How to use the WAS PRICE feature

Was Price is a functionality created by the development team. It allows you to display a higher price that is marked out, while showing the current price below. This is a useful feature for customer communications, letting them know a product is currently cheaper than normal.

Was Price - Displays the price differently than normal. It will mark out the retail price, and display the sale price below it. Used with the $$WASPRICE$$ and ##WASPRICE## merge codes.

Conditions For Was Price

Several things must be in place before was price for a product will display:

1. The $$WASPRICE$$ merge code must be in the page's HTML. This will work on both product and category pages.
2. The product must have a price entered into the base price field. Set this in Catalog > Products > Edit Product > Pricing.
3. A sale price with a beginning and end date must be setup in in the advanced pricing matrix.

The $$WASPRICE$$ merge is already in the default themes. However, this document will have information for theme designers building the theme from the scratch.

Note: Was price is not designed to function with products with variants/options or grouped products. It will not display on these types of products.

Using Was Price

Product Details

• This page uses the $$WASPRICE$$ merge code. It needs to be located inside the <ac:visibilityarea id="PricingArea"> tag.
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Category Page & Catalog Search

• Uses the $$WASPRICE$$ merge code. It needs to be located inside the <ac:visibilityarea id="ltrWasPrice"> tag.
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Product Display Widget

• Uses the ##WASPRICE## merge code. This only generates the numerical price. Needs to be located inside the <ac:layoutarea id="Item"> tag.
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Troubleshooting Steps for Was Price not displaying

1. Check that the $$WASPRICE$$ merge code is in the page’s HTML. If displaying was price in a widget, make sure the ##WASPRICE## merge code is in the widget’s HTML.
2. Make sure the product does not have any variants and is not part of a product group. The was price merge code will not work for these types of products
3. Make sure there is a sale price with a beginning and end date set in product’s advanced pricing matrix in Catalog > Products > Edit Product > Pricing.
4. Check that a base price is set in Catalog > Products > Edit Product > Pricing.