Products, Pricing, Barcodes & Promotions

Organizing your store's products with barcodes, accurate tax rates, clear pricing tiers, and exciting customer promotions is the easiest way to grow sales and speed up checkout times.

MEGSTAT POS makes it simple to manage thousands of products whether you sell packaged grocery items, apparel with sizes and colors, weighed vegetables, or bulk wholesale goods.

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Adding & Managing Products

To view or edit your store's items, go to Catalog → Products:

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ PRODUCT INFORMATION                                                    │
│ Product Name:     Basmati Biryani Rice 5kg                             │
│ Category:         Grains & Pulses          Brand: Royal Harvest        │
│ Barcode / EAN:    8901234567890            SKU:   RICE-BAS-5KG         │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ PRICING & TAX                                                          │
│ Purchase Cost:    ₹420.00 (Vendor cost - private from customers)       │
│ Selling Price:    ₹540.00 (Standard store shelf price)                 │
│ MRP:              ₹599.00 (Maximum Retail Price on packaging)          │
│ GST Rate:         5%                       HSN:   1006                 │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ STOCK & INVENTORY                                                      │
│ [x] Track Inventory Count       Starting Stock: 40 Bags                │
│ Reorder Alert Level: 10 Bags    Supplier:       Agro Foods Ltd         │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Essential Fields Explained:

• Barcode / SKU: Point your handheld scanner at the product barcode to save it. You can also print custom barcode stickers directly from MEGSTAT POS for unbranded items!
• Purchase Cost vs. Selling Price vs. MRP:
  • Purchase Cost: What you paid your distributor (never printed on customer receipts).
  • Selling Price: The actual price you charge your customer.
  • MRP: The printed Maximum Retail Price. The system ensures cashiers never accidentally charge higher than MRP.
• Service Items: Non-physical services (like Home Delivery Charge, Gift Wrapping, or Tailor Alteration) can be marked as Service (No Stock Tracking) so they bill without deducting inventory.

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Units of Measurement & Weighed Items

Retail stores sell products in many different units: packets, boxes, kilograms, liters, meters, or grams.

Under Catalog → Units of Measurement (UOM):

• Base Units: PCS (Pieces), KG (Kilograms), LTR (Liters), MTR (Meters).
• Loose & Weighed Produce: For grocery, fruit, and vegetable counters, cashiers can enter fractional amounts like 1.450 kg of onions.
• Pack Multipliers: Buy by the carton and sell by the piece! (e.g. 1 Box of Biscuits = 24 Packets). The system automatically adjusts stock when you sell individual packets or full boxes.

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Price Lists: Retail vs. Wholesale Tiering

Do you sell to both everyday walk-in shoppers and bulk wholesale contractors? You shouldn't have to negotiate prices or calculate discounts in your head at the counter!

Under Catalog → Price Lists, you can create custom pricing tiers:

Price List	Target Customers	How it Works
Standard Retail	Everyday walk-in customers	Normal shelf selling price (MRP / retail price).
Wholesale B2B	Shopkeepers, restaurants, caterers	Automatic 15% markdown or fixed wholesale price per box.
VIP Club	Repeat loyal club members	Special member pricing on selected high-margin categories.
Airport / Mall Outlet	Premium location branches	Automatic 10% premium for high-rent branches.

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Customer Groups: Automatic Discounting

You can assign your regular customers to Customer Groups (e.g., "Wholesale Buyers", "Gym Trainers", or "VIP Gold"):

1. Go to Customers → Customer Groups.
2. Create the group and attach their designated Price List.
3. When the cashier enters a customer's phone number during checkout, the cart automatically switches to their special wholesale prices! No manual calculator or manager approval needed.

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Promotions, Offers & Discounts

Run exciting seasonal campaigns to attract shoppers and clear older stock:

1. Buy One Get One (BOGO)

• "Buy 2 Shirts, Get 1 Free"
• The system automatically detects the 3 shirts in the cart and applies 100% discount to the lowest-priced item.

2. Basket / Cart Value Thresholds

• "Spend ₹3,000, Get Flat ₹300 Off" or "Spend ₹5,000, Get 10% Off"
• Encourages shoppers to add one more item to their basket before heading to checkout.

3. Category & Weekend Flash Sales

• "Flat 20% Off all Footwear this Saturday and Sunday"
• Set a start and end date. The discounts apply automatically during the weekend and stop at midnight Sunday.

4. Coupon Codes

• Run promotional ads in newspapers or on WhatsApp with coupon codes like DIWALI20 or SUMMERSALE.
• The cashier types or scans the coupon code at the counter to apply the instant discount.