### Managing Discount Categories

Discount categories define standard discounts you will be granting to your customers and resellers. You should create one or more before you proceed with the Hosting Plans definition.

Note: The discount category given to a reseller applies to the prices for services a reseller orders at provider as a customer, for their own, i.e., if a reseller visits HSP store and buys services for reseller account. The discount category does not affect settlements for re-sold services, to this effect, a special discount can be granted to a reseller - a partner discount. A partner discount is selected from the set of pre-configured discount categories and assigned to a reseller account > Financial Info tab.

To view, add, or change existing discount category, go to the Billing Director -Discount Manager - Discount Categories.

The list of discount categories (if any) displays the following:

- ID - numerical identifier, assigned to the Discount Category.
- Title - short, but descriptive name of Discount Category.
- Discount - percentage of the Discount given.

To create new discount category:

1. Click the New Discount Category button.
2. Fill the form that appears:
   1. Title - the short name or any alphanumeric identifier which a discount category will be referred to within Parallels Business Automation - Standard system.
   2. Discount - discount itself.
   3. Comments - any comments for your convenience.
   4. Check the boxes next to the services names to define the services the discount applies to:
   - Setup fees - the amount to be paid when a customer subscribes for services, without respect to a subscription period selected.
   - Subscription fees - the sum being paid for services provided during a subscription period.
   - Application fees - the price for optional or additional Applications installed in customer's system.
   - Resource overusage - if a customer exceeds the resource-usage limits allowable for Container purchased (for example, disk space or traffic), the resource-overusage Invoice is being issued at the end of subscription period.
   - Domain Registration - the price for a new domain registration.
3. Click the Save button.

Note: To assign a discount category to an account, open the Account Director submenu and select the Account Manager - Accounts. Select the account and as soon as the account details appear select the Financial Info tab. Click the Edit button and select the Discount Category from the relevant drop-down menu.

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