How to create a Sales Fee that applies itself

How to create a Sales Fee that applies itself

A Sales Fee is an extra amount charged on an order — a service charge, a card-machine fee, a packaging fee. You can let Jarbas add the fee for you, so you don't have to remember it on every sale.

Where to create it

Configurations › Orders and Sales › Sales Fees

Tap Add new sales fee.

What to fill in

Name — how the fee appears on the order and on the receipt. E.g. Service charge, Card fee.

Type — choose between:

  • Fixed: an amount of money, the same on every order.
  • Percentage: a percentage of the order total.

Value — the fixed amount or the percentage.

Automatically add to order — turn this on so Jarbas applies the fee without you picking it.

Payment Type — optional. See below.

Tap Save.

The two ways it can apply itself

It all depends on whether you fill in the Payment Type field:

No payment type — the fee goes onto every new order, as soon as you start the sale. Good for a service charge.

With a payment type — the fee is added only when you choose that payment method at checkout. Good for passing on a card-machine fee: create a 3% fee tied to Credit and it will only show up on credit sales.

In both cases Jarbas tells you on screen: "Sale fee added automatically".

Two important rules

Each payment method takes only one fee. If you try to link a method that's already on another fee, the app warns "This payment type is already in use."

Only one automatic fee without a payment method is applied. If you create two, Jarbas uses only the first. If you need to charge two things on every order, combine them into a single fee.

Removing the fee from one specific order

The automatic fee is a suggestion, not a lock. Inside the order you can remove or change the fee before finishing.

Deleting a fee

Open the fee and tap the bin icon. Orders already made with it don't change.


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