Products and catalog

The product catalog is backed by the Inventory module. Each product belongs to a site and can be used by flows such as the public catalog, cart, checkout, or POS when those modules are enabled.

Product information

The current schema supports fields including:

name and description;
sale price;
purchase/unit cost;
stock;
minimum stock;
category;
barcode;
SKU;
supplier;
unit of measure;
image;
active/inactive status.

Not every field is mandatory.

Active and inactive products

A product can remain stored while marked inactive. This keeps its information without treating it the same as an available-for-sale product.

Stock and checkout

When an inventory product is involved in a purchase, checkout can reserve, confirm, or release stock depending on the transaction state. Avoid manually changing stock while debugging an active purchase without first checking the related order.

Barcode and SKU

Barcode: can be used for compatible scanner/look-up flows.
SKU: the business's internal product identifier.

They are different fields and can coexist.

Cost, price, and margin

The cost field stores product cost and can support margin/report calculations. Sale price is separate.

Public catalog

The backend provides public inventory lookup for products associated with the site. Final catalog appearance depends on the site's page/blocks and publishing state.

If visual catalog changes are not visible publicly, check whether the site has unpublished changes.