Inventory and Purchasing

Inventory is optional, but once your salon sells retail products it becomes one of the easiest ways to prevent stock confusion, pricing mistakes, and end-of-month surprises. Used well, it helps your team know what was sold, what was received, and what needs attention.

How to set products up properly

• Create products with clear names, selling prices, and categories that your staff will actually understand at reception.
• Turn on stock tracking when you want quantities to reduce automatically after paid sales.
• Add supplier details when you want ordering and reordering to stay organized instead of living in memory or WhatsApp messages.

Which stock page to use when

• Use Purchasing Receipts when stock has physically arrived and you want to record what was received.
• Use Transfers / stocktake when stock moves between locations or when you need to correct counted quantities.
• Use Stock Movements when you want to understand why stock changed, not just how much changed.

What this means for your team: If your salon sells retail, staff should not be guessing whether a product is still on the shelf. Inventory gives reception and management the same version of the truth.

Common salon examples: Use it to track shampoo and treatment sales, record a supplier delivery, fix a shelf count, or explain why a best-selling product suddenly looks low.