You will find the Simple Stock Creation Program under the Stock Menu.

When you first enter the program you will be asked if you wish to create your new item of stock by copying from an existing item of stock, if you wish to use this option the fields will be prefilled with the information from the item you are copying from. If you do not wish to copy from an existing item you can select No to start the process.

If you do wish to copy from an existing product you will be taken to a screen where you can search for the item that you wish to copy.

Once you have selected the item you are copying from or once you start the process you will be asked some questions which will decide which options you need to be presented with. 

Note that some sections of the below manual you may not see this step depending on the options you choose at this stage.

• If you have various products in different colours, select No when asked for Colours and Sizes. One example of this would be a Red Football, a Blue Football and a Green Football.

• If the item has sizes such as S, M, L, XL etc then select Yes to the colours and sizes question.

• Decide if the product will be stock holding. 

• Does the product already have a barcode on from the Manufacturer? 

• Do you want to sell this item on the tills now? 

• Will you sell this item on the Web? 

Once you have answered these questions, press Next to proceed to the next stage.

You will then be asked for the Description, this goes in the top line. Do not enter any sizes or colours in the description.

Enter the short description for the product, this will be used on the till, on barcode labels or anywhere that space is limited.

Select the Department and Sub Department that the product will be in. If the Department or Sub Department doesn't exist you will need to create it under File Maintenance > Department / Sub Department Maintenance.

Select the Season of the product. If the Season you want doesn't exist then you will need to create it under File Maintenance > Seasons.

Once you have filled this screen out, click next to proceed to the next step.

You will now be asked to enter the name of the supplier, start typing the name of the supplier and a drop down will appear with any matches, select the supplier, this field is mandatory there you will need to enter the supplier name to proceed.

If the supplier you are looking for doesn't exist then you will need to create this under File Maintenance > Supplier Maintenance.

Enter the cost price of the item.

Now enter the RRP and Sell Price for the item. These can be the same, if the current sell price is less than the RRP the product will be on Sale. If you add this product to the website it will display the Sale tag and show £20.00

Enter the VAT rate for the product, if it is a junior item this should be Zero â€" 0.00%, For Adult products it should be Standard - 20.00%

Tick if you want the product to be discountable â€" This means if you run a 10% off everything promotion then this product will be eligible to get 10% off as it's allowed to have a discount put against it. If you do not wish for a product to ever be discounted then do not tick this option.

When you click next it will calculate the Margin automatically, if you are happy with the margin then press Confirm Margin. If you are not happy with the margin then adjust the price as appropriate and select Calculate Margin until you are happy.

You will now be asked to select the size pattern for this item.

You will now be asked to select the colour for this item. If the colour you need isn't there you can add this using the Create New Colour box at the bottom then click Apply Changes, you can then select the new colour.

You will now be asked for some additional details which relate to the item being sold online.

The postage and packing rule decides how to calculate postage for this item. If you charge postage based upon the order value then select the Value option. 

If you charge postage based on the number of items ordered then select the code option, this will default to 1 but can be changed in stock amendment. 

You can allocate a price band to the item and the appropriate price for the band allocated will be charged. The default band will be A however this can be changed in stock amendment. The bands available are A - T. 

You have the option at this point to enter the Weight of the product in KG. You don't have to enter it at this stage, if the weight is required for shipping you will be asked to enter the weight before you Despatch the item for the first time.

You can choose to restrict the item to only be available for delivery to UK Addresses.

You can choose to restrict the item to be delivery only, i.e the customer cannot choose to click and collect this item. Useful if the item is being shipped from a third party for example.

You can choose to restrict the item to be collection only.

Once you have chosen the options select Next.

You will now be able to see a summary of the item before you confirm.

Once you press Confirm the item will be created. You will see the below confirmation. From this screen you have the option to proceed straight to Stock Amendment (Amend Product) or creating another product, creating the same product again but in a different colour, for example if you created a Blue Football Blue and now want to create a Red Football.

If you choose to create another product you will have the option to copy from the most recent item that you created.

If you choose to Create Again in another Colour then you will be presented with the colour screen to choose the new Colour.

You will then be asked to enter the Manufacturer Barcodes for the product, complete the online rules and then confirm.