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Pricing updates are time-consuming and costly for everyone involved, and suppliers try to limit changes to once or twice a year , except in special circumstances. If leaving old pricing live in IdeaRoom will cause significant problemsunder normal circumstances, When pricing changes are urgent, and smooth coordination is not feasible, we recommend the following workarounds:
Apply an across-the-board percent markup to each all line item items of the a quote.
Add a line item surcharge calculated as a percentage of the quote subtotal.
Temporarily hide or protect pricing in IdeaRoom while updates are in progress.
We are also working to provide more flexible markup formulas to a targeted set of options.
Dealer Pricing Updates
IdeaRoom’s dealer subscription is a branding and re-use of data provided and maintained by the supplier. This allows dealers to benefit from integrating IdeaRoom directly into their website and sales process at a lower dealer subscription price. Dealer sites are updated automatically when suppliers publish new data. This means dealers benefit from the supplier’s substantial investment in maintaining pricing. It also means pricing is subject to constraints dealers need to be aware of and plan around when pricing changes:
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