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# Adding Items and Categories

#Adding Items

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Items are important factor in businesses. Adding items to your account is quite easy and quick in KaHero POS.

After logging in, on your current screen, click on the **Navigation Menu** button.

![Navigation Menu button](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/fea84a7e8a4bd000/items-1_1n2oa79.png)

Under **Listings**, Select **Items**.

![Listings > Items](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/fea84a7e8a4bd000/1b_1umcy27.png)

Click **Add an Item**.

![Click "Add an Item"](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/fea84a7e8a4bd000/1c_141pebm.png)

On the Add Item screen, you can input your item's details.

**A. Item Name** - set item's name to display on the register  
**B. Item Price** - set item's price to display on the register  
**C. Warehouse** - set item's storage location  
**D. Beginning Qty** - set beginning item quantity upon input on the POS  
**E. Sale Item** - enable or disable item as a sales item or just a stock item

![Input Item Details](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/fea84a7e8a4bd000/1d_1cn6sf7.png)

**A. Category** - select a category to assign your item to  
**B. SKU** - set item's Stock Keeping Unit to identify that item  
**C. Barcode** - manually input barcode of the item  
**D. Barcode Scan icon** - allows you to use a scanner device to scan the code of an item  
**E. Item Cost** - input cost of item upon purchase for stock  
**F. Sold By** - set whether your item is to be sold by individually or by weight

![Input other item details](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/fea84a7e8a4bd000/1e_1pp1vce.png)

6A. Assign a representation color to your item. This is how it will be displayed on your register screen.

![Representation Color](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/fea84a7e8a4bd000/1f_1ukyxlu.png)

6B. Upload an image to represent your item. This is how it will be displayed on your register screen.

![Representation Image](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/fea84a7e8a4bd000/1g_1r5aefs.png)

To synchronize your item from **Kahero POS** to **Quickbooks**, input the item's Quickbooks ID and Name. To identify if the item is synchronize, you can view it on the **Sync Status**.

![Quickbooks Info](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/fea84a7e8a4bd000/screenshot-from-2022-01-11-20-_1knnoem.png) 

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#Adding Categories

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It is important to be systematic when running a business. It is easier for you to keep track of your items when you categorize them. Adding and assigning categories to your items is easy and quick with KaHero POS.

Under **Listings**, Select **Categories**.

![Listings > Categories](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/fea84a7e8a4bd000/2a_13a7rnw.png)

Click **Add a Category**.

!["Add a Category"](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/fea84a7e8a4bd000/2b_1uymkzs.png)

Input your category details.

**A. Category Name** - label your category  
**B. Sort ID** - set your category ID for sorting with "1" as the highest.  
This is useful to quickly sort your categories according to which items are best-sellers.  
**C.** Assign a color for your category.  
**D.** Click **Assign Item** to select which items to include in this category.

![Category Details](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/fea84a7e8a4bd000/2c_1g1mqsv.png)

Select the items you want to include in the category.

![Assign Items to Category](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/fea84a7e8a4bd000/2d_12rvpi0.png)

You can now start using the register and make your sales!