Pricing strategy
Volume discount price breaks.
Enter a list price, a quantity and up to four price breaks. See the tier you reach, the unit price, the total, and whether the next break would cost less overall.
Order total = quantity x list price x (1 - discount of the highest break you reach). At $10 with breaks of 5% at 50, 10% at 100 and 15% at 500, 95 units cost $902.50, but 100 units cost only $900.
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Worked example
List price is $10. Breaks are 5% off from 50 units, 10% from 100 and 15% from 500. Ordering 95 units lands in the 5% tier: $9.50 a unit, $902.50 in total, a saving of $47.50 against the $950 list total. Ordering 100 units reaches the 10% tier at $9.00 a unit, for $900.00. So five more units cost $2.50 less overall.
How it works
This tool models a whole-order price break: the discount of the highest break you reach applies to every unit in the order. Wikipedia describes a non-cumulative quantity discount as a price reduction based on the quantity of a single order, which the seller hopes will encourage larger orders.
Unit price = list price x (1 - discount %); total = quantity x unit price. The check for the next break compares your current total with the next break's minimum quantity at its lower unit price. When the bigger order costs less, the break is worth reaching even if you do not need the extra units; if you do not need them, the surplus is a cost of its own.
Leave the optional break blank to ignore it. If your supplier prices each band separately instead (first 100 at one price, the rest at another), use the tiered pricing calculator.
Sources and basis (opened 2026-10-08): Discounts and allowances - Wikipedia (the non-cumulative quantity discount section). The totals are arithmetic on your inputs.
Educational maths on the price breaks you enter. It does not know your supplier's terms. Everything runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent or stored.
FAQ
What is a volume discount?
A lower unit price for buying more. In this tool the discount of the highest break you reach applies to the whole order, not only to the units above the break.
Can ordering more cost less than ordering less?
Yes, when the next break lowers the unit price enough. In the worked example 100 units cost $900.00 and 95 units cost $902.50, and the calculator flags this.
How is this different from tiered pricing?
Here the tier you reach prices every unit. In graduated tiered pricing each band of units has its own price, which the tiered pricing calculator covers.