Unit pricing

Unit pricing displays the price per unit of measurement (per kg, per liter, per item) alongside the regular price. Required by law in some jurisdictions for groceries, cosmetics, and bulk goods. Pave shows unit pricing wherever a price is displayed.

Where it appears

  • Product cards, in every grid: collections, search, recommendations and recently viewed.
  • The product page price, and the price in Featured product and quick view.
  • Cart lines, in the cart drawer and on the cart page.
  • Rows of the Quick order list.

Order confirmations and checkout are Shopify’s pages, and show unit prices on their own.

Configuring unit pricing for a product

  1. In Shopify admin > Products > [product] > Variants > [variant], expand the variant.
  2. Scroll to Unit price.
  3. Enable Show unit price.
  4. Enter the Unit price measurement:
    • Reference value. The numeric quantity the unit price refers to (for example, 100 for “per 100 g”).
    • Reference unit. The unit of measurement (g, kg, mL, L, pieces).
    • Total quantity. The total quantity in the package (for example, 500 for a 500 g item).
    • Total unit. The unit (g, kg, mL, L, pieces).
  5. Save.

Pave reads these values and renders the unit price automatically. For a 500 g item priced at €10 with a reference of 100 g, the unit price displays as €2.00 / 100 g.

Tips

  • Use units that customers expect. Cosmetics in the EU are typically priced per 100 ml; bulk grain per kg.
  • Be consistent across the catalog. Mixing units (some products per kg, some per 100 g for the same category) confuses customers comparing.
  • Required by law. In the EU, the Unit Price Directive requires unit prices for many product categories. Check the regulations for the markets you sell in.

Troubleshooting

  • Unit price doesn’t appear on a product. Confirm Show unit price is enabled on the variant and that all four fields are filled in.
  • The unit price calculation looks wrong. Verify the Reference value, Reference unit, Total quantity, and Total unit are correctly set. The calculation is (price / total quantity) × reference value.

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