Bundles are the recommended approach for most use cases. Price Parts are still supported, but Bundles offer more accurate takeoffs, clearer profit estimates, and reusable configurations. If you're setting up a new product environment, start with Bundles instead. See: ArcSite Product Environment Overview
Price Parts - Advanced Pricing
Price Parts are a way to use ArcSite to capture any advanced pricing options within the base price or to capture all the component costs of a product.
You can add any number of Price Parts together and the total cost of your product is calculated by the sum of the Parts.
Combining Multiple Price Parts
You can combine multiple parts if the total cost of your product consists of multiple sub-products or services, and the price of each of the sub-items is defined and/or calculated separately. Some examples might be:
A Door consisting of a Panel part and a Handle part
A Sump Pump System that contains a Pump, a Basin, and a Lid
Any product that requires extra work for removing an existing version or requires digging to put the product in place.
If any of those examples relate to your product, you'll need to create a Price Part section for each part within that Product.
Creating a Price Part with Multiple Options
For a given Price Part, you may want to provide different options to your customers. In this case, you will need to add multiple Price Part Options under that single Price Part.
In this scenario, the end-user would only be able to select only one of the options.
An example here could be that for a specific piece of equipment, the client could choose from a number of different motors. For example a good, better, best type option.
In this case, you could create a single price part called Motor Type and have a series of options to pick from.
Motor Type
Motor type 1 = $200
Motor type 2 = $400
Motor type 3 = $750
Advanced Pricing Set-Up 1: Tiered & Minimum Pricing
For each product or Price Part, you can use simple price calculations, or go into more detail with advanced pricing options. Our advanced pricing options include tiered pricing, minimum pricing, and custom quantities.
Price Calculations
Tiered – For products that have different costs based on the amount added.
Minimum – For products that need a base minimum cost until a certain range/amount.
Advanced Pricing Set-Up 2: Custom Quantities
Summary
There may be times when you need to alter the quantity that a Product uses to be priced. Examples of this include needing to charge a product by hours or days, or pricing a Shape-based product by the linear foot.
These situations utilize a feature called Custom Quantities.
Setting a Custom Quantity Price
Start the Product creation process
Under the Pricing option, tap on the Price Parts link
On the Price Parts dialog, tap the Advanced button
On the Price Option Detail, toggle the Custom Quantity checkbox to make the field enabled
Choose a custom option
Finalize
Advanced Pricing Set-Up 3: Tiered Pricing
You can use Tiered pricing when the price of the product depends on the quantity of the product.
There are two types of Tiered Pricing available.
Multiply
In this mode, you have prices that match certain quantity ranges (length, areas). Whatever range the total amount falls into, determines the cost charged for the amount.
An example might be a linear-based service that costs:
$4 per ft. if the total is under 10 ft.
$3.50 if over 10 ft.
Then:
9 ft = $36 (4 x 9)
11 ft (3.5 x 11) = $38.50
Add Up
In this mode, each of the quantity ranges gets charged at their indicated price, and then they are added together, using the same example from above.
$4 per ft. if the total is under 10 ft.
$3.50 if over 10 ft.
Then:
9 ft = $36 ($4 x 9ft)
11 ft ($4 x 10ft and $3.5 x 1ft) = $43.50
Setting Up the Tiered Pricing
Start the Product creation process
Under the Pricing option, tap on the Price Parts link
On the Price Parts dialog, tap the Advanced button
On the Price Option Detail, toggle the Tiered Pricing checkbox to make the field enabled
Choose either the Multiply or Add Up option
Define at least one range and its associated price
Tap + New Row to add an additional range
The last row is required to determine the price of anything above the final range
Minimum Price
You can set a minimum cost for either a single line item or for an entire project. The minimum cost will apply until exceeded, at which point your other pre-defined pricing will come into effect.
Setting a Minimum Price
Start the Product creation process
Under the Pricing option, tap on the Price Parts link
On the Price Parts dialog, tap the Advanced button
On the Price Option Detail, toggle the Minimum Price checkbox to make the field enabled
Enter a minimum price
Finalize
Quantity Modifiers
For quantity conversion and unit logic — including Per Item vs. Total Quantity, Simple vs. Custom Expression, the Test Panel, and worked examples — see the complete guide: Quantity & Unit Logic — The Complete Guide.