How to Fix Duplicate Sales Markdowns
Ablestar Bulk Product Editor is able to schedule and run sales on promotional products, however the configuration rules are very specific.
A simple scenario might be, lowering your prices by 10% at a scheduled start time, and then scheduling the end time to stop the sale.
On occasion, users run into issues where items are marked down twice, unintentionally. We have a solution to help you avoid that situation.
Find a List of Scheduled Edits
Start here to find a full list of your scheduled edits. From the app dashboard, click the 'History' menu → Edits tab → Scheduled edits section:
The Problem: Duplicate Markdowns on Prices
This could happen if two sales are scheduled back to back, on the total price field. In this scenario, we have two scheduled (conflicting) scheduled edits:
- Sale A: the scheduled edit runs correctly and decreases the total price by 10%. So a product with a price of $100 goes to $90
- Sale B: starts running (before the Sale A schedule ends) and decreases the same product set price by 15% of the NEW total price, which is $90.
⛔ The new price was discounted to $76.50 instead of the intended $85 because it took 10% with the first schedule and an additional 15% the new total price as the second schedule
The Solution: Avoid Duplicates
To configure scheduled sales without issue, ensure you are lowering prices as a percentage of the ‘Compare at price’ (instead of using a percentage on the total ‘Price’)
✅ Instead of updating total ‘Price’ by a percentage, you can decrease the promo price based on a percentage of the ‘Compare at price’
- Sale A: scheduled edit starts, and sets the price to 90% of the $100 ‘Compare at price’, so it modifies to $90
- Sale B: scheduled edit starts (before A ends), and calculates the price to 85% of the ‘Compare at price’ (which is still $100) so it gets set to $85
This configuration could allow you to run two separate promotions, without conflicts.
✅ Tips and Troubleshooting
- Find all of your scheduled edits from the History menu → Edits tab → Scheduled edits section
- Learn how to setup your first scheduled edits or sale
- Understand the difference between rules and recurring edits
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