The Price Manager is where you can set all of the rates and fees for your agency. This article explains what the different prices mean and how they work.
Access and open the price manager...
1) From Mission Control select More > Settings.
2. Select Global Settings.
3) Select Clients.
4. Select Price Manager.
How To Add A New Price.
1. Select Add Price.
2. When creating a price you can give it whatever name is appropriate. Then, select a price type.
Names are only for you to see and easily manage your platform. Clients will not see this name.
Types and What They Mean:
Registration Fee
This is an amount to charge when someone fills in your application form.
Hourly Booking Rate
This is how much a candidate gets paid hourly for a booking/shift job. You can customize this to be different for different services, and even customize for each individual candidate.
Hourly Fee Per Additional Child
Many agencies charge an extra $1 or $2 per hour for every extra child after the first 2, if you do something along those lines, this is how you can define that.
Hourly Agency Fee
This is the cost per hour your agency receives for the amount of hours a candidate is booked to work or actually works.
Hourly Agency Commission
This is a fee in which the agency gets a commission based on the final cost of the service. It is not often used.
Travel Fee
This charge is used when a candidate must travel to get to the client. Can be for specific locations or zip/post codes.
Rush Fee
This charge is used when a client books within a certain amount of hours, determined by you, before a service is to be. Example: A rush fee maybe used if a client books a service within 12 hours of the start time.
Hourly Booking Rate
This is how much the candidate is getting paid.
Rush Hourly Fee
Rather than being a fixed amount, like the Rush Fee above, this adds on to the hourly rate.
Per Booking Agency Fee
This is a flat amount collected for every booking that a client makes and goes to the agency.
Per Booking Candidate Fee
This is a flat amount collected for every booking that a client makes and goes to the candidate working the booking.
Booking Total Discount
This is a discount that will be applied to the total booking cost.
Admin Fee
This is a percentage charge that applies to the booking total and can be used for any purpose, such as a credit card processing fee.
Admin Percentage
Similar to the Admin Fee, this is a percentage charge of the total cost, that can be used for any purpose.
Additional Overnight Hourly Fee
This is an additional charge per hour for services that are booked for an overnight time frame.
Hourly Rate for Additional Hours
This is to adjust for long bookings, for example if the hourly rate increase after 8 hours.