Inventory

Track your items, see how much they cost, sell them for the right amount and order more when you need them.

Default Cost vs. Unit Cost

Tips on how MerchantOS uses default cost vs. unit cost
How To Set Items Aside for Store Use
Importing Inventory

How to prepare your inventory data for import into MerchantOS.
Labels

Printing labels
Margin Vs. Markup

The difference between margin and markup
Master Order

Managing your Purchase Orders and Transfers
Purchase Orders

Starting, sending and receiving your purchase orders
Workaround: Mass Imports

Mass importing from vendor catalogs via purchase orders

Items

Creating Items

How to create new items from the inventory or register view.
Duplicating Items

How to duplicate an existing item.
Editing Items

How to Edit Items in Inventory
Item Fields

This section of the manual describes each field for an item.
Merging Items

Easily merge duplicate items into a single record.
Multiple Item - Archiving

Quickly archive multiple items.
Multiple Items - Editing

Edit up to 5 fields for a group of items simultaneously
Searching for Items

Ways to search

Creating Categories

How to create and add items to categories in MerchantOS.
Renaming or Merging Categories

Rename or merge categories, departments, seasons, manufacturers and vendors.

Assemblies

Creating an item from parts
Boxes of Items

How the box of items feature can be used in your shop.
Color/Size Matrix

Setting up and taking advantage of color/size matrices in MerchantOS.
Labor and Serialized Items

How to create a Labor item and how to create an item with a serial number in MerchantOS.

Catalogs Overview

How to import data from the MerchantOS catalogs into your shop inventory.
Sending Catalogs for Import

Instructions for acquiring catalogs from your vendor for submission to MerchantOS.