One customer asked me, if it's possible to add a customer in more than one customer group. He wants to give his customers a discount which is manufacturer based.
Example: Customer 1 get a discount of 5% for manufacturer A and a discount of 10% for manufacturer B. Customer 2 gets a discount of 10% for manufacturer A and a discount of 15% for manufacturer B.
The idea was to solve this with several customer groups. Or are there better solutions?
To solve this your thought sounds correct. A customer is typically only ever to be in one customer group. So if you have a specific group for manufacturer "a" to give 5 % and manufacturer "b" to give 10% off and another group to do the reverse I would think that would be the simplest solution to this.
But that's not saying that is the only solution. Another solution you could do to have a promo based on another attribute you set.
By creating a new attribute and assigning certain values to that and have that determine the customers that are allowed to have the percentage off would save you time changing group prices for each of your products.
It all depends on what concerns you have with your current solution and how much time you plan on investing to make one solution work.
If you have any questions on my suggestion please let me know.
