# Add and manage products > Create products with prices, tax and opening stock, add variants, organize categories and import many items from a CSV file. Source: https://docs.bakasir.com/en/docs/portal/products Video tutorial (1:53): [Add your first product](https://media.bakasir.com/bakasir-media/docs-video/portal-products/portal-products.mp4), subtitles: https://media.bakasir.com/bakasir-media/docs-video/portal-products/portal-products.en.vtt Your catalog is the list of everything you sell. In this tutorial you add your first product, then learn how to add variants, organize categories and brands, and import a whole price list at once. Adding one product takes about 3 minutes. ## Before you start - You are signed in to the **Business Portal** as an Owner or Manager. Cashiers can look at the catalog but cannot change it. - Your tax settings are ready. See [Set up your business](https://docs.bakasir.com/en/docs/getting-started/first-setup.md). ## Steps ### Open the product list Click **Catalog → Product** in the left menu. The list has four tabs: **Products**, **Category**, **Brands** and **Services**. ### Click Add Product Click **Add Product** and choose **Product** for something you stock and sell. Choose **Digital Product** or **Service** for items without physical stock. ### Name the product and add a photo Enter the **Product Name**, which cashiers and customers see on the POS, receipts and reports. Add a **Product Image** (PNG, JPG or WEBP, up to 5 MB). No photo handy? Click **Search free images** to pick one. ### Choose the category, brand and unit Select a **Category**, **Brand**, **Sales Unit** and **Purchase Unit**. If the category or brand does not exist yet, click the **+** button next to it, type a name and save. Bakasir creates the product code for you. ### Set the prices and tax Open **Pricing & Tax**. Enter the **Retail Price**, the **Cost** (what you pay for it) and, if you sell to resellers, the **Wholesale Price**. Then set the **Tax Rate (%)** and the **Tax Type**: **Exclusive** adds tax on top of the price, **Inclusive** means the price already contains tax. ### Set the opening stock and the alert level In **Basic Information**, set **Stock Alert**. When the stock reaches this number, the product shows up in your low stock alerts. In **Options**, enter the **Opening Stock** you have right now. It is added to the outlet you are working in, and only on new products. ### Check the options Still in **Options**, make sure **Active** and **Display on POS** are on, so cashiers can sell it. Turn on **Hide from online store** to keep it out of your web shop, and **Has serial number** for items that need a serial number. ### Save the product Click **Save & Exit** to finish, or **Save & Add More** to enter the next product right away. **Save as Draft** saves the product as inactive, so it does not appear on the POS yet. ## Products with variants Use variants when one item comes in several versions, such as size and color. 1. Open **Catalog → Variants** and click **Add Variant** to create an attribute, for example **Size** with one option per line (S, M, L). Up to 50 options per attribute. 2. Add a product and set **Product Type** to **With Variants**. The type cannot be changed after the product is created. 3. In the **Variants** section, tick the options you sell for each attribute, then click **Generate combinations**. You can combine up to 4 attributes, with at most 200 combinations. **Add Variant** adds one row by hand. 4. Give each combination its own **Code**, **Cost**, **Price** and **Wholesale** price. Variants that already exist stay on the product to protect your sales history. Change their stock in [Inventory](https://docs.bakasir.com/en/docs/portal/inventory.md), not in the product form. ## Categories and brands Open the **Category** or **Brands** tab to add them in bulk. For a category you can set the **Parent category**, an image, and whether it is shown on the POS (**Display on POS**) with its sub categories (**Display sub categories**). Categories group the buttons on the POS and the figures in reports. ## Import many products from a CSV file 1. Open **Catalog → Import Products**. 2. Choose the tab: **Single Products**, **Variant Products** or **Services**. 3. Click **Download example**, fill it in with a spreadsheet program and save it as CSV. 4. Click **Click to choose a CSV file**. Bakasir shows how many rows it found. 5. Click **Import now**, and keep the tab open until it finishes. The result shows how many rows were imported and how many failed. The first row must be the header. Required columns are `name` and `price` for single products and services, and `name`, `variant_name` and `variant_price` for variant products. Prices are plain numbers in your currency, for example `22000`. Single products can also carry `code`, `cost`, `wholesale_price`, `unit`, `stock_alert`, `opening_stock` and `description`. ## Work on many products at once In the product list, tick the boxes in front of several products. A bar appears with **Activate**, **Deactivate**, **Change category**, **Change brand**, **Export CSV** and **Delete selected**. Use the search box, the **Category**, **Type** and **Status** filters, and **Sort** to find products quickly. Switch between **Table** and **Grid** views. ## Special prices by quantity When the **Quantity Pricing** extension is active, an existing product gets a **Quantity Pricing** section. Enable it, then add tiers: from a **Min Qty**, the **Price per Unit** drops. The POS applies the best tier automatically. See [Discounts and promotions](https://docs.bakasir.com/en/docs/web-pos/discounts-and-promotions.md). ## Tips - **Cannot delete a product?** A product that was already used in a sale is protected. Turn off **Active** instead, and it disappears from the POS but stays in your reports. - **Price changes** apply to future sales only. Past receipts never change. - **Services and digital products** have no stock fields and are never "out of stock". ## Next steps - [Control your stock](https://docs.bakasir.com/en/docs/portal/inventory.md) - [Buy from suppliers](https://docs.bakasir.com/en/docs/portal/purchasing.md) - [Make your first sale](https://docs.bakasir.com/en/docs/web-pos/first-sale.md)