Support-Portal » ARTICLE_PRICE (en)

Each ARTICLE_PRICE element can specify a different price for the item. The following elements are secondary and are also supported in the Mercateo system:

→ PRICE_AMOUNT (mandatory field)
→ PRICE_CURRENCY (mandatory field)
→ TAX (mandatory field)
→ PRICE_FACTOR (not supported)
→ LOWER_BOUND
→ TERRITORY (not supported)

Extract from BMEcat:

<ARTICLE_PRICE price_type=“net_list„>
<PRICE_AMOUNT>50.00</PRICE_AMOUNT>
<PRICE_CURRENCY>EUR</PRICE_CURRENCY>
<TAX>0.19</TAX>
<LOWER_BOUND>1</LOWER_BOUND>
</ARTICLE_PRICE>

You can find further requirements with regard to price information in the table below.

BMEcat element Requirement
price_type Mandatory field
→ If not otherwise agreed, the purchase price should be provided as:

<ARTICLE_PRICE price_type=“net_list„>

→ If you additionally want to specify the Mercateo Auction price, please use:

<ARTICLE_PRICE price_type=“net_customer„>

→ For exclusive customer catalogues, please use:

<ARTICLE_PRICE price_type=“net_customer„>

→French suppliers can additionally specify eco_tax here, please use:

<ARTICLE_PRICE price_type=“eco_tax„>
PRICE_AMOUNT Mandatory field
→ The amount of the price is determined in the field PRICE_AMOUNT
→ A dot is used as a decimal separator
→ The price can be given with a maximum of 2 decimal places
→ The price is to be saved without VAT
PRICE_CURRENCY Mandatory field
→ There is a list of the currently valid currencies and abbreviations at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217
→ The currency and VAT in the catalogue belong together. Please do not use currency and tax for different countries within a catalogue
→ The currency must correspond to the country the catalogue is activated in
TAX Mandatory field
→ TAX must occur exactly once in each ARTICLE_PRICE
→ The tax rate states the factor for VAT that applies to this price
→ Please show the tax values as decimal numbers. For 20% VAT, 0.20 should be stated in the catalogue
→ A dot is used as a decimal separator
→ The currency and VAT in the catalogue belong together. Please do not use currency and tax for different countries within a catalogue
→ The tax must correspond to the country the catalogue is activated in
PRICE_FACTOR → This information is not supported at present
LOWER_BOUND Bulk prices can be shown using the element LOWER_BOUND
→ The lower boundary for the respective bulk price is defined in LOWER_BOUND
→ The first LOWER_BOUND should correspond to the minimum order value
→ Please only use positive integers
TERRITORY → This information is not supported at present

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