To keep a partner's prices up to date in Papalocal, look at the top of the Inventory tab. Every Monday, Papalocal checks the partner websites it read directly, and Check now reads them again. Each changed price is listed, theirs and yours, with your markup kept. Only the ones you tick change. Booked parties keep their price.
0:00Find the check. At the top of the Inventory tab, each website you brought items in from shows it's checked every Monday.
0:10Check now. You don't have to wait for Monday. Tap Check now, and it reads their website again.
0:15Read the changes. Each changed price is listed: theirs before and after, and yours, with your markup kept. In the video, their tent goes from $450 to $495, and yours from $540 to $594.
0:22Untick what stays. Untick any you'd rather leave as it is. In the video, the chairs stay the same.
0:27Apply them. Tap Apply the ticked changes. Only those prices change.
0:31Check a booked party. A party already booked keeps the price it was booked at.
0:35See the new prices. Your inventory shows them.
Good to know
Nothing changes until you apply it. A new price waits on the list until you tick it and tap Apply the ticked changes.
Items they stop listing. An item gone from their website is listed too, with a box to hide it. Hiding makes it a draft.
Items they add. New items on their site are counted and named. Bring them in with Import from a website, as you did the first time.
A site read with AI isn't checked by itself. The Monday check only reads sites that can be read directly. For one read with AI, run the import again, which uses credits.
Pinewood Party Rentals, its partner and the prices in the video are made up.
Written with AI from this video's script and screens.
Partner 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 party rental software? A partner's website read directly is checked every Monday, and you choose which prices change.
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.
Every Monday, for a website Papalocal read directly. Tap Check now at the top of the Inventory tab to check sooner. One read with AI is checked only when you import it again.
What happens to my markup when a supplier changes prices?
It's kept. The list shows their new price, and yours with your markup on top.
Do booked parties change price?
No. A party already booked keeps the price it was booked at.
Can I skip a change?
Yes. Untick it before you tap Apply the ticked changes. Only the ticked prices change.
What does it cost?
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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