Pricing, how it works
The payment system of BosClassifieds is designed to allow you to automate the process of charging for ads and options. There are several pieces of the puzzle which needs to fit together, to ensure that your payment system is setup correctly.
To begin, you will need a payment gateway account, such as AuthorizeNet, PayPal, etc. Please see those web sites for more information on how to create an account with them.
After you have your payment gateway account setup, you will need to inform BosClassifieds which gateways you wish to use. Clicking the Manage System link in the admin panel will provide you with access to changing this information. The "Payment gateway" option will allow you to choose from the available payment gateways which are built into BosClassifieds.
After you have your payment gateway setup, you will need to start setting your pricing options. There are 3 things to consider when doing this: category price, time price, and options prices.
The category pricing can be set in the Manage Categories section. You may globally set all categories at once using the global option, or you may set category pricing individually by editing the categories in question. The category price is considered as the "base price" when making calculations.
Pricing for time amounts can be setup in the Manage System section of the admin panel. The time amounts can be setup to be added to the base price, or multiplied to the base price as established in the category pricing.
Pricing for options such as images, sponsorship, embolding etc can also be setup in the Manage System section of the admin panel. Option pricing is is added to the total for the listing, after the time amount pricing adjustment is calculated.
After the price is determined, any valid coupons are then subtracted from the total and the final price is presented to the user for collection.
Examples:
Assuming the following settings
| Category | $5.00 | |
| Image | $5.00 | |
| Bold | $2.50 | |
| Italics | $2.50 | |
| Color | $2.50 | |
| Featured | $5.00 | |
| Time 1 | Add | $0.00 |
| Time 2 | Add | $1.00 |
| Time 3 | Add | $2.00 |
| Time 4 | Multiply | 5.0 |
Case 1: Ad is place for time period 1, with featured:
($5.00 + $0.00) + $5.00 = $10.00
((category + time period) + featured)
Case 2: Ad is place for time period 3, with featured, image and bold:
($5.00 + $2.00) + $5.00 + $5.00 + $2.50 = $19.50
((category + time period) + featured + image + bold)
Case 3: Ad is place for time period 4, with image:
($5.00 * 5.0) + $5.00 = $30.00
((category * time period) + image)
Case 4: Ad is placed for time period 3, with 3 images and bold, and uses a 50% coupon:
(($5.00 + $2.00) + $5.00 + $5.00 + $5.00 + $2.50) * 50% = $12.25
((category + time period) + image + image + image + bold) * coupon