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title: Create a Price Rule
description: "In this section, you will learn how to create a new price rule. Note that if you do not specify any conditions in the rule (products, categories, etc..), the rule will apply to ALL items 1. Navigate to [manage.acadiapos.com](https://manage.acadiapos.com/) for…"
url: "https://acadiapos.com/doc/create-a-price-rule/"
updated: "2026-01-19"
category: Inventory / Products / Price Rules / Discounts
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# Create a Price Rule

In this section, you will learn how to create a new price rule.

Note that if you do not specify any conditions in the rule (products, categories, etc..), the rule will apply to ALL items

1. Navigate to [manage.acadiapos.com](https://manage.acadiapos.com/) for Retail or go-to [rfsm.acadiapos.com](https://rfsm.acadiapos.com) for Restaurant

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2. Click "Items" on the sidebar

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3. Click **"Price/Discount Rules"** in the upper right corner

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4. Name the **price rule** to match the type of product/rule you are going to be using.

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5. 1.) Under **"Sort Order"** you would choose the order for each price rule. If you set a price rule to "1", in the price rule list, this rule will appear first.

2.) Under **Products**, choose which products you want this rule to apply to.

3.) Under **Categories**, you can choose to include specific categories to be included in the price rule.

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6. 1.) Enter customer group(s) in the field under **CUSTOMER GROUP IDS**. Separate groups with commas

2.) Under **Excl. group ids(comma-separation required)** Choose to exclude specific categories.

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7. Under **"Brands"** choose which brands the price rule applies to. If you are doing a brand sale for example.

Under **"Locations" ,** Choose a location to apply specific price rules.

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8. 1.) Under "**DAYS OF WEEK WHEN RULE IS ACTIVE**" Select which days the price rule is active under

2.) Under **"Hours when Rule is Active"**

3.) If the price rule is only active during specific hours, select those hours under **HOURS WHEN RULE IS ACTIVE**.

4.) Fill in **START MINUTE** and **END MINUTE** fields

5.) For **Date Start/Date End** fields, enter the date you want the price rule to be active for.

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Tip: Commonly used Price Rules:

- **Product Price By Percentage**: Discounts the assigned products/categories by a specific percentage.

- **Product Price By Percentage, round to the highest 25 cents**: Discounts the assigned products/categories by a specific percentage and rounds up to the highest 25 cents. I.e. Round $1.05 to $1.25.

- **Product Price By Percentage, round to the nearest 25 cents**: Discounts the assigned products/categories by a specific percentage and rounds to the nearest 25 cents. I.e. Round $1.05 to $1.00.

- **Product Price By Fixed Amount**: Discounts the assigned products/categories by a specific amount.

- **Product Price To Fixed Amount**: All products assigned to this price rule will be priced at the specified amount. (i.e If you select a shirt that is normally $10 and a blouse that is normally $15 and then assign a Fixed Amount Price Rule of $5 to both, both products will have a value of $5)