Products on Invoices

Learn how to edit products on an invoice.

On this page:

Add a product

Edit a product

Copy a product

Delete a product

FAQ

Add a Product

To add a product to an invoice:

1. Click + Add > Product
2. Use the ESP, SAGE and SAGE Connect, Distributor Central, Bookmarks, Tagged, Previous Orders, Collections, or Company database
3. Enter your search criteria
4. Click Search
5. Click the product you need; the product's background will turn blue once it's added to the invoice.

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Edit a product

To edit a product on an invoice, hover over the product > click edit.

You can edit any of the following pieces of product information:

• Name
• Description
• Private notes 
• Warnings
• Image
• In-app Image editor
• Sizes and colors
• Breakdowns
• Quantities and pricing
• Artwork location(s)
• Currency Conversion rate

The "Edit Item" view also allow you to

• view the product page (click View Product Page)
• check net pricing for your products (click Check Pricing)
• view the product's inventory if the supplier offers Promo Standards Inventory (click Check Inventory Level)

Check Pricing

To check/update net pricing for a product:

1. Click Check Pricing
2. Select the price point for the correct quantity break; you can pull net costs from either:
   1. your presentation (if existing)
   2. the product database
3. Select the product line from your invoice you want to apply the new cost to 
4. Click Update

Your selected price will be pulled onto the product from either your presentation or whichever product database it was sourced from (ESP, SAGE and SAGE Connect, Distributor Central, or your company database).

Private Notes

Private notes are for your team's reference only; they do not appear on the client-facing form.

To leave a note, type your message into the Private Notes text field.

Adding product warnings

To add a product warning:

1. Click Add Warning
2. Either leave the default Prop 65 text or type your own wanting into the text field

The warning's text and icon display under the product's description on the client-facing form.

Image

To edit the product's image:

1. Hover over the current product image
2. Click to Edit

The product image displayed at the top of the "Select File" pop-up is not visible to the client on the invoice. Any images below are there for your reference and do not show to the client.

You can add a product image from:

• Item Files (product images provided by the supplier) > select the file
• Project Files > select the file
• Client Files > filter through the folders (optional) > select the file

To upload a new image, click Upload and

• upload a file From Computer > select the file by dragging and dropping or click within the blue lines to load from your computer > click Done
• upload a file From Web by typing or pasting the image's URL into the text field > click Select > click Done

In-app image editor

You can use the in-app image editor to create mock-ups for the products in your presentation from the commonsku platform.

To use the In-app image editor: 

1. Select Click to edit from the product image
2. Hover over the image you would like to build a mock-up for
3. Click the Edit button

To remove an existing logo from a product image:

1. Select the AI erase tool

2. Drag on the Eraser size bar to increase or decrease the size.

3. Highlight the logo you would like erased 

4. Select Erase selected

To add a new logo to a product image: 

1. Select Add logo 
2. Drag the Scale or Rotate bar to resize the logo or change it's location
3. You can also drag the corners to screw the image

To remove the background from your image:

1. Select Remove the background  
2. Click Save

 

Sizes and colors

To select your size and color for a specific breakdown:

1. Click TBD/TBD on the breakdown you need
2. Select the size and color you need from the list or click  Add Color/ Add Size to add more options
3. Click done from the size and color menu to save your choices

Create and copy breakdowns

Click  Add Breakdown to add a new breakdown.

To copy an existing breakdown:

1. Hover your mouse over the breakdown you want to copy
2. Click the blue arrow that appears on the far right side of the breakdown
3. Edit the copied breakdown as needed

To add Another size and color breakdown:

1. Click  Add sizes and colors button 

2. Select the color you need from the list and add a quantity on the size of your choice

3. Click done from the size and color menu to save your choices

 

Quantities and pricing

You can adjust each breakdowns':

• QTY (Quantity) - per size/color breakdown.
• Net Cost - your net cost (supplier cost) per item.
• Margin%  - your profit percentage.
• Retail - the client's price per unit, not including additional run charges, fixed charges, or decoration charges.

To edit one of these fields, type your new quantity, cost, or percentage into the relevant field. 

To add a run charge that's payable to the supplier:

1. Click + Additional Cost > Run Charge
2. Give the new charge a name
3. Enter the net cost, margin percentage, and retail price
4. Select either "Display to client" or "Include in price" from the drop-down

To add a fixed charge that's payable to the supplier:

1. Click + Additional Cost > Fixed charge
2. Give the new charge a name
3. Enter the quantity, net cost, margin percentage, and retail price
4. Select either "Display to client" or "Subtract from margin" from the drop-down

You can also add international costs to your invoices

Artwork Locations

Artwork Locations capture the product's artwork details, including the decoration location, the artwork itself, the printing details, and the pricing. Invoices only show artwork charges, not the artwork's details.

Currency Conversion rate

Sales forms automatically use the Currency Conversion rate that was assigned when the sales form was created. However, there may be times when you need to update the rate to match a new rate by clicking your Profile Icon > Settings > Company Settings > Setup > Currency Conversion.  

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How to copy a product

To make a copy of an existing product, hover over the product and click Copy. The copied product appears just below the original item and can be edited as normal.

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How to delete a product

To delete a product from an invoice, hover over the product and click Delete > Yes.

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FAQ

• Are there any product details I can't change?
• Why does commonsku automatically change my margin amount?
• Can I show retail pricing past two decimal places?
• How do I add multiple tax rates to a product?

Are there any product details I can't change?

You are not able to adjust a product's supplier, SKU, or currency. Those details are determined by the product's supplier and cannot be changed. 

Why does commonsku automatically change my margin amount?

When entering costs on an item in commonsku, you may see the entered margin

There are three reasons commonsku may change your margin percentage:

• Retail prices and margins only display up to two decimal places. At times, particular margins are required to generate a retail price that is two decimals or less.
• The margin will change anytime there's a change to the retail price.
• The margin will change anytime there's a change to the cost, and the retail price is locked.

Can I show retail pricing past two decimal places?

Retail prices cannot contain more than two decimal places, but there are two different ways to capture pricing beyond two decimals:

• Option 1 - Add the product quantity to the product's size/color breakdown
• Option 2 - Add a negative value service line to offset the additional price

Option 1

1. Click the product's size/color breakdown and select + New Size
2. Type the quantity of the product in the "New Size" text field
3. Select + New Color
4. Type the size and color in the "New Color" text field and click away from the menu to save your choices
5. Change the product's quantity to 1
6. Enter the total net cost (not the cost per item) in the "Net Cost" field
7. Enter the total retail price full (not the price per item) in the "Retail" field

The same can be done with services, i.e., if commonsku is rounding the decorations' charges. In that case, you could change the description of the "fixed charge."

Option 2

1. In the invoice, click +Add > Other Service
2. Add a note to the description to indicate what the service line is for
3. Enter a negative value into the retail field (the difference between the retail total on the invoice and the actual total)

How do I add multiple tax rates to a product?

If your team uses commonsku's manual Tax Codes, you can add multiple tax rates to any product/service. The product will automatically use the default tax rate applied to the order. 

To add another tax rate:

1. Hover over the product and click Edit
2. Scroll to the bottom of the "Edit Item" screen and select + Another beside the current tax rate
3. Once the new tax appears, click the drop-down menu and select the tax rate

To delete a tax rate:

1. Hover over the product and click Edit
2. Select the x beside the tax rate you'd like to remove

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