Adding a product from scratch

One of the first things you will need to do to get up and running with your EPOS is add the products that you sell.

This article takes you through adding products from scratch (where you don't have a product template linked to the category), but in many cases you will be adding products based on a product template, which populates much of the necessary information for you.

Note: Many of the default categories your system starts with already have product templates linked to them.

To add a new product, go into the Back office and click Products > Manage products from the left-hand navigation.

Select the category you would like to add products to. In this example, we will click Food.

Then select the subcategory you would like to add products to, e.g. Starters, and if necessary any further subcategories, e.g. Bar snacks.

Click the Add Product button. The New product modal will display. Enter the name of the product you want to add, then click the blue Add a new product button.

You can now enter any details you would like to set for your new product.

The only field you need to enter to sell a product is the Base price, but you may also want to enter a Description, which will be available to staff by pressing and holding the EPOS button, and to any customers using mobile ordering.

Note: If you have your cost price for the product to hand, it is useful to set it on the product's stock tab. If you have a cost price set, the system will show the gross profit (GP) you will make on the product to the right of the base price field.

Click the blue Done button, at the bottom of the screen, to add your product.

Your new product will display as the last product in the row.

Note: If you would like to see how your products will display exactly on the EPOS, click the EPOS layout button, to the right of the screen.

To make your new product appear on your EPOS, press the Sync changes button, which will appear at the top of the product screen in the Orange banner.

That's all you need to create simple products and sell them from your EPOS, but there is much more you can add to get more from your system. Here are some articles you might like to read next: