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title: How to Add (or Update) Property Types
description: Manage property types in webCemeteries.
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# How to Add (or Update) Property Types

Property Types are a great way to organize your cemetery locations and add pricing information.

This can make searching for your locations much faster by providing an additional parameter to search for:

![](https://support.webcemeteries.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Apr-09-2025-01-16-34-9056-PM.png?width=670&height=281&name=image-png-Apr-09-2025-01-16-34-9056-PM.png)

### Step 1 

Log in to [webCemeteries Management](https://management.webcemeteries.com/).

### Step 2

Click the **Settings** icon at the bottom of the left-hand menu.

![](https://support.webcemeteries.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-May-23-2025-07-48-30-3218-PM.png?width=599&height=892&name=image-png-May-23-2025-07-48-30-3218-PM.png)

### Step 3

Select "Property Types" from the left Sidebar.

![](https://support.webcemeteries.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-May-31-2025-12-12-40-4181-AM.png?width=1161&height=575&name=image-png-May-31-2025-12-12-40-4181-AM.png)

### Step 2

Click the orange "+" button on the top right to add a new Property type or click on the name of the Property type to start editing.

![](https://support.webcemeteries.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-May-31-2025-12-14-15-2786-AM.png?width=1313&height=511&name=image-png-May-31-2025-12-14-15-2786-AM.png)

**💡 Tip**

Examples of property types cemeteries may use are:

- Niche
- Crypt
- Child/Infant
- In-Ground
- Single
- Double

### Step 3

Property types can also contain pricing information. If a location is assigned a Property Type, it will use that pricing logic when the added to a contract.

**⚠️Caution** 

This price can be overwritten by [editing the price of the property at the location level.](https://support.webcemeteries.com/hc/en-us/articles/5806394894875-how-to-update-depth-price-and-other-grave-details-from-the-locations-module?hsLang=en)

Select "Assign Pricing":

![](https://support.webcemeteries.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-May-31-2025-12-10-12-8295-AM.png?width=1232&height=666&name=image-png-May-31-2025-12-10-12-8295-AM.png)

### Step 4

The pricing information can be added using a Line item from your [Inventory](https://support.webcemeteries.com/how-to-manage-your-property-pricing-with-inventory-items?hsLang=en) in your Price Catalog. Browse and select the relevant **Inventory** item to see it in more detail:![](https://support.webcemeteries.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Apr-09-2025-10-59-12-1995-PM.png?width=670&height=477&name=image-png-Apr-09-2025-10-59-12-1995-PM.png)

### Step 5

The property type will inherit:

- The Price, taxability, and refundability settings from the inventory item.
- All additional line items included in that inventory item.

#### ![](https://support.webcemeteries.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Apr-09-2025-03-00-38-5414-PM.png?width=670&height=382&name=image-png-Apr-09-2025-03-00-38-5414-PM.png)

Select "Assign" to Confirm.

You can make changes anytime by selecting "Change Pricing".

![](https://support.webcemeteries.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-May-31-2025-12-11-07-3381-AM.png?width=1257&height=759&name=image-png-May-31-2025-12-11-07-3381-AM.png)

### Step 6

Assign the property type to a property by following these steps: [How to Edit a Grave Property right](https://support.webcemeteries.com/automating-contract-pricing-with-property-types-and-the-price-catalog?hsLang=en)and take a step further by checking out our guide to [Automating Contract Pricing](https://support.webcemeteries.com/automating-contract-pricing-with-property-types-and-the-price-catalog?hsLang=en).

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