Service fee

💼 Service fee

The service fee feature in Zenskar allows you to apply additional charges to a contract on top of standard product pricing. These fees are commonly used to cover setup costs, onboarding assistance, support, or any other non-recurring or recurring services that are not directly tied to a specific product.

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Feature context
In Zenskar, features are additional charges or configurations that can be applied to a contract alongside products. Service fee is one such feature.

🔧 Types of service fees

Zenskar supports two types of service fees:

Type	Description	Example
Fixed	A flat amount charged regardless of product price or usage.	$500 setup fee
Percentage	A percentage of the total product charges in a phase.	5% of total product value per phase

🧾 Use cases

Charging a one-time setup fee when onboarding a new customer
Applying a monthly support fee as a percentage of the invoice total
Adding custom consulting charges for specialized services

✅ Summary

Attribute	Value
Applies to	Contract phases
Types	Fixed, Percentage
Purpose	Covers service-related charges
Configurable	Yes, can be adjusted per contract/phase

The service fee feature gives you the flexibility to model auxiliary costs as part of your billing logic without embedding them into product prices directly.