Any other sites with hundreds of products that update frequently

[websmith]

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Are there any other sites out there that have a large number of products that are also updated frequently? If so how are you updating you're products that have discount pricing?

I've read about using catalogs and tax calculations however I have hundreds of different discount calculations and it seems like such a daunting task to have to go through this for any updates.

In my situation the product discount pricing is not based on percentages they're based on amounts that could be all over the place and fluctuate on a weekly or bi-weekly basis.

Having to make new tax calculations every time an update arises seems like a terribly daunting task and I wonder if virtuemart is not the right shopping cart for this setup.

I originally imported my pricing and set overrides to reflect a discount which was very quick and very easy however with the latest update something broke in my shopping cart is not reflecting the base price only the discount and sales price.

So before I Venture any further into creating tax calculations I'd like to hear how others are doing this. I've only gone through about 90 products and I already have over 50 different discount calculations I still have 300 or more products to go through and I think I'd rather stick a fork in my eye than have to do this on a weekly or bi-weekly basis

Thanks for any feedback or insight into making this an more user friendly experience.

[Jörgen]

If there is a pattern in the process I would go for calculation rules. If the updates are completely irratic then I would stick with price overrides and change the overrides so that everything displayes as expected. But Everything comes from how You create your prices and adjustements. Without knowing the logic behind the pricing it is hard for me to give You any better advice than this.

regards

Jörgen @ Kreativ Fotografi

[GJC Web Design]

Another approach suggested by AH is to do your pricing externally (Excel etc) and then import with csvi etc