# How do I create a service and set its price?

URL: https://help.sweb.so/en/pro/services-flash/create-a-service
Mis à jour: 2026-07-03T00:00:00.000Z

From **Services**, click **Add service**: a panel opens with a form in 6 sections (information, taxonomy, duration, pricing, photos, client information). A preview of the public listing updates live as you type. Save as draft or publish right away.

## Opening the creation form

From the services list, click **Add service**. The panel opens as a side sheet (full screen on mobile).

## Choosing the category first

The first step is choosing the service's category. It determines the form's following sections (taxonomy, size, touch-ups, multi-session, available pricing strategies): fields that don't apply to that category stay hidden.

## Filling in the sections

Once the category is chosen, complete:

- **Basic information**: title, description, artists offering this service.
- **Taxonomy**: styles, body areas, techniques, ink types involved.
- **Time and scheduling**: fixed duration or a range, possibly several sessions.
- **Pricing**: pricing strategy, amount, any design fee, deposit.
- **Photos**: a gallery illustrating the service.
- **Information requested from the client**: what you want them to specify at booking (placement, size, reference...), optional or required.

## Setting the price

Several pricing strategies are available: fixed price, hourly rate, starting from, quote-based, or by size. The default deposit amount suggested follows your deposit policy configured under **Finance**, but you can override it for this specific service. A dedicated button lets you save this override as a rule for the whole category, without touching the rest of your policy.

For a **quote-based** service, there's no known amount at booking time: the online payment section is replaced by a message explaining that the price and deposit will be set in the quote sent after reviewing the request.

## Saving

The panel's footer offers two options.

- **Save as draft**: the service is saved but not yet publicly visible.
- **Add Service**: the service is created and published according to your configuration.

## Edge cases

**You leave the form to enable payments partway through.** If you need to enable Stripe during creation, your input is saved automatically and restored when you return. Only photos already added are not restored, you'll need to re-add them.

**The deposit field doesn't match what you expected.** Check your deposit policy under **Finance > Deposit policy**: it's what sets the default value suggested on every new service.

**You want to create a flash rather than a regular service.** Use the dedicated button from the flash gallery: the form is a simplified version suited to that type of offering.