RevSpa | How to set up a pricing period
Pricing periods are a useful way to change the base price of treatments and spa days for set periods of time or certain days of the week. Follow the steps below to find out how it’s done.
Creating the pricing period
Using the main navigation menu, click Pricing Periods
Here you can see any existing pricing periods with the option to edit or delete them. Click Create a Pricing Period in the middle of the page to start a new one.
Setting up the pricing period time frame
By default, the Name field will be greyed out. The pricing period will automatically generate a name based on the dates selected. Alternatively, to choose a custom name for the pricing period, tick Custom Name on the right-hand side.
Choose a Start Date and End Date. The End Date may be left blank to set the period as indefinite.
Turn the pricing period on by using the Period Status toggle. The toggle can also be used to deactivate pricing periods without deleting them
How pricing rules work:
Select the Pricing tab.
Alternatively, we can leave these fields blank on the pricing rule, and set the rule type and prices individually per event.
This method is useful if you require different price changes on different treatments, or for creating a weekend price increase as we can set individual price changes for each day.
Setting up a common Pricing Rule
Let’s look at creating a pricing rule to cover selected events all using the same price change.
Inside the Pricing Rules tab, give your pricing rule a name in the Pricing Rule identifier field.
Select a Pricing Rule Type (New price, +/- Value or +/- Percent).
Add a Pricing Rule Value, such as -10 for a 10% off price change with Percent selected in the previous field.
In the Events section directly beneath, select an Event (spa day/treatment) to be affected by this rule from the drop-down menu.
You should see the New Value and Base Values on the right-hand side. Below, click Add New Event to add another.
If required, we can now Add Another Pricing Rule with a different Rule Type and Value. Follow the steps 1-5 again, or alternatively, click Save Pricing at the bottom of the page to save this rule.
Setting up a varied pricing rule
Now let’s look at how to set up a pricing rule containing different values for each event, and also how to set different prices for different days of the week per event.
Inside the Pricing Rules tab, give your pricing rule a name in the Pricing Rule identifier field.
Leave the Pricing Rule Type as N/A, and do not enter a value into the Pricing Rule Value field.
In the Events section directly beneath, select an Event (spa day/treatment) from the drop-down menu.
Select a Pricing Rule Type (New price, +/- Value or +/- Percent).
If this value is intended to be the same for each day of the week, insert the required number into the Pricing Rule Value, such as -10 for a £10 off base price change with Value selected in the previous field.
If you would like to create different prices for different weekdays, such as a weekend price increase, tick the Assign separate pricing for each day? Checkbox.
You will now see a value field appear for each day of the week. To keep the value the same, leave the box blank, otherwise insert the new values as required. For example, a weekend price increase of £10 for the ‘Full Manicure’ treatment should like something like this:
Continue to add new events as required, and once finished click the Save Pricing button at the bottom of the page.
What if a treatment is affected by two or more pricing periods at the same time?
On the main Pricing Periods page, we can see a list of all existing pricing periods. On the right-hand side, we can edit, delete or move the position of the pricing period. If an event (treatment/spa day) is affected by two or more pricing periods, RevSpa will automatically choose the first pricing period which applies to the event from this list (top to bottom).
So, if we were to create a -20% off Christmas pricing period on all treatments and spa days from 1st to 31st of December, by dragging the ‘Christmas Pricing’ period to the top of the list, these rules would overwrite any existing rules and values in other Pricing periods. Once the 31st of December has passed and this pricing period is no longer active, the price of the treatment will automatically return to the next applicable period from this list.
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