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How to add a retail product to your Timely account

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In this guide, you will learn how to add a retail product to your Timely account.

Whether you stock a boutique selection of products, a broad variety of ranges or brands, or you have your own retail line, managing your retail products in Timely is a breeze. With Timely, you can easily add your retail products, sell them to clients on their own or with appointments, manage stock levels and track product (and staff) performance.

 

 

How to add a retail product to your Timely account

1 Head to setup from the main menu in your Timely account dashboard, then to products.

 

2 Click the new product button and select new retail product.

 

3 Enter a product name, SKU/handle, barcode and a description. The definitions for SKU, Handle and Barcode for a product are as follows:

 

  • SKU (Stock keeping unit): is the unique product code you can come up for you and your staff to track products within your business. Eg: SKU for a 100ml conditioner can be:  'TESTCOND100ml' 
     
  • Handle: is the product identifier section of the product URL of the products' web page. Instead of storing the SKU you can store the handle so that you can find the product in your website using this field.
     
  • Barcode: this is also known as the Universal Product Code(UPC). It is the barcode printed on each product which varies from one product variant to another and in most cases a unique code globally containing 8-14 digits. 
     

Timely tip: the 13 digit code beneath the barcode should be typed or scanned using a barcode scanner into the barcode field when adding a product. If any of your products don’t have a barcode printed in the packaging, you can leave the barcode field empty or you can generate a unique barcode from a free online barcode generator website to fill this field. Once you generate the barcode you can print it and paste on the product for scanning.

 

4 Next add a cost price (the cost to you as the business) and the retail price.

 

5 Select a tax rate (if required) from the drop-down list and determine if the price includes tax. If this is unchecked, we will add tax on top of the listed price when the product is added to invoices.

 

6 Scroll down to the photo section. Use the upload new photo button to attach an image to the product.

 

7 Once the image is added, you can click save to finish setting up your product, or continue on to set the stock level; which we will cover in the section below.

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