How to charge a long carry fee and other setup fees
To charge a long carry fee in Papalocal, open What you're setting up on under Online booking. Gravel and stairs are there too. Type a price beside each one that costs you more. Customers answer when they book and see the setup price in their quote. Anyone not sure is never charged.
Step by step
Before you start: you need a Papalocal account, your rental company on Papalocal and the items you rent.
0:00Open What you're setting up on. In Rentals, open Online booking and go down to What you're setting up on.
0:09Price what costs you more. Type a price beside each one that costs you more: gravel, stairs, a long carry. Leave one blank, and it costs nothing.
0:17Save setup prices. Tap Save setup prices. Someone who answers I'm not sure is never charged.
0:23See it as a customer does. On your booking page, a customer adds a rental, picks the date, types the address and taps Check my date.
0:31Read the question. Customers are asked What are we setting up on? Each choice shows its price, like Gravel or dirt +$40.
0:36Answer it. They choose gravel and tick that there are stairs. The setup price is in their quote before they book.
Good to know
The choices. One ground: grass, turf, concrete or asphalt, gravel or dirt, or indoors. Then any that apply: stairs, a long carry, or a narrow gate.
Blank means free, not skipped. A choice with no price is still asked, and your crew is told the answer either way.
Setup adds up. Setup prices add together, on top of delivery. In the video, gravel at $40 and stairs at $25 show as Setup $65.
Customers read the reason. Some choices carry a line of why, like We lay a tarp underneath to protect it.
Pinewood Party Rentals, its address and its prices are made up.
Written with AI from this video's script and screens.
Setup prices are one part of running your rental company on Papalocal.
The everything app. As simple as you want it, or as complete as you allow it to be.
Looking for bounce house rental software? Setup prices sit beside your delivery rules, bookings and website.
The plan holds, in one place:
Your customer list: each lead and customer, with their quotes and jobs on one page
Quotes, jobs and schedule
Invoices and pay links
Your website, on a domain you own
Google Business Profile sync, for your first location
Reviews: links, QR codes and an embed
Time clock, team chat and training
The same account holds your own side too: music, books, messages, your money and your people. Some of it has paid upgrades.
Free to sign up, no card. Your account and your business page have no monthly charge. One thing is on from the start: AI replies to your reviews, $0.15 each plus AI usage. You can pause them.
Once you turn the plan on: $30 a month (one person; each added employee is $10 a month), plus 1.25% of payments your customers make through Papalocal, plus Stripe's processing fee. It's billed daily from a prepaid balance. Once your card is saved, it's charged a top-up within the hour, and again each time the balance falls under a month's charges plus 15%. You choose the top-up amount ($25 or more; $100 until you change it). You can cancel the plan online after its first 30 days; cancel any add-ons on it first.
Papalocal's founder, Garret Merkley, has started 7 local service businesses in 16 years. He bought one, sold one and closed some.
It's free to sign up, with no card. Your account and your business page have no monthly charge. One thing is on from the start: AI replies to your reviews, $0.15 each plus AI usage. You can pause them. The plan starts only when you turn it on: $30 a month (one person; each added employee is $10 a month), plus 1.25% of payments your customers make through Papalocal, plus Stripe's processing fee.
How is it billed, and can I cancel?
It's billed daily from a prepaid balance. Once your card is saved, it's charged a top-up within the hour, and again each time the balance falls under a month's charges plus 15%. You choose the top-up amount ($25 or more; $100 until you change it). You can cancel the plan online after its first 30 days; cancel any add-ons on it first.
Will Papalocal find me customers?
No. Papalocal gives you the tools. Finding customers is your work.
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