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Re: small merchants. Thats what I dont get. The companies that need this are the big ones not the small merchants with relatively few products they wish to discount. They’re better off investing time and effort to making more sales not nickeling and diming with discounts

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> They’re better off investing time and effort to making more sales not nickeling and diming with discounts

But discounts are one way to get more sales! There are plenty of mom-and-pop merchants that have to compete with large retailers and would benefit from a sophisticated discount system to drive higher volumes, but they just don't have the resources or the experience to implement it themselves.

Source: I know the owners of a brick and mortar garden store that struggles with this.

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