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Mobile surcharges fees

Guide for how to configure remote surcharges, to charge your customer a fee when driving to their location.

Updated over 2 months ago

What is a mobile surcharge fee?

Your remote surcharge fee is the per mile fee you charge your customers to drive to their location

How is the mobile surcharge fee calculated?

Your mobile surcharge fee is calculated on a per mile basis. Our system determines the driving distance between your shop and the customer location, multiplies the per mile fee to determine the mobile surcharge.

For example:

Per mile fee setting:

$3.50

Driving distnace:

2.5 miles

Mobile surcharge fee:

$8.75

How do I change my mobile surcharge fee setting?

The configuration screen showing the mobile surcharge fee in the Detail Bookie back office
  1. Log in to your back office

  2. From the main menu, navigate to Setup > Company > Company Profile

  3. Update the Mobile Surcharge setting

Please note: The new mobile surcharge fee applies only to invoices edited or created after the change. Already created invoices will not be updated with your new fee settings, unless they are edited before being closed.

How do I turn off mobile surchage fees?

Set the mobile surcharge fee setting to $0.

How do I override a mobile surcharge fee for a work order?

When viewing the work order in your back office, you can edit or remote the mobile surcharge line item on the work order like any other line item.

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