Cash Register Help: Products and Inventory

Free cash register

Free-cash-register.net, free online POS software since 2014

Follow Us

Cash Register Help Center

This help will guide you through the setup and usage of our point of sale cash register software.

🛒 Products and stock

This section shows you how to create your items, manage inventory, receive stockout alerts, and use barcodes for fast checkout.

➕ Create an article

  1. Go to the Settings menu, then click on Items.
  2. Press the Add button.
  3. Fill in the fields: Item name, Sale price, and possibly Department.
  4. Add a photo (optional) and assign a department or group.
  5. Validate to save.
💡 You can create items without inventory management if you don't want to track quantities.

📦 Activate stock management

Activate inventory management on the Configuration page, General options, “Inventory management” section

From the Articles menu or directly in an article's file, you can:

  • Adjust the quantity in stock
  • Record a stock entry or exit
  • Correct an inventory error

⚠️ Low stock alert

For each item, you can set an alert threshold. If the stock falls below this level, the item will be flagged in the list.

Example: threshold at 5 units – an alert will be displayed when the stock reaches 4 or less.

📷 Using barcodes

You can assign a barcode to each item:

  1. In the item sheet, scan or manually enter the barcode.
  2. When selling, scan the code with your phone's camera or a USB/Bluetooth reader.
  3. The item is automatically added to the ticket.
✅ Barcode scanning even works with an Android smartphone camera.
Register now