Hi NC,
When having many products from various manufacturers & suppliers, there's always a big need to keep track of the suppliers' price for a specific item, the variables that come in the final price that is used on the web site for the buyers to see. I would suggest having a feature that will allow administrators to:
- set up suppliers' price for a specific item
- input a supplier discount
- add suppliers' taxes (like VAT or customs taxes)
- add transport cost from supplier to warehouse
The above items will allow the store owner to deduct the 'entering' price for an item into shop's stock.
Then, additional variables like:
- adjustment percent (would be great if we could have various categories of adjustments)
- VAT
- additional adjustment percentage
- a bool variable: if item is in stock, don't update price
- a 2nd bool variable: if item is in stock and new price is lower, don't update price
- transport to customer percentage adjustment (I see this as necessary as the current shipping modules do not take
into account oversized items which do have a 'special' shipping price); often there are issues with explaining
to customers the shipping price difference (like in: it doesn't take into account the actual weight, but the size)
would help in automatig a process that keeps track of the suppliers prices all the time, adapting the changes using the above variables , without human intervention.
Thanks,