Manage brands, categories and suppliers
Sort your products into categories and brands, keep your suppliers on file and see which products belong to each brand, category or supplier.
Categories and brands help you find a product faster, in your list and at the till. Suppliers are the companies you buy from; you use them on your products and your orders. All three are tabs on the Catalog › Products page.
Add a category, brand or supplier
- Go to Catalog › Products in the menu.
- Click Add and choose Category, Brand or Supplier.
- For a category or brand, enter the Name and click Save. Each name can only be used once.
- For a supplier, enter at least the Supplier name, and whatever else you want to keep. Click Save.
You can also create them while you add or edit a product: with New brand and New category under Basic info, and with New supplier under Inventory.
What you keep about a supplier
- Name and description: the Supplier name and a Description, for example which products you buy there.
- Contact info: Contact name, Phone number, Email address and Website.
- Physical address: Street, House number, Postal code, City and Country.
The supplier's email address is also shown on an order, so you know where to send it.
Change, view and delete
- Open the Categories, Brands or Suppliers tab. Each line shows how many products belong to it. A longer list gets a search field.
- Click a line to change the name or the details.
- Through the three dots, choose View products: the product list opens, filtered on that category, brand or supplier.
- Through the three dots you also choose Delete. The products stay and no longer have a category, brand or supplier.
- A supplier you still expect a delivery from (an order with the status Ordered or Partially received) can only be deleted once that order is received, closed or cancelled.
Categories in the product list
On the Products tab your products are listed per category, with the products without one under No category. With Actions next to a category you add a product to it, rename it or delete it. Above the list you filter on All categories, All brands, All suppliers and All stock.
Frequently asked questions
Are product categories the same as my service categories?
No, they are separate. You manage the categories of your services under Catalog › Services.
Can I email an order to my supplier from Saloon?
No, Saloon does not send email to your supplier. Download the order as a PDF and send it yourself.
Can a product have more than one supplier?
No, a product has one supplier. You can still put any product that tracks stock on an order.