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+package io.iconator.monitor.config;
+
+import io.iconator.commons.db.services.SaleTierService;
+import io.iconator.commons.model.db.SaleTier;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Profile;
+
+import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+/**
+ * This class is only active on the development profile.
+ * Mainly, this is used to easily run the monitor without having to
+ * create the tiers with, e.g., the /tiers/create API call or directly
+ * inserting to the DB. It's only a convenience class with default values.
+ */
+@Profile("dev")
+@Configuration
+public class SaleTierCreation {
+
+    private final static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SaleTierCreation.class);
+
+    @Autowired
+    private SaleTierService saleTierService;
+
+    @PostConstruct
+    public void createDevelopmentTiers() throws Exception {
+        Instant now = Instant.now();
+        Date startDateS1 = Date.from(now);
+        Date endDateS1 = Date.from(now.plus(1, ChronoUnit.HOURS));
+        Date startDateS2 = endDateS1;
+        Date endDateS2 = Date.from(startDateS2.toInstant().plus(1, ChronoUnit.HOURS));
+        SaleTier s1 = new SaleTier(
+                1,
+                "Development Tier 1",
+                startDateS1,
+                endDateS1,
+                new BigDecimal("0.5"),
+                new BigInteger("0"),
+                new BigInteger("1000000000000000000000"),
+                false,
+                false
+        );
+        SaleTier s2 = new SaleTier(
+                2,
+                "Development Tier 2",
+                startDateS2,
+                endDateS2,
+                new BigDecimal("0.0"),
+                new BigInteger("0"),
+                new BigInteger("0"),
+                true,
+                true
+        );
+        saleTierService.saveTransactionless(s1);
+        saleTierService.saveTransactionless(s2);
+        LOG.info("Development tiers successfully set-up.");
+        LOG.info("Tier {}: startDate={} endDate={}", s1.getTierNo(), startDateS1, endDateS1);
+        LOG.info("Tier {}: startDate={} endDate={}", s2.getTierNo(), startDateS2, endDateS2);
+    }
+
+}