Documentation Index
Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.1nspect.app/llms.txt
Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
Pricing Settings
Pricing Settings is the base-pricing structure for your inspection business — the square-footage tiers, surcharges, large-building rules, and discount rules that the services in Pricing Manager reference at quote-calculation time.
Think of the relationship like this: Pricing Manager defines the services. Pricing Settings defines the math.
When you use it
- First-week setup — define your tier structure (e.g. “under 1500 sqft = 400,1500–2500=475, 2500–3500 = 550,over3500=625 + $0.10/sqft over”)
- Annual price adjustment — bumping every tier by 5% across the board
- Adding a surcharge — “50add−onforpre−1990homes"∗,∗"25 if more than 30 miles from office”
- Creating discount rules — “$50 off for repeat clients”, “10% military discount”
After initial setup, Pricing Settings rarely changes — typically one update per year.
Screen layout
[SCREENSHOT: pricing-settings-page.png — desktop, the Pricing Settings page showing the Base Inspection Pricing tier table at the top, a Large Building Pricing toggle below, and Surcharges + Discount Rules sections.]
The page is organized into stacked sections:
- Base Inspection Pricing — square-footage tier table
- Large Building Pricing — over-threshold rules
- Surcharges — additional fees that apply on top of base price
- Discount Rules — discounts available in the Order Wizard
Section 1 — Base Inspection Pricing
The tier table at the top of the page. Header: “Base Inspection Pricing — Pricing tiers based on property square footage”.
Per-tier fields
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|
| Min Sq Ft | ✅ | Lower bound (inclusive). 0 for the first tier |
| Max Sq Ft | — | Upper bound (exclusive). Leave blank for the top tier — placeholder “Unlimited” |
| Base Fee ($) | ✅ | The flat fee for properties in this tier |
| Duration | — | Hours + Minutes — used by the calendar integration to block off time |
A typical TREC-residential tier structure:
| Min Sq Ft | Max Sq Ft | Base Fee | Duration |
|---|
| 0 | 1500 | $400 | 2h 30m |
| 1500 | 2500 | $475 | 3h 0m |
| 2500 | 3500 | $550 | 3h 30m |
| 3500 | 4500 | $625 | 4h 0m |
| 4500 | (blank) | $700 | 4h 30m |
Adding tiers
Click + Add Tier. A new row appears at the bottom of the table with defaults. Fill in the fields and the tier is saved with the page-level Save action.
Reordering / deleting
Tiers are evaluated in Min Sq Ft order regardless of UI position — reorder is cosmetic. Use the per-row delete action to remove a tier. Confirmation alert.
Section 2 — Large Building Pricing (Over Threshold)
For properties exceeding the largest tier’s Min Sq Ft, an optional per-sqft fee applies instead of the flat tier fee.
Fields
| Field | Notes |
|---|
| Enable Large Building Pricing | Toggle. When on, the threshold and per-sqft fee replace the largest tier’s flat fee |
| Threshold (sq ft) | The cutoff. Properties above this use per-sqft pricing |
| Per Sq Ft Fee ($) | The rate applied to total sqft (or sqft above the threshold, depending on configuration) |
Example: enabled with Threshold = 5000 sqft and Per Sq Ft Fee = 0.12—a7,500sqftpropertypricesat7,500×0.12=900, replacing whatever tier rate would have applied.
This is useful for commercial inspections where flat fees stop scaling.
Section 3 — Surcharges
Additional fees added on top of the base + tier price. Common surcharges:
| Surcharge | When it applies |
|---|
| Distance | When the property is over N miles from the office |
| Age | When the property’s yearBuilt is older than a threshold |
| Foundation type | When the foundation is more complex (Pier-and-Beam, Crawl Space) |
| Property condition | When AI Baseline flags a property as significantly aged or compromised |
Surcharge fields
Per surcharge:
| Field | Notes |
|---|
| Name | Surcharge display name — appears on the quote breakdown as a separate line |
| Amount | Flat dollar or percentage |
| Calculation | The trigger expression — e.g. propertyAge > 50 or distanceMiles > 30 |
Surcharges show on the customer-facing quote in the itemized breakdown — clients see the line item with the surcharge name and amount, contributing to transparency.
Section 4 — Discount Rules
The Discount Rules section defines pre-configured discounts that operators can select in the Order Creation Wizard or that mobile inspectors can choose in Field Quote.
Discount fields
Per discount rule:
| Field | Notes |
|---|
| Name | Display name — e.g. “Repeat Client”, “Military Discount”, “Q1 Promotion” |
| Type | Percentage (e.g. 10%) or Fixed (e.g. $50) |
| Value | The numeric percentage or dollar amount |
| Active | Toggle — turn off without deleting |
Discounts appear in:
- The Order Creation Wizard → Discount picker
- The mobile Field Quote → Discount picker
- The customer-facing quote breakdown as a negative line item (green-styled for clarity)
Scope-aware application
Per pricing-engine logic (BITE 92.2), discounts apply only to discountable line items (configured per service in Pricing Manager). Surcharges and pass-through ancillaries are excluded from discount calculations — so a 10% discount on a 500inspectionwitha150 sewer scope add-on yields 50off(10500), not $65 off.
How the pricing engine uses these settings
When the Order Wizard or mobile Field Quote calculates a quote, the backend’s /api/pricing/calculate endpoint runs through:
- Pick the tier based on sqft (from Section 1)
- Apply large-building override if applicable (from Section 2)
- Compute ancillary fees from selected ancillary services (configured in Pricing Manager)
- Add surcharges that match the property (from Section 3)
- Apply discount if one is selected (from Section 4) — scope-aware
- Sum for the grand total
The same engine runs for every quote — mobile, web, public booking — ensuring consistency.
Saving
The page uses explicit save. Click Save; a confirmation banner surfaces. Changes apply to future quote calculations — existing orders keep their snapshot of the pricing at booking time.
Errors and recovery
| Alert | Cause | Fix |
|---|
| Loading pricing structure… | Initial load in progress | Wait |
| Failed to save pricing structure | Network or auth | Retry |
| Tier conflict — overlapping ranges | Two tiers have overlapping Min/Max | Fix the overlap |
| Negative fee value | Entered a negative base fee | Fees must be positive |
What this page does NOT do
- It does not define services. That’s Pricing Manager.
- It does not configure how the pricing displays on the booking form. Display is rendered by the public-booking page using the calculated quote.
- It does not handle tax. Tax rules are configured at the tenant level (separate UI) and applied at invoice generation.
- It does not record actual payments. That’s per-order in Inspection Details → Record Payment.
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