Setting pricing

Atlas computes sell prices from cost + margin rules. This page explains how the resolver decides the number that lands on a quote line.

Margin vs. mark-up

Atlas uses margin from cost, not mark-up. A $100 cost item with a 25% margin rule sells for $133.33, not $125. The formula is:

sell = cost / (1 - margin/100)

If a 25% margin reads to you like "sell for cost + 25%", flip your rules to Profit $ instead.

Hierarchy

Rules apply in tier order, most specific first:

1. Sub-sub-category (e.g. Computers > Components > CPU)
2. Sub-category (Computers > Components)
3. Category (Computers)
4. All Products: the fallback, always present

The first rule found wins. Atlas walks the tree from the product's category upward.

List Price Guard

If you set RRP on a product and configure the list-price guard, the engine caps sell at RRP × guard%. For example:

Without the guard the rule would have produced $133.33. The cap is $107 × 80% = $85.60 (below cost, so doesn't apply). The sacrifice is 60% of $33.33 margin = $20, taking sell down to $113.33. The cap and the sacrifice race each other; the higher number wins.

Price groups

Each tenant can define up to two named "groups" with margin discount %. Assign clients to a group on the client overview page. The discount subtracts from the margin rate, not from the final price: a 5% discount on a 25% margin rule yields a 20%-margin price.

Per-product overrides

If one SKU should always sell at a fixed price regardless of rules, set products.price_override on that SKU. The resolver returns the override verbatim and skips the engine.