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Productized Services

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Roles That Can Manage Productized Services: Manager, Admin, Owner



Productized services come with a fixed scope and price, and they can be bought upfront by your clients. Your productized services will be shown on your Service Catalog and on the stand-alone order pages. You can share your Service Catalog through a link or embed it on your website, while logged in clients can access the Service Catalog directly on the platform. To see the exact Client's POV, go to this article.

Table Of Contents



How To Create A New Productized Service?
General Settings
Order Page Settings

How To Create A New Productized Service?



To create a new productized Service:

Select the Services tab in the left sidebar under the Settings & Customization section,
From the dropdown menu, select Overview,
On the new page, select the "Create service" button in the top right corner.



General Settings



At the top of the page, switch to the "Productized" service type box,
Enter the name of your productized Service,
Select the default workflow you want to assign to this Service from the dropdown menu. Read this article to learn more about Workflows,



In the next section, add items to your Service by selecting the "Add item" button,



Customize your items by filling out the following fields:

Name: enter the name for this item that will be shown on your Quotes and Invoices,
Quantity: enter the number of services you want to offer, for example: 3 logo designs or 5 SEO-optimized articles,
Quantifiable: toggle the switch button to make it possible for your clients to choose the number of items they can order. This action will make new fields available: Minimum Quantity and Maximum Quantity. Use them to set lower and upper limits for the number of items that can be bought,
Price: enter the price value of an item. If you leave the field blank, the item will be free,
Value: the summed up price of the item's total quantity,
Tax: the default amount of percentage-based tax. You can adjust the amount manually or change the default settings in Workspace → Finances. If you don't see this field, you need to enable tax support in Finances. Read this article to learn more about setting up your taxes.
Addon: toggle the switch button to make the item optional in the Order Form,
Total: shows the current sum of all the fields. Note that if you didn't specify the price of an item, it'll be labeled as free,
Trash icon: select it to delete the item.

Lastly, specify your preferences in the Finance settings section.

Currency: decide which currency should be default for this Service. You can find the complete list of supported currencies here,
Tax support: disable or enable this option to include tax support for any percentage-based tax for this Service,
Payment method: decide which payment methods should be available to your clients: Stripe or manual payments. You can adjust your payment method settings in Workspace → Finances → Payment methods.
Issue invoice: decide whether you want to never issue an invoice for that Service, or issue it automatically after payment.



Read this article to learn more about Invoices.

Order Page Settings



To manage your Order Page settings, switch from the "General" tab to the "Order page".

There, you'll find the Stand-alone service URL that you can send to your clients. They'll be able to order this specific service without accessing the rest of your Service Catalog.

By default, the last part of the URL is the same as the name of your Service, but you can change it manually.



You can use the stand-alone service URL to preview your Order Form.

Service Catalog



Toggle the switch button to make this specific Service visible on your Service Catalog.

This action will prompt new fields to appear:
Service thumbnail: upload an image to be shown on the main page of the Service Catalog. Allowed formats are JPG and PNG, while maximum allowed size is 2560×2560px. Image musn't weight more than 1MB. You can delete it by selecting the "Remove" button.
Service short description: write a short description to be shown on the main page of the Service Catalog. The limit is 140 characters.



That's what your service thumbnail and service short description will look like in your Service Catalog:



Service Order Page



Service image: upload an image to be shown next to the Order Form, where your clients will submit their order or request. Allowed formats are JPG and PNG, while maximum allowed size is 2560×2560px. Image musn't weight more than 1MB.

Service description: describe the Service in 1500 characters or less. You can list what exactly your Service covers, your terms and conditions, how long your clients will wait for a reply, or anything else you wish. You can format the text using bold and italics formats, include a link, create a bullet and ordered lists, and add a blockquote.



That's what your service image and service description will look like in your Service Catalog:



Order Form



In the last section, you can create and manage your Order Form for this service. Use it to gather all the necessary information to be able to deliver your request as soon as possible.

You can:

Show or hide the Order Form in your Service Catalog by toggling the switch button,
Manage the order of the form fields by drag-and-dropping them,
Create new fields by selecting the "Add new form field" below the Order Form,
Edit the existing form field by selecting the pen icon,
Delete the existing form field by selecting the trash icon,
Mark the form field as required

You can use the following form field types:

Title: you can ask your client to name their request,
Heading: you can include a heading to better divide the sections of the Order Form, if there are many,
Paragraph: you can include a longer piece of text to add more information about the Order Form itself or about the Service,
Short message: you can use it for simple open-ended questions for your clients,
Long message: you can use it for open-ended questions that require longer answers from your clients,
Divider: you can use it to better divide the Order Form into sections or group the fields better,
URL/Link: you can ask your clients to paste a link to external sites or resources,
Single select: you can ask your clients to choose one option out of several,
Multi select: you can ask your clients to choose many options out of several,
File upload: you can ask your clients to upload any necessary files.

Updated on: 12/09/2024

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