Adding Products
TechNote #132
A product is a specific item offered in your store, such as a “Box 10x10x10” or a “Yellow legal notepad.” Every product is associated with a department.
Keep in mind that certain items you sell in your store may not require having a product created for them. For example, you may sell pencils in a jar on your counter. If you are not interested in tracking your inventory of pencils, or your pencil profit, you may wish to ring your pencil sales as a soft sale into your Office Supplies Department. A soft sale is a dollar amount applied to the general department (i.e. 5 x $.25 pencils). A hard sale is the sale of a specific dollar amount for a specific product with a constant wholesale (i.e. 5 x pencils. When wholesale and retail are entered for this product.)
Products can be added and/or edited in two places:
In PostalMate under Tools > PostalMate Settings > Departments & Products.
- In PostalMate or POS under Edit > Product...
- Choose Add
Fill in each field on each tab in order to have the most accurate reporting. Some fields are optional and will be indicated as such.
Pricing Tab
Buying and Inventory
- You will start by filling out the Units and quantities section.
- Then add your Wholesale costs.
- Finally you will Adjust to add the inventory you have on hand. (Most people fill this section based on how they plan to sell it, so you will need to click the radio button for the correct display option.)
