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How Can I Charge my Client for Overtime for an Hourly Item?

Here's how you can use the hourly rates to charge your clients a higher rate for exceeding the minimum time booked.

Written by Sierra Burton

This feature is available on all Goodshuffle Pro Plans.

Let's say you've got Event Staff booked for 55.00 per hour for a minimum of 8 hours.
If booked longer, their rate increases 1.5x for each additional hour.

  • First, create the service in your inventory and ensure the pricing is set to hourly:

  • Then, we'll need to add the minimum time booked (8 hours) and the total cost ($55 x 8 = $440).

  • Next, add the higher rate for the additional hours. $55.00 x 1.5 = $82.50. For an additional 8 hours, that comes to $660.00 — and that $660.00 is the figure you enter into the additional-time field (not the per-hour $82.50).

Heads up: the additional-time field is a block total, not a per-hour rate.

The "each additional" interval matches the unit you choose (in this example, 8 hours), and the dollar amount you enter is the total for one full additional block — not the per-hour rate inside it. If you want $82.50 per overtime hour across an 8-hour additional block, enter $660.00, not $82.50.

You also cannot mix units — for example, you cannot pair an 8-hour minimum with a 1-hour additional rate. The additional interval has to be the same unit you set for the minimum.

Finally, on a project, if we add the item for 9 hours, we'll see the rate correctly calculated to $522.50.


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