dynamic pricing
this should be a quick question. Let's assume I buy a few volumes of something like NIV Application Commentary because I want to check them out and also cannot afford full set right now. Will I be able to buy the complete set later and because of dynamic pricing the total cost of the set will adjust by crediting me the cost of the volumes I already own?
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you would have to call sales on Zondervan products since no dynamic pricing is available through the web page. It's a publisher's decision and a weird one too.
DAL
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As DAL explained, not all collections or bundles of products qualify for dynamic pricing. NIV Application Commentary is one of those examples.
If you were interested in doing this on a collection of products that did qualify for dynamic pricing, the experience would not be quite as simple as you outlined. Typically, when we build a collection of products, it's less expensive than the sum of it's individual components. So, if a collection of 10 things that cost $5 each sells for $40, you would not get the last two for free if you purchased the first 8 individually. Dynamic pricing discounts the collection so that you only pay for the products you don't already own, it does not reduce the price of the collection by the full price of the individual volumes.
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That makes sense and seems fair. So is there a way of knowing which sets qualify for dynamic pricing?
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There is not currently an easy way on the website to determine if a collection you own no part of qualifies for dynamic pricing. (It's an idea we should consider, thank you.)
We'll get a list of publishers whose products do generally qualify for dynamic pricing posted here tomorrow.
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Unfortunately, after looking into this, there would be too many exceptions to the rule if we tried to build a list of publishers whose collections qualified for dynamic pricing. I won't be able post anything that basic.
Currently, it's easy to see if a collection you own a part of is dynamically priced. The product page will clearly label Dynamic Prices, and there is a tooltip present in those instances that will break down how much of a discount you're getting for the things you already own.
Collections almost always present the best value when purchasing, so we'd encourage you to consider that approach when it makes sense for you. In instances when you choose to purchase individual volumes, you'll discover that dynamic pricing is offered on the related collections far more often than not.
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Stephen Smith said:
So is there a way of knowing which sets qualify for dynamic pricing?
As a rule of thumb, Zondervan and Thomas Nelson don't have dynamic pricing, and almost everything else does. Most of the exceptions are obscure. Occasionally FL just forgets to enable it. They are typically very quick to correct such mistakes when they are pointed out here on the forums.
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