We'd like to automatically approve our customers early payments within specific thresholds. How can we set this configuration?

How to set auto-acceptance rules for buyer-initiated discounts?

You can set auto-acceptance rules to all or selected customers for ad hoc discount offers.

In order to do that, follow the steps below in your Network account:

1. Go to Payments > Early Payment Rules
2. Click Create
3. Enter a name for your auto-acceptance rule
4. You can choose All or Select customers, to specify customers for whom this rule will apply
5. Enter a start date and (optionally) an end date for the rule to apply to customers
6. Click the Rule status toggle to activate this rule (this will disable other rules you may have; you can only activate one rule at a time)
7. Optionally, enter numerical values for the fields below:
   1. Maximum discount rate
   2. Maximum annual rate
   3. Maximum discount amount
   4. Minimum invoice amount
8. Click Save

Note that configuring the discount rates, maximum and minimum amounts are optional. However, if these values aren't set, all offers are automatically accepted.

See also the Managing discounts guide to learn more about this feature capabilities.

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