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Price groups ("the old way")

Price groups offer a basic way of linking job fees to job types. The logic is quite simple:

  • For relevant Job types and Units, you specify a fee
    • See screenshot below
  • The fee is then automatically calculated based on, for example, the running time of the part

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How to use

  • Create a Price group (under Tools & Data / Price groups)
    • This is the unchanging unit which you can connect to users
  • Add at least one price list to the price group
    • By using price groups, you can update the fees over time and specify a point in time when the new fees are used.
    • The jobs, as a consequence, need a Delivery date in order for the fee to be calculated
  • Attach Price groups to users/people 
    • Here, as well, you can specify a date. These dates allow you to swap price groups for users over time without affecting the fees of old jobs. 
  • Specify that the jobs should use this form of calculation
    • This is done on the "Job fee" tab, under Price list calculation:
      • "Use project data" will combine project data such as the number of units for the part with a price group
      • "Use specifications" will let you specify, for example, a different number of units, but still make use of a price group.
        • Example: the running time of the part is 100 minutes, but the freelancer only translated half of it.  

Limitations

  • A price group only supports a single currency
  • Exceptions cannot be made for different target languages
  • Prices remain dynamic even after jobs are accepted or grabbed
  • All of these issues are addressed by using a Resource matrix instead.