4.2.6.3 Non-Media Products
Version 2.90 and up
Often, you need to charge your customers for services or fees that are not media products and therefore should not be subject to discounts, agency commission, etc. Typical examples include:
Postal charges
Production Cost
Technical Cost (i.e.. related to the print process)
and many other.
Ad Spec
More on 3.1.1 Ad Specs!
If you like to take an items out of the usual 4.2.6.2 Amount Calculation and Discounts you can now mark this item by checking the non-media checkbox in your adspec.
Helpful Advice
1. Discounts
Make sure to also check the the following fields
No Quantity Discount
No Customer Discount
No Agency Discount
No Agency Earnings/Commission
No Third Party Commission
to allow the overall calculation on the PDF show the correct numbers.
2. Packages
When using Non-Media AdSpecs in a package - as a package component, it's components have to be shown on the PDF! Don't hide the items: 4.2.10 PDF Settings.
3. Flexible Payment Plan
If you like to sell Non-Media AdSpecs and apply a payment plan make sure that you add a fake publication date to it, as this controls the automatically creation of the related invoice(s) and invoice items.
The PDF layout will allow now to separately display the media-cost. Read more here: 7.5 PDF Layout Configuration