Fee Resolution
PawPlacer resolves each pet's fee in this order:
- A value saved directly in the pet's Adoption Fee field, including zero.
- The configured species and age base fee, adjusted by matching health, sex, and size rules.
- Zero when no applicable base rule is found.
Manage rules under Settings > Adoption Fees. Edit a pet to set an exception for a sponsored, discounted, or otherwise special fee.
Multi-Pet Adoptions
Each selected pet is calculated independently. PawPlacer adds the individual fees into the adoption-fee total and shows each pet with its fee in checkout.
Checkout Summary
The payment screen shows:
- Selected pets and individual fees.
- Total adoption fee.
- Optional donation.
- Stripe processing fee when Stripe is selected.
- Total due.
Hosted checkout receives the applicable line-item total.
Complete In Person
The in-person dialog pre-fills the calculated total adoption fee. Staff can adjust that value before completing the adoption and enter an optional donation separately.
The saved adoption receipt keeps the final entered adoption fee; it does not recalculate a completed record when fee rules later change.
Waive a Fee
Save 0 as the pet's Adoption Fee for a one-pet waiver, or configure a zero base fee for the applicable rule category.
Permissions
Adoption-fee settings require administrative settings access. Pet-specific overrides require permission to edit pets.