Bottle POS Dual Pricing Update 2024

Transition to Dual Pricing with Bottle POS

Starting February 1, 2025, Bottle POS will retire the non-cash adjustment feature—commonly referred to as cash discounting—and transition to dual pricing to ensure compliance with card brand regulations.

This resource will help you understand the benefits of dual pricing and how to make the switch seamlessly.

Steps to Check Price Setting Compliance

An overview of each feature...

Non-Cash Fee:

Cash price is considered the 'regular price'
Non-cash adjustment fee is added to all sales
Discount is applied only to cash sales
Non-cash adjustment and discount are displayed on the customer display and the receipt

According to Visa, this is ‘surcharging’, it has complex regulations and potential fines for non-compliance.

Dual Pricing

Each item has a card price and a cash price
- Card price (i.e., higher price) is considered the regular price in the POS
- Cash price (i.e., lower, discounted price) is applied when using cash
The card ‘fee’ (i.e., difference in the card price and cash price) is not displayed on the customer display or receipt

Allowed in all 50 states: this protects your business from fines related to not meeting the specific surcharge requirements in your area.

Why Dual Pricing?

Compliance: Avoid fines by adhering to card brand regulations.
Transparency: Clear display of cash and card prices to customers.
Simplicity: Streamlined pricing structure for easier management.

Steps to Check Price Setting Compliance:

CONFIRM: If the Type field contains any value other than Dual Pricing or if you are not showing both cash and non-cash prices for your products, then you are not compliant and may face fines from the card brands.

Access Back Office

Go to the Back Office and select Settings.
Navigate to Accounting Settings.

Check Pricing Type

Scroll to the Non-Cash Adj/Dual Pricing section.
For Type, 'Dual Pricing' must be selected to be compliant (see screenshot).

Display Prices

Ensure both cash and non-cash prices are displayed on receipts, customer displays, reports, and shelf labels.

How to Change to Dual Pricing

If you need to make changes within your software, you will need the assistance of our technical support team. Please use the link below to schedule an appointment

For further questions, email merchantservices@bottlepos.com, call 877-381-4087, Option 5, or schedule an appointment using the button below:

Schedule an Appointment

Visual Guide:

Receipts

First, your receipts will appear differently according to the transaction type.
A non-cash fee receipt will show the non-cash adjustment fee when credit card is used for payment while a dual pricing receipt never shows
any fee or cash-related discount.

Non-Cash Fee - Cash Transaction

Dual Pricing - Cash Transaction

BPOS - Non-Cash Fee - Credit Card Transaction

Non-Cash Fee Receipt - Credit Card Transaction

BPOS - Dual Pricing - Credit Card Transaction

Dual Pricing Receipt - Credit Card Transaction

Customer Display

Non-Cash Fee

Non-cash adjustment fee is displayed on screen

Dual Pricing

Price column is removed to show credit card total after tax.

There is no non-cash adjustment fee to highlight since the prices are different based on tender type.

Reporting

For Dual Pricing, the ‘Summary’ report will display a new line called ‘Additional Card Fee’. This will show the difference between cash and regular price for all transactions made during the time period of the report.

Shelf Pricing

Dual Pricing labels displaying regular and cash price are available to print. It is a requirement to display the regular (credit card) price for all products. Most customers showcase both prices with the cash price being displayed more predominantly.