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Adding products

Kinds of product, their details, barcodes, and the shortcuts that make adding many quick.

A product is something you sell: its name, SKU, price and details. How many you have is stock, kept per branch and shelf. Add each thing you sell once; the quantity comes in when you buy or count it.

Add a product#

Go to Products → New product.

  1. Pick the kind. The kinds you said you sell come first; the rest are under "More kinds". The form changes to fit: groceries ask for pack size and origin, pharmacy for strength and form, spare parts for condition and which models they fit.
  2. Name and SKU: the SKU is your own short code for it, like DELL-5540. It must be unique in your shop.
  3. Barcode: scan it with a barcode scanner, or type the number. Leave it empty if it has none.
  4. Category (your own groups, like "Screens") and Sold by (piece, kg, bag…). The unit follows the kind until you pick one, and is fixed once you record stock.
  5. The kind's details, and Brand.
  6. Selling price: the default for every branch. A branch can have its own price later.

Tap Create product. If something's wrong, each problem shows by its field and everything you typed stays.

One product or several?#

One product can have any quantity: ten identical Dell Latitude 5540 laptops are one product with 10 in stock. Make separate products when a buyer would ask "which one?" or pay a different price:

  • different specs (8GB/256GB and 16GB/512GB),
  • different condition (New, Used tested, Refurbished),
  • different prices.

Shortcuts for adding many#

  • Remembered choices: the kind, category and unit you used last come back on the next new product.
  • Save and add another: saves and opens a fresh form, keeping the kind.
  • Duplicate: on a product's page, tap Duplicate to copy it with a blank SKU and barcode. Handy for a similar model.
  • Import: add many at once from a spreadsheet. See Importing from a spreadsheet.

Finding products#

Search by name, SKU or barcode, or filter by kind. At the till, scanning a barcode into the product search picks that product straight away.

Switching a product off#

Products are never deleted. Deactivate one you no longer sell: it disappears from new sales and the marketplace, and its history stays.