How to add a price list to your business app

A price list in an app is useful to two groups: staff, who need the current price at the counter or on a site visit, and customers, who want to check prices before they book. The difference matters, because it decides where the prices are kept.

Updated 2026-11-09

Where the prices live

If only you use the app on one phone, the price list can live on that phone and works offline.

If staff or customers use the app on their own phones, they all need to see the prices you set. Keep the price list in your own Supabase database, connected from the chat (Supabase has a free plan). Change a price once on your phone and everyone sees the new one. Ask for an edit screen that only the owner can open; with sign-in, staff can see prices but not change them.

What a good price list screen has

Groups or tabs: Hair, Skin, Bridal; or Plans, Personal training, Add-ons
A search box for long lists, such as a repair shop's parts and labour
Each item with the price, unit or duration, and a short line on what is included
Packages with their contents and the saving compared to buying separately
An offer price with an end date that goes away by itself after that date

From prices to action

An Enquire on WhatsApp button that sends the service name and price in the message
A Book button that carries the chosen service into a booking screen
A quote builder for staff: pick items, add quantity, see the total, and make a PDF to share or print from the phone
A Pay button for fixed-price items, using your own Razorpay account connected from the chat

Good practice

Keep the app's prices the same as the website and the rate card in the shop
Show taxes and extra charges before the total, not after
Keep a note of when each price was last changed
Do not let every staff phone edit prices; one or two people are enough

With AppCub

Describe it, for example: "A price list for Cool Breeze AC Service, Hyderabad: service, gas refill, installation and repair items with prices. Staff pick items for a customer, see the total with GST and make a PDF quote to share. Prices in my Supabase database; only I can edit them." AppCub shows the plan, builds it, and you try it on your phone next to the chat.

Questions

Can I change prices from my phone and have staff see them?

Yes, when the prices are kept in your own Supabase database, connected from the chat.

Can staff make a quote from the price list?

Yes. Ask for a quote screen that adds items and makes a PDF to share or print from the phone.

Can customers see the price list without installing the app?

Yes, if you share the app as a web link. It opens in any phone browser.

Can offer prices end by themselves?

Yes. Ask for an end date on offers so the normal price shows after that date.

Can I stop staff from changing prices?

Yes, with sign-in from your Supabase database and an edit screen only you can open.

Does the app connect to my billing software?

No. AppCub apps do not connect to outside billing software or machines; the app can make its own PDF bills.

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