"Planned price" feature
What does this mean?
This functionality is primarily intended for companies where bonus calculations for logistics specialists and managers are based on a comparison of planned and actual transportation costs.
Why is the "Planned price" feature needed?
For many large companies it's important to record the expected cost of a shipment at the offer publishing stage in addition to the initial auction price field.
In practice, the planned price most often includes:
the historical price for similar shipments;
the target budget allocated for a specific route or flight;
the internal planned rate used for calculating KPIs and employee bonuses.
In conjunction with the actual cost of closing a shipment, this allows:
to calculate "planned/actual" indicators;
to use data in Excel, CSV and JSON exports;
to accurately determine employee bonus amounts;
to increase the transparency and manageability of logistics processes.
Important! The "Planned price" feature is only available by default for companies on paid plans: Pro, Expert, and Enterprise. It is not available for individuals or other plans.
Where can I find and enable the "Planned price" feature?
To enable the "Planned price" setting in Auction mode:
When creating an offer fill in all the required fields and select "Auction" mode in the "Rate and payment" section.
Click "Open advanced options" to display additional checkboxes available with your plan.
Activate the "Planned price" setting and select "Hide price" option if necessary.
Fill in the remaining details and publish the offer.
Important!
The planned price currency always matches the offer currency.
The tax type for the planned price is not applied.
"Planned price" is only available for viewing when the offer is fully disclosed and the privacy setting is disabled.
Setting the planned price privacy: "Hide price"
If privacy is enabled:
The planned price is visible only to you and your colleagues within the company.
Bidders do not see or receive the field value either in the interface or through the API.
If privacy is disabled:
The planned price may be available to auction participants, depending on the bid acceptance settings.
If "The first bid from a bidder is any" setting is enabled in the auction:
if privacy is disabled, the bidder will see the planned price only after their first bid;
if privacy is enabled, they will not see it under any circumstances.
Templates, Duplicates and Rates
When creating an offer template, the field's state and privacy settings are saved.
When duplicating an offer, the field's privacy settings are also saved if the company has access to the feature.
If a company loses access to the feature (for example, switching from Pro to Starter plan):
the field remains unchanged in existing offers;
the field is unavailable in new offers;
when applying a template or creating a duplicate, the field values are ignored.
When switching to a plan that supports the feature, the planned price also becomes available in existing offers.
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