59:00.000+0000",
"salePriceStart": "2021-12-23T00:00:00.000+0000"
}
]
},
"productCustomAttributes": {
"activeTab": "ProductDescription",
"categoryPath": {
"categoryLevel1": "example-category-1",
"prettyName": "product-on-sale",
"categoryLevel2": "",
"categoryLevel3": ""
},
"defaultOrderQuantity": 1,
"inStock": true,
"maxOrderQuantity": 10,
"minOrderQuantity": 1,
"orderUnit": "H87",
"pricingMeasure": {
"unitCode": "KGM",
"value": 1
},
"pricingMeasurePrice": 1.99,
"productState": "prepare",
"taxClass": "FULL",
"unitPricingBaseMeasure": {
"unitCode": "KGM",
"value": 1
},
"unitPricingMeasure": {
"unitCode": "GRM",
"value": 180
},
"weightDependent": true
}
},
"metadata": {
"mixinMetadata": {
"mixins": {
"salePricesData": "https://res.cloudinary.com/saas-ag/raw/upload/schemata/salePriceData.json",
"productCustomAttributes": "https://res.cloudinary.com/saas-ag/raw/upload/v1560527845/schemata/CAAS/productCustomAttributesMixIn-v38.json"
}
},
"schema": "https://res.cloudinary.com/saas-ag/raw/upload/v1544786405/schemata/CAAS/product.v2"
}
}
```
## Taxes
When you configure a product, you select its tax class from classes configured for a particular site.
Product prices are stored as gross values. Their net values are calculated when an invoice is created.
{% hint style="warning" %}
If you want to display net prices on your storefront, you need to deduct the tax from the gross price according to the following formula:
**Net price = Gross price / (1 + (Tax rate / 100))**
{% endhint %}
[^1]: Price that customers pay per order unit. If a product is on sale, this value is different from the original amount. Otherwise, both values are the same.
