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Sell retail products

Add retail items with stock and barcodes, sell them at the desk and get low-stock alerts.

How-toChecked against the app on 24 September 2026

Retail is a small shop at your front desk. Add the items you sell, like balls, drinks or hair products, then scan or tap them into a desk sale. Nola lowers the stock and records the payment in your register.

Add a product

  1. Open Products → Retail in the sidebar.
  2. Fill in Add product:
FieldNotes
NameWhat staff and receipts show.
SKUYour own item code. Must be unique. Nola makes one if you leave it empty.
Barcode (EAN)The number under the barcode, for scanning.
Price (EUR)Selling price.
Cost price (EUR)What you paid. Used for stock value.
Stock qtyHow many you have now.
Low-stock alert atWarn when stock falls to this number.
Supplier / CategoryOptional labels shown in the list.
  1. Click Add product.

Sell at the desk

The Desk sale panel sits next to the form.

  1. Click into the scan field and scan a barcode, or type a SKU and press Enter. You can also tap one of the product buttons below it.
  2. Adjust quantities with + and −, or remove a line.
  3. Optional: pick a client. Leave No client (walk-in) for anonymous sales.
  4. Take payment with one of the buttons:
ButtonWhat happens
Paid in cashRecords a cash payment.
Paid by cardRecords a POS card payment.
Charge walletCharges the client's wallet. Needs a client, and enough balance unless they have Pay after use.

Nola lowers the stock of each item and records one transaction for the whole sale under Payments → Cash & POS.

Products that are inactive or out of stock cannot be added to a sale.

Receive stock

When a delivery arrives, click Receive stock on the product and enter how many arrived. The stock goes up by that number.

Low-stock alerts

When a sale takes a product down to its Low-stock alert at number, Nola sends you a notification. A yellow banner at the top of the Retail page lists every product at or below its threshold, and the stock column shows a warning sign.

Below the forms, Stock value at cost shows the value of everything on the shelf, using the cost price, or the selling price where no cost is set.

Stop selling a product

  • Deactivate hides it from desk sales but keeps it in the list. Activate brings it back.
  • Remove deletes it.

Still stuck?

Ask the AI Copilot inside Nola, or send a request to the Nola team. A person answers within one working day.