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title: "Bulk Editing Material Costs and Markups"
url: "https://help.ontraccr.com/en/article/bulk-editing-material-costs-and-markups"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2025-06-08T18:12:23.138Z"
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# Bulk Editing Material Costs and Markups

## **💵 Bulk Editing Material Costs and Markups**  
 

## **Overview**

Material costs fluctuate due to supplier changes, market conditions, or internal strategy. Ontraccr makes it easy to **update pricing across multiple items** at once using bulk edit tools — no spreadsheets or manual edits required.

This article covers how to apply mass updates to **material cost** and **material markup**.

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## **🛠 How to Bulk Edit Material Costs**

1.  Go to the **Materials Page**.
2.  Use checkboxes to **select one or more materials**.
3.  From the action bar, click **“Change Material Cost.”**
4.  Enter a **dollar amount** (e.g., “+1.00”).
5.  Click **Submit**.

### **💡 What it does:**

-   Adds the specified amount to each selected item's current **cost**.
-   Does not affect markup or sale price unless recalculated manually.

📌 *Use Case:* Material vendor increased prices by $1 across the board.

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## **📈 How to Bulk Edit Material Markup**

1.  Select one or more materials.
2.  Click **“Change Material Markup.”**
3.  Enter a **percentage** (e.g., “10%”).
4.  Click **Submit**.

### 💡 What it does:

-   Increases the markup rate for each selected item by the specified percentage.
-   Automatically recalculates the **sale price**.

📌 *Use Case:* Apply a 10% markup to all **metal parts** due to new tariffs.

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## **🧠 Real Scenarios**

-   Vendor price hikes across multiple SKUs
-   Strategic price increase for a category (e.g., seasonal or regional adjustment)
-   Margin corrections during quarterly reviews