URL: https://www.mangomint.com/learn/manage-categories-and-add-products/ [Home](/learn/) [Products & Inventory](/learn/help-articles/products-and-inventory/) # Creating Products - - - Products can be viewed and managed in the **Products** app. To view and manage products, you must be an Admin user, or you must have the [Can manage products](/learn/staff-member-permissions/) permission enabled in **Staff Member** settings. Learn more about [setting up products for purchase orders](/learn/set-up-products-for-purchase-orders/) and [setting up products for product usage](/learn/setting-up-products-for-product-usage/). **Note: ** If you are new to Mangomint and are transferring from a previous booking system, our team is happy to do a free product import. Please reach out to your Onboarding Manager for more information. ## Link copiedCreating product categoriesLink copied To create a product, you must first create the product category. To create a product category, open the **Products** app and select **Options**. Select **Manage Categories**. Select **Add Category** and enter the product category name. Enable the **Non-retail products** toggle to track backbar/professional-use items. If this toggle is enabled, the products in this category will not be available during checkout unless the staff member has the [Can sell non-retail products](/learn/staff-member-permissions/) permission enabled in **Staff Member** settings. Select **Create** to create the product category. ## Link copiedEditing or deleting product categoriesLink copied To edit or delete a product category, open the **Products** app and select **Options**. Select **Manage Categories** and choose the product category to edit or delete. Categories can only be deleted once all products in the category have been deleted or moved to other categories. ## Link copiedCreating productsLink copied To create a product, open the **Products** app and select **Add Product**. Enter the product details and select **Create Product**. Learn more about the available product details in the table below. The table below outlines all the available product details for each product. | Product detail | Description | | ---------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Name** | The product name. | | **Brand name** | The product brand name. | | **Category** | The product category. | | **Unit price** | The price the client pays for this product (retail price and default [product usage](/learn/help-articles/services/product-usage/) price). | | **Charge tax** | Enable this toggle to [charge sales tax on this product](/learn/business-setup-locations/). | | **Purchase cost** | The price you pay the supplier for this product (wholesale price). | | **Supplier** | The product supplier. A supplier must be selected to add this product to a [purchase order (PO)](/learn/help-articles/products-and-inventory/purchase-orders/). | | **Track inventory** | Enable this toggle to track product inventory. The inventory will automatically update as you sell products during checkout. | | **Desired quantity on hand** | The ideal quantity to have on hand for this product. The desired quantity on hand is used when adding this product to a [purchase order (PO)](/learn/help-articles/products-and-inventory/purchase-orders/). | | **SKU** | The product SKU. | | **Barcode** | The product barcode. | | **Description** | The product description. | | **Owner staff** | • This toggle is available if you have [staff member payment accounts](/learn/payment-accounts/). Enable this toggle to assign a staff member as the product owner. This will allow the staff member to receive the funds when this product is sold. This setting is helpful for businesses with [booth renters](/learn/transitioning-to-booth-renter-model/).• Any staff member can sell any product, even if the staff member is not the product owner.• Any staff member with the [Can manage products](/learn/staff-member-permissions/) permission can manage any product, even if the staff member is not the product owner. | | **Calculate commission for sales** | Enable this toggle if staff members should receive product commission. For [product usage](/learn/help-articles/services/product-usage/) sales, staff members will earn **service commission** instead of product commission. | | **Assign staff to sale** | This toggle is automatically enabled if **Calculate commission for sales** is enabled. This allows the staff member who sold this product to be selected during checkout. This setting is helpful for reporting purposes and tracking product sales, even if commission is disabled. | | **Consider as sales revenue in reports** | Enable this toggle to consider sales of this product as revenue in reports. Disable this toggle if this product is for backbar or professional use. | | **Automatically add to all new sales** | Enable this toggle to automatically add this product to every new sale. | ## Can't find what you're looking for? with us to talk to a real person and get your questions answered, or browse our [on-demand videos](/videos/). *** [](/) © Mangomint, Inc. All rights reserved.