Charge a kind of cleaning by the hour, if that's how you run your business. Clients see your rate and an estimate before they book, and the final price comes from your partners' Arrived and Done taps.
Busy Book prices every cleaning as one flat price, and most cleaning businesses do better that way: clients love knowing the price. Not everyone runs their business the same way, though. If you charge by the hour, you can price any kind of cleaning by the hour instead. Clients see your rate and an estimate before they book, and their final price is the time on the job.
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Open Prices
In the menu, tap Settings, then Prices and extras.
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Pick By the hour
Under How you price each kind of cleaning, pick By the hour for each cleaning you charge by the hour. The others stay Flat price.
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Set your rate and minimum
Type your Rate: what a client pays for each hour, for each partner. Two partners for 3 hours is 6 hours. Then your Minimum, the fewest hours you charge. A cleaning can have Its own rate, like a deep clean.
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Pick your rounding
The final time rounds to the nearest 15 minutes, never up, unless you pick Always up. Nearest is the fairest for clients: 3 hours 7 minutes is charged as 3 hours, and 3 hours 8 minutes as 3 hours 15 minutes.
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Pick how the estimate is made
From your job length uses the time your calendar already holds for the home (by home size when that is on), times the partners the cleaning needs. Or pick The same hours for every job.
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Check each final price
Check the final price before the card is charged is on to start. When a job is done, its booking shows the estimate, the real time and the final price. Tap Approve, or open Change the hours. The card waits until you do. Rather not check each one? Pick Charge the final price automatically.
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Save
Tap Save how you price. Bookings already made keep their price.