Pricing Configuration

Start by choosing which currency you’d prefer to use when costing customers and getting paid.

The Market Adjustment slider adjusts competitiveness in your regional market. You can choose to be more profit-focused, or more aggressive in your pricing. The market adjustment percentage is applied to the overall pricing, which includes the bare board and assembly labour if it applies.

Our advanced pricing configurations allow you to fine-tune your pricing on specific aspects of a job. Click Show Advanced Pricing to open the configurations.

If your company is a PCB Fabricator, you can specify your exact pricing for each of the items below. If your company is an EMS Supplier, you will not see this pricing section.

Standard panel: you can adjust the standard panel length and width to match your company’s most common or preferred panel size. Measurements are presented in both mm and inches.

This is used to calculate how many panels are to be used based on the number of boards your customer needs for pricing purposes.

Rush charge: A rush charge is an additional fee you can choose to charge when a client requests a job to be finished in a shorter period of time. The rush charge is determined by a percentage of the extra cost per day for faster service.

Layer Pricing: You can set a specific price for the setup, panel #1, and additional panels for a 2-layer board, up to the maximum number of layers you set on the Capabilities page. Layer pricing is in dollars.

Board Thickness: Board thickness pricing can be specified for 0.4mm, 0.6mm, 0.8mm, 1.0mm, 1.2mm, 1.6mm, 2.0mm, and custom board thickness. You can choose how to configure these by using a percentage, a per order price ($), a per board price ($) or a per panel price ($). To change how you want to price board thickness, use the drop-down menu on the right side of the data entry field:

You can also set one or more of the board thickness options to “Quote Required,” which will trigger the RFQ process for your customer if they select that board thickness.

Copper thickness: Copper thickness pricing can be specified for a number of different copper thicknesses, depending on what you set as your min and max copper on the Capabilities page. You can choose how to configure these by using a percentage, a per order price ($), a per board price ($) or a per panel price ($). To change how you want to price copper thickness, use the drop-down menu on the right side of the data entry field.

You can also set one or more of the copper thickness options to “Quote Required,” which will trigger the RFQ process for your customer if they select that copper thickness.

Finishing: Pricing for finishing can be specified for a number of different finishings, depending on which ones you selected on the Capabilities page. You can choose how to configure these by using a percentage, a per order price ($), a per board price ($) or a per panel price ($). To change how you want to price finishing, use the drop-down menu use the drop-down menu on the right side of the data entry field.

You can also set one or more of the finishing options to “Quote Required,” which will trigger the RFQ process for your customer if they select that finishing.

Material: Pricing for material can be specified for a number of different materials, depending on which ones you selected on the Capabilities page. You can choose how to configure these by using a percentage, a per order price ($), a per board price ($) or a per panel price ($). To change how you want to price material, use the drop-down menu on the right side of the data entry field.

You can also set one or more of the material options to “Quote Required,” which will trigger the RFQ process for your customer if they select that material.

Advanced Options: Pricing for advanced options including, HDI (microvias), Custom Stackup, Gold Fingers, Partial Drills, and Resin Plugged Vias can be specified. You can choose how to configure these by using a percentage, a per order price ($), a per board price ($) or a per panel price ($). To change how you want to price these advanced options, use the drop-down menu on the right side of the data entry field.

You can also set one or more of the advanced options to “Quote Required,” which will trigger the RFQ process for your customer if they select that advanced board option.

To Apply Default Bare Board Pricing for your region, select the “Apply Defaults” button at the bottom of the Bare Board Pricing section, underneath “Advanced Options”. Default pricing is based on regional averages for your manufacturing region.

Assembly Pricing

If your company is an EMS Supplier, you can specify your exact pricing for each of the items below. If your company is a PCB Fabricator, you will not see this pricing section.

Customer Supplied Parts Handling: You can specify a price ($) for the handling of customer supplied parts.

Project setup: You can specify your own project setup fees, including the following:

Engineering Review (NRE), price is per order ($)

Manufacturing Setup, price is per order ($)

Stencil, price is per order ($)

Part Sourcing and Handling, price is per part ($)

BOM landing factor, price is per part ( % )

Production: You can specify your own production fees, including those in the list below. For production prices, you decide if you’d prefer to charge per order, per board, or as a percentage. Use the drop-down menu at the far right of the data entry field to change how to charge for the item:

Inspection (cost of inspecting the board for issues)

Double-Sided Fee (cost of placing parts on both sides of the board)

Packing (cost of packing for shipping)

Washing (cost of washing the board)

Mount Types: You can specify pricing for different mount types, depending on what you selected on the Capabilities page. For each mount type, you can decide to charge per lead or per placement. Use the drop-down menu at the far right of the data entry field to change how to charge for the item.

You can also select “Quote Required,” which will trigger the RFQ process for your customer if they select that mount type.

Attrition: You can specify your attrition rates for the following:

0402 or smaller, per 5000 parts

0603 and larger, per 5000 parts

Through Hole, per line item

More than 2 pads, per 1000 parts

Cost is more than 10 USD, per line item

Unknown, per line item

To Apply Default Assembly Pricing for your region, select the “Apply Defaults” button at the bottom of the Assembly Pricing section, underneath “Attrition”. Default pricing is based on regional averages for your manufacturing region.

You can check your pricing configurations using our Preview Pricing Results tool: