Price Menus

Configure Simple, By Weight, By Unit, Variation × Weight, and Variation × Unit pricing for cannabis products.

Overview

Price menus are reusable pricing templates you assign to products. The Price Menus page shows all your templates as cards. Each card previews:

Tier pills — each tier appears as a pill showing the weight/unit key and price. Tiers with a sale show the original price crossed out in gray and the sale price in red.
Sale banner — when any tiers are on sale, a red banner shows "Sale active on X of Y tiers" so you can spot promotions at a glance.

Click Create Price Menu to add a new template, or click Edit on any card to modify its tiers and settings.

Quick Pick

If you only remember one thing: choose the tier type based on how your staff counts stock and how shoppers think about the product.

Simple — one default option, no selector shown to customers (best for single-option items).
By Weight — best default for flower and hash.
By Unit — best for piece-count products (edibles, disposables, pre-roll packs).
Variation × Weight — for rare cases like flavored hash where each flavor has gram sizes.
Variation × Unit — for flavor-based unit packs (for example, gummy flavors in 1, 3, 5 pack sizes).

Where To Set This Up

DabDash new price menu form showing the tier type selector with Simple, By Weight, Variation x Weight, By Unit, and Variation x Unit options — When creating or editing a price menu, choose the tier type first, then add tiers.

DabDash price menu edit form showing By Weight tiers with prices, cost per gram field, and sale controls — The edit view keeps your weight ladder, prices, and cost per gram together on one screen.

Product edit page showing pricing tiers, saved variations, and publish controls — Product create and edit use the same tier builder — you can finish pricing setup without leaving the product form.

The same five tier types are available in both the Price Menus page and the product form. On product create/edit, DabDash stores your choices in a dedicated price menu for that product.

All Five Tier Types At A Glance

Tier Type	Best For	Stock and Cost Tracking	Customer Shopping Experience
Simple	Single-option products with one buy choice	Unit-family reporting; one implicit unit variation	No selector shown to customers
By Weight	Flower, hash by grams	Tracked by grams; cost reports use grams sold × your cost per gram	Simple gram selector (1g, 3.5g, 7g, etc.)
By Unit	Edibles, carts, pieces, packs	Tracked by units; cost reports use per-unit cost	Simple quantity selector (1 unit, 3 units, 5 units)
Variation × Weight	Flavor/variant rows with gram columns	Still treated as weight in reports and cost tracking	Two-step choice: variant first, then weight
Variation × Unit	Flavor variants sold in unit packs	Still treated as unit in reports and cost tracking	Two-step choice: variant first, then pack size

1) Simple

Simple tier type showing a single price and cost field with no variation selector — Simple creates one purchasable option and hides selectors for customers — fastest path to Add to Cart.

Use this for products with exactly one purchasable option. It behaves like unit tracking in reporting, but removes pointless customer selectors.

Cost tracking: treated like unit-style products in profit reports.
Inventory: one implicit unit option; no multi-tier selector logic.
Customer experience: fastest flow — direct Add to Cart.

2) By Weight

By Weight tier type showing gram tier buttons and a cost per gram field — By Weight is optimized for gram-based tiers like 1g, 3.5g, and 7g with a shared cost-per-gram field.

Use this when the shopper is choosing grams or ounces. This is the standard setup for flower and most hash menus.

Cost tracking: one cost-per-gram field shared across all tiers. COGS = grams sold × cost per gram.
Inventory: stock deductions happen in grams, not item counts.
Customer experience: clear gram selector — least confusing for flower buyers.

3) By Unit

By Unit tier type showing unit quantity buttons and per-row cost fields — By Unit uses quantity tiers like 1, 3, and 5 units with cost tracked per row.

Use this when products are sold as pieces or packs, not by weight. Good for gummies, disposable vapes, and other single-option items.

Cost tracking: per-unit cost is set on each tier row for accurate margin reporting.
Inventory: stock deductions happen in unit counts.
Customer experience: clear quantity language for non-weight products.

4) Variation × Weight

Variation x Weight tier type showing variation name rows and weight column inputs in a grid — Variation × Weight: add variation names on the left, pick gram columns on the right, fill in the price grid.

Use this only when variant identity matters and each variant also has multiple gram options. Example: flavored hash where shoppers choose both flavor and grams.

Cost tracking: one cost-per-gram field per variation row (behaves like By Weight in reports).
Inventory: stock tracked per variation label — each flavor is its own gram pool.
Customer experience: two-step choice: variant first, then weight. More powerful but more complex — use only when needed.

5) Variation × Unit

Variation x Unit tier type showing variation name rows and unit quantity column inputs in a grid — Variation × Unit: variation names as rows, unit pack sizes as columns.

Use this when shoppers pick a variant (such as gummy flavor) and then pick a unit quantity/pack size. This is the best fit for flavor-heavy edible catalogs.

Cost tracking: cost per cell (behaves like By Unit in reports).
Inventory: tracked and adjusted in units per variation.
Customer experience: clearer than weight for candy/pack products while still supporting variant choice.

How This Affects Profit Reports

Cost of goods (COGS) means your product cost. DabDash uses each order line cost to calculate margin. The tier type decides whether the line is treated as weight-based or unit-based:

Simple + By Unit + Variation × Unit: cost uses per-unit pricing logic.
By Weight + Variation × Weight: cost uses the selected weight amount and your cost-per-gram entry.

Tip: always fill in cost prices, or profit numbers will look better than reality.

How This Affects Inventory

Tier type controls the option layout on the storefront. Inventory mode controls where stock is stored:

Product inventory mode: one shared stock pool for the product (used by By Weight).
Variation inventory mode: stock tracked per variation row (used by Variation × Weight and all unit types).

For weight-tracked products, adjustments and deductions are in grams. For unit-tracked products, they are in unit counts.

Recommendations For Cannabis Retail

Use Simple for one-option products. If there is only one buy option, remove extra selectors.
Default flower and hash to By Weight. This matches how budtenders and customers already think.
Use Variation × Weight only when variant + grams both matter. Example: flavored hash where each flavor has its own size ladder.
Use Variation × Unit for flavor-pack products. Example: gummy flavors sold as 1, 3, 5 unit options.
Use By Unit for non-weight products that still need quantity tiers.
Keep option counts tight. Too many tiers reduce conversion and slow menu updates.

Checklist Before Going Live

Pick one tier type per product family (flower, concentrates, edibles).
Set cost values where your inventory mode expects them.
Check one test order in Analytics to confirm margin numbers look right.
Audit the storefront product page and make sure selectors read naturally to customers.

Frequently Asked Questions

What tier types does DabDash support for price menus?

DabDash supports five tier types: Simple (single flat price), By Weight (price tiers by gram — 1g to 1oz), By Unit (price tiers by pack count), Variation × Weight (product variations each with their own gram tiers), and Variation × Unit (product variations each with their own unit tiers).

How do I set cost prices for profit margin tracking in DabDash?

Edit a price menu and enter the wholesale cost per gram (for By Weight menus) or the cost per unit (for By Unit menus). DabDash uses these cost prices to calculate COGS (cost of goods sold) and gross margin in the Analytics COGS tab. Accurate cost prices give you accurate margin reporting.

Can multiple products share the same price menu in DabDash?

Yes — price menus are reusable templates. Assign the same menu to as many products as you like. When you update a shared menu's prices, all products using that menu automatically get the new prices without editing each product individually.