Creating products

New products are created on the Products page. A product uses several fields beyond just price.

Where to find it

Products → + New product button.

Product fields

Basics

Name (e.g., "Schwarzkopf BC Bonacure Shampoo")
Description (optional, marketing copy)
Product type: RETAIL or PROFESSIONAL
Image (optional)
Active / Inactive (toggle)

Identifiers

SKU (Stock Keeping Unit, unique internal code, e.g., "SCH-BC-250")
Barcode (EAN/UPC, scanner-readable)

Prices

Retail price (sell to customer)
Cost price (procurement price, for profit math)
VAT rate (inherits from tenant or custom)

Stock

Stock on hand (initial, default 0)
Low stock alert (threshold, default 5)
trackStock (toggle, do we track stock)

Unit (matters for PRO products)

Unit type: PIECE, ML, GRAM, OZ
Unit size (e.g., 1000 ml per bottle)

Categorization

Category (from Categories tab, e.g., "Hair Care")
Brand (optional, e.g., "Schwarzkopf")
Supplier (optional, from Suppliers)

What product type means

RETAIL

Sellable at POS (to customer)
Stock auto-decremented per sale
Appears on booking page (if published)
Can participate in commission

PROFESSIONAL

Internal use (consumed during service)
Linkable at service level ("Hair Color" → 50ml dye)
Auto-deducted on appointment completion
Customer doesn't see, only in salon admin

Unit-size importance

A PRO product e.g., 1000 ml bottle, and one hair coloring uses 50 ml. So:

Product: "Dye X," unit-type ML, unit-size 1000
Service: "Hair Color," uses 50 ml of this product
1 bottle = 20 hair colorings (1000 / 50)

System computes consumption precisely.

Active / Inactive

Inactive product:

Not sellable at POS
Not on booking page
Existing stock and past movements preserved

Useful: seasonal products, discontinued (don't delete to preserve history).

When to use it

Scenario 1, new shampoo line Products → + New. Name, SKU (vendor code or your own), price 4500 HUF, category "Hair Care," brand "Schwarzkopf."

Scenario 2, professional hair dye Products → Professional tab → + New. Unit-type ML, unit-size 1000. Link to "Hair Color" service.

Scenario 3, barcode scan at POS Set barcode on Products. At POS during customer purchase, scan, auto-added to cart.

Scenario 4, discontinued product Don't reorder a shampoo. Active → Inactive. Disappears from POS but past purchases stay in reports.

Scenario 5, customizing low-stock alert Slow-mover: threshold 2. Fast-mover: 10. Configurable per product.

Tips

SKU should be unique and meaningful, e.g., "BRAND-PRODUCT-SIZE." New versions easier to manage later.
Barcode is mandatory for POS scan, otherwise manual lookup.
Cost price for profit math, don't leave empty or reports break.
PRO products' unit-size critical for SERVICE_USAGE accuracy, always set correctly.
Upload product image, customer likes it on the booking page.
Tune the low-stock threshold to consumption speed: fast-mover higher (8-10), slow-mover lower (2-3).

Creating and editing products