The Hobby Network · Member Guide
Taking money off the bottom of an invoice leaves every item showing its full price. Put the discount on the items instead — one percentage or one dollar amount, applied to all of them — and your packing list and shipping insurance finally agree with what the buyer actually paid.
There are two different places a discount can live, and they behave differently. The box near the totals takes money off the invoice total only — every item still shows, and is still worth, its full price. Your buyer pays the right amount, so it is easy to never notice.
Where it bites. Packing and shipping insurance read the item prices, not the invoice total. A $50,000 order discounted to $45,000 still looked like $50,000 when you went to box it — which can push a package over the per-box insurance limit for no real reason. Discounting the items fixes that, because there is only one price and everything reads it.
From the menu bar choose My Account, then Sales Dashboard. Open a draft invoice, or start one with New Invoice. The control sits in the options row, beside the ordinary Invoice Discount box.
A dollar amount is split across the items in proportion to their price. Applying again replaces the last one — it does not stack.
Leave it on % to take the same percentage off every item. Switch to $ to take a fixed total off the order — it is divided across the items in proportion to what each one costs.
A dollar amount always lands on the exact cent. When it will not divide evenly the odd pennies are placed so the item discounts still add up to precisely the figure you typed — never a cent more or less.
On a $50,000 order, that works out to 10% off each item.
Each item now shows its own reduced price and the invoice total follows. Nothing else about the invoice changes — not your shipping, not the tax, not the buyer.
| Item | Price | Discount | Net |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 Fleer Jordan #57 — PSA 8 | $22,000.00 | $2,200.00 | $19,800.00 |
| 2018 Luka Prizm Silver — PSA 10 | $14,500.00 | $1,450.00 | $13,050.00 |
| 1999 Pokémon Charizard 1st Ed — CGC 9 | $9,500.00 | $950.00 | $8,550.00 |
| 2003 LeBron Topps Chrome — BGS 9.5 | $4,000.00 | $400.00 | $3,600.00 |
| Invoice total | $50,000.00 | $5,000.00 | $45,000.00 |
This is the practical difference, and the reason the feature exists.
| Order at list price | $50,000.00 |
| Discount applied to the items | −$5,000.00 |
| Insurance limit per box | $50,000.00 |
| Value used for packing & insurance | $45,000.00 |
Apply 10%, change your mind, apply 15%: you get 15%, not 26.5%. Treat it as a dial you can keep turning until the number looks right. Getting it wrong costs you nothing.
If you have already set a discount on particular items, you are told before anything replaces it, and you can back out.
To take the discount back off everything, use Clear the discount on all items.
Open the invoice and choose Amend. You can discount every item the same way, or set a discount on one item on its own — the Amend screen used to accept only a price and a quantity. The difference is worked out and shown to you before you finalize, exactly as with any other amendment.
Applying again replaces the last one. Review the difference below before you finalize.
Yes. Each item shows its price and the amount taken off, so the invoice explains itself. That is usually better than quietly lowering prices — your customer can see exactly what you did for them.
You can, but the two do different things. That box takes money off the total only and leaves the item prices alone. If you want packing and insurance to reflect the discount, use Discount All Items.
You can take up to 100% off. You cannot go below nothing — enter more than the items are worth and you are told “That discount is more than the items are worth” rather than ending up with a negative price.
Use Clear the discount on all items to take it off completely, or simply apply a different figure. You can also edit any single item’s discount on its own.
Thank you for your support and God Bless ~ Otis