Specifying the Unit Price

For products sold by weight, volume, length, or area, you are required to specify the unit price (basic price per unit).

This requirement is regulated in §2 of the German Price Indication Ordinance (PAngV).

Therefore, both the final price and the unit price must be shown for the product.

The unit price is calculated automatically and displayed on the product detail page along with the final price (Fig.: Displaying the unit price on the product detail page, item 1).

Fig.: Displaying the unit price on the product detail page

Procedure

To calculate and display the unit price of a product, do the following:

Choose Administer Products ‣ Products.
Choose the desired product from the product list.
Choose the Extended tab.
In the Quantity field, enter the quantity value, and in the Unit field, select or enter the unit (Fig.: Automatically calculating the unit price, item 1).
Choose the unit from the dropdown list or enter it manually. To leave the unit field empty, choose “-”.

Fig.: Automatically calculating the unit price
Save your changes.

Result

The unit price is automatically calculated and displayed on the product detail page along with the final price (Fig.: Displaying the unit price on the product detail page, item 1).

Examples

For a product sold in a 500 g package, enter 0.5 in the Quantity field and select kg as the unit.

If the product is priced at €6.99, the unit price would be €13.98/kg.

A product with an area of 2 m² costs €39.90. The unit price per square meter is €19.95/m².

The units kg, g, l, ml, cm, mm, m, m², m³, piece, and unit are defined in the language file lang.php in the directory /application/translations/de.