Dual pricing

[Beatwear]

Hi everyone,

I have a question regarding how best to show our prices stated in $(USD). Our second main market is the US and currently we show the USD price besides the GBP price on the page (see HERE).

The only problem with this is that it misrepresents the actual price that US buyers will pay as it includes VAT and our experience is generally that US buyers do not always understand that VAT is deducted from the stated price. This is obviously more significant on the larger ticket items.

Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to display the dual pricing more clearly or to show the USD price less VAT. If you have any other suggestions or ideas I'd be happy to hear them.

Regards,
Jon

[Beatwear]

No offers?

Maybe it's a stupid question then!! Anyone have an opinion on how to do this better than we do now would be appreciated.

Jon

[wjcampbe]

You can create a CUSTOMVAR to contains the calculated $ price without VAT and add that CUSTOMVAR to your product template - but you would need to maintain the value as exchange rates and prices change - may be more work than it is worth.

[Beatwear]

Thanks for the advice.

Jon

[jont]

Norman has a currency converter over at www.drillpine.biz but I don't think this shows the prices inline.

It may be possible to use a Javascript document.write function as a customvar incorporating another globally set customvar for the exchange rate

[NormanRouxel]

What you want can be done automatically but involves some restrictions. The main one being that you need to run your entire Catalog using "Quantity on Confirmation Page" type pages - this lets you set View / Business Settings / Ordering / Miscellaneous and check "Request Location Info Early" so you can enter the destination country at the first add-to-cart.

If you go to Design / Options / Site Defaults / Price Display and check both "Display Tax Exclusive Prices" and "Display Tax Inclusive Prices", you get both inc and ex vat prices (in both currencies).

This is a bit fussy so I've cooked up some JavaScript that strips out the unnecessary info, so you only see the £ inc VAT and the $ ex VAT prices.

This was quite a lot of work so I'll be posting it on my "Donationware" pages some time. If you e-mail me I'll send you a copy to test if you like.

[Beatwear]

Thanks Norman, either I or our developer chap will be in touch then. We'll have a chat in house to see what we think is the best solution first.

Regards,
Jon