Special prices

A special price can be offered for a designated time period. During the specified time period, the special price appears instead of the regular price, followed by a notation that shows the regular price.

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Special price on a product page

Apply special price to an individual product

You can easily set a special price for a single product in the catalog.

Use a scheduled update

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Adobe Commerce includes support for scheduled updates. Use these promotional tools to apply a special price to a specific product for a specified time period.

  1. Open the product in edit mode.

  2. Click Scheduled Update.

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    Add scheduled update for product
  3. For Update Name, enter a name for the special price promotion.

  4. Enter a brief Description.

  5. Use the Calendar ( calendar icon ) icon to choose the Start Date and End Date for the special price promotion.

    You can use the Hour and Minute sliders to choose the start and end time, as well. Click Close when the start and end are set.

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    Save as New Update
  6. Scroll down to the Price field, click Advanced Pricing, and enter the amount of the Special Price to be applied according to the scheduled update.

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    Special Pricing Settings
  7. When complete, click Done and then Save.

    In the storefront, the special price should appear in both catalog listing and on the product page.

    The Scheduled Change appears at the top of the page.

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    Scheduled Change

Use a simple start and end date

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Magento Open Source includes simple start and end date options in the Advanced Pricing options.

  1. Open the product in edit mode.

  2. Scroll down to the Price field, click Advanced Pricing, and enter the Special Price amount.

  3. Use the Calendar ( Calendar icon ) icon to choose the Start Date and End Date for the special price promotion.

    The special price goes into effect immediately after midnight at the beginning of the start date (00:01) and continues until just before midnight (23:59) on the day before the end date.

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    Scheduled Change
  4. When complete, click Done and then Save.

    In the storefront, the special price should appear in both catalog listing and on the product page.

Apply a special price to multiple products

You can also assign a special price to multiple products, such as multiple variations of a configurable product.

Set a special price for selected products

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The following example shows how to assign the same special price to multiple product variations of a configurable product in Adobe Commerce.

  1. On the Products page, click Filters and enter the Name of the configurable product.

  2. Set Type to Configurable Product and click Apply Filters.

  3. If you want to assign the same special price to all products, set the control in the header of the first column to Select All.

    As an alternative, you can select the checkbox of each product that you want to include.

  4. Set the Actions control to Update attributes.

  5. Scroll down to the Special Price field and select the Change checkbox below the Special Price field and enter the special price that you want to offer.

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    Special Price fields
  6. When complete, click Save.

The special price available in the store appears in catalog listings and on the product page. For a configurable product, the regular price also appears on the product page when the options are chosen.

Set a special price and date range for selected products

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The following example shows how to assign the same special price to multiple product variations of a configurable product in Magento Open Source.

  1. On the Admin sidebar, go to Catalog > Products.

  2. Click Filters.

  3. Enter the Name of the configurable product.

  4. Set Type to Simple Product.

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    Filters
  5. Click Apply Filters.

    The grid lists all simple products that are associated as variations of the configurable product.

  6. If you want to assign the same special price to all products, set the control in the header of the first column to Select All.

    As an alternative, you can select the checkbox of each product that you want to include.

  7. Set the Actions control to Update attributes.

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    Update Attributes
  8. Scroll down to the _Special Price** field and do the following:

    • Select the Change checkbox below the _Special Price** field and enter the special price that you want to offer.

    • Select the Change checkbox below the Special Price From Date field, click the Calendar ( Calendar icon ), and choose the first date of the special price promotion.

      The special price goes into effect immediately after midnight at the beginning of the start date (00:01) and continues until just before midnight (23:59) on the day before the end date.

    • Select the Change checkbox below the Special Price To Date field, click the Calendar ( Calendar icon ), and choose the last date of the special price promotion.

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    Special Price Fields
  9. When complete, click Save.

    A message indicates how many records were updated with the special price.

    The special price becomes available in the store on the date specified, and appears in catalog listings and on the product page. For a configurable product, the regular price also appears on the product page when the options are chosen.

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    Special Price for Configurable Product

Testing

If the special price does not appear correctly in the storefront on both the catalog listing and product pages, clear your browser cache:

  1. On the Admin sidebar, go to System > Cache Management.

  2. Click Flush Magento Cache.

NOTE
The final product price is calculated as the minimum relevant price, using the following formula:
Final Price=Min(Regular(Base) Price, Group(Tier) Price, Special Price, Catalog Price Rule) + Sum(Min Price per each required custom option)
NOTE
Fixed Price product Customizable Options are not affected by Group Price, Tier Price, Special Price, or Catalog Price rules.
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