Creating pricing templates for Storage jobs are similar to creating pricing templates for towing jobs, although the tabs available will change based on the Service Offering showing on the pricing tabs. Storage templates will appear with yellow highlighting after they are saved, which tow/service jobs remain white.

First, think about the types of prices your company charges for cash jobs vs. impounding for the local or state police, vs. municipalities which have their own fee structures in addition to an impound charge by your company. Do you charge differently for inside vs. outside storage, cars, trucks or tractors?

If so, each different pricing structure must have its own pricing template to reflect this. The various tabs available in the pricing templates enable tracking charges that will flow to a designated quickbooks account or become a fee collected by your company, then can be paid to a third party.

It is not necessary to use every tab unless required for your pricing structure. For example, the Discounts tab isn't needed unless you offer discounts to certain customers, for example. Basic pricing can be created, then changed and re-saved with “Save as a new template” button to reflect nuances in pricing between accounts.

If your company charges a “yard” or “administrative” fee or fees for sending lien letters, these can be defined under the “Company storage fees” tab.

While the tab for “Item templates” is shown in the pricing templates area, this tab is functional for towing extras (which we call “items” to differentiate from the “extras” tab) which often are usage based and thus more complex than the flat rate charges available as “Extras” in the previous section. Only charges created on the Extras menu will be available to the lot management pricing screen, and Extras will have to be created for each storage pricing template.

The diagrams below explain the the function for each tab in terms of impact on storage pricing.