How to Create a Product

Creating a new Product in Smackdab is easy as pie!

First, navigate to Sales>Products to be taken to your product list, and click on the "New Product" button in the top right.

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Product page in Smackdab

A new window will open called "Create Product", with all the options you need to create a new product to sell to your customers.

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Create Product

Name: This is the name of the item that your customer will see on their invoices and checkout form.

Product Owner: This is who created the item or who is in charge of it - great for keeping track of who should be keeping it updated or who to reach out to if you have questions about the product! This will default to you/the person creating the item.

Price: The price you want to charge your customer for the item.

Taxable: If this product is taxable, make sure the box here is checked!

Status: The current status of the item.

  • Active: This item is current and available for sale.

  • Archived: This item is no longer available, but needed in your database for your past records.

  • Discontinued: This is can no longer be ordered (by you, from the vendor), but you still have stock on hand to sell to customers.

SKU: An optional, additional way to track your products. Very helpful for when a manufacturer uses a different name for the item than you want to use.

Description: The description of the item that you want your customers to see in invoices and checkout forms.

Once you have the form filled out, click the "Save & Close" button and your new item will be added to your product list!