Change a product

A product’s page holds everything about it: its barcodes, the packs it comes in, its price and tax, and its stock. To add a new product, see Add your products.

Steps

1. Find the product

   Open Products › Catalog and type in Name, SKU or barcode. Tap the product to open it.

2. Tap Edit

   The product opens in a panel, such as Edit Ginger ale 500ml, in parts: Basics, Price and tax, Stock control, Packaging and Availability and attributes.

3. Add a barcode

   In Barcodes: “Scan or type each barcode, then press Enter. A product can carry several.” Each shows under the field, with a cross to take it off.

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4. Add a pack size

   Under Packaging, “Larger packs with their own barcode. Scanning a pack barcode counts all the units in it.” Tap Add a pack size and fill in its name, how many units it holds, its barcode and its price, such as a Crate of 24 at KES 2,880.

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5. Check its price and tax

   Under Price and tax: the Selling price, the Tax category, such as B: VAT 16%, and the KRA item code: “eTIMS reports the product with this code.” The Average cost is “Read-only. Receipts update it.”

6. Tap Save product

   Kila says Product saved: “Ginger ale 500ml (MX-GING-500) is updated.” Kila now finds the crate by its barcode, as 24 bottles of Ginger ale 500ml.

Tip

To change many prices at once, see Change prices in bulk and Schedule a price change. Units of measure are under Organise categories, brands and units.

Types of product

The Type decides how the product behaves at the till and in stock. Kila explains each one as you choose it:

Type	What Kila says
Stocked	“Physical goods counted on the shelf. Every sale, receipt and transfer moves stock.”
Non-stocked	“Goods you sell without tracking a quantity, for example items ordered in on demand.”
Service	“Work or time, sold without stock. It can use materials from stock (add them below).”
Bundle or kit	“A kit of other products sold as one. The components leave stock; the bundle itself holds none.”
Assembled	“Built from components on the Assemblies page. Components are reserved, used and costed into it.”
Consumable	“Stock used up in the business or in services, such as cleaning supplies or workshop oil.”

What if

The barcode is already on another product

Kila shows:

The product was not saved

Barcode 6160001758761 already belongs to Cola 500ml.

Each barcode belongs to one product. Take it off with its cross, or check the barcode on the label.

You stop selling a product

Tap More, then Archive. Kila asks first: “It disappears from the till and lists. Its stock, movements and sales history stay intact.”

Related

• Add your products: a new product, step by step.
• Give products their KRA item codes: codes for many products at once.
• Find a product: how the till finds products by name or barcode.