catalog one-time price OR recurring charge

[kathychisefsky]

The service catalog --> maintain item -->pricing options are Price, List Price, and Recurring price with frequency.   I have the need for a one-time price option OR a recurring price. But it appears when price and recurring price are populated, the shopping cart shows the price + a recurring fee. Is there a way to show just one or another? Has anyone else done this (either use the price OR the recurring price But not both)?

Thank you,

Kathy

[KB15]

I'm looking to do the same. I came up with an option but it's not the best implementation in my opinion. I'd rather use a script if possible to simply remove the recurring price if one selects an option.

I have printers that can be either leased or purchased. My approach was to create a 2 catalog items, one with the recurring price and another with a purchase price. Because we have a single form associated with it, I could utilize an order guide to fill in any necessary information and then have the form determine whether or not to display the lease or the one time purchase catalog item.

The only draw back is the ability to display the printer nicely as in the catalog item. I have to use multiple choice options on the "describe needs" page and then present the item view.

I don't know if this will work in your situation but it the only non-code solution that works well if you have multiple items that are in the same recurring/one time purchase bucket.

[KB15]

I think I found a solution and I hope this works for you.

If you have the configuration item with a recurring price as default, for example $100 per month, add a multiple choice variable with the choices of lease or purchase.

For option 1, enter recurring as the option. No price change will occur.

For option 2, add purchase as the option. Add the full purchase price in the "Price" field. Add a negative amount in the "Recurring price" field (in this example -100)

When a customer selects the purchase option, the recurring fee goes to $0 but when the item is added, the full purchase price appears instead. You won't see the full purchase price until you add it to the cart or the item is ordered.

You can do the reverse if you plan to add the full price in the configuration item first (e.g. negate the full price and add the recurring price) and make the recurring pricing as the option.