Count stock so you cannot oversell

For anything you hold a fixed number of, say how many and Pasal counts them down instead of trusting your memory at six in the evening.

1. Open Products and edit the item.
2. Under Stock, press Not counted so it reads Counting, and type how many you have.
3. Save. That is the whole setup.

What changes once an item is counted:

• On the till, the tile shows 12 left under the price, and the number turns red at five or fewer. The bill will not take more than are left.
• Every counter sale takes its own amount off, including sales rung while the internet was down, once they sync.
• At zero it stops selling itself, on the till and on your storefront, until you enter a new number.

Orders placed through your shop link do not count down on their own. Counting suits a counter, where you ring what you sell. If most of your orders arrive online, treat the number as a stock take and correct it after a delivery.

Three switches that sound alike

• Live or Hidden: whether the item is in your shop at all. Hidden is for what you are not selling this season.
• In stock or Sold out: today only. It stays on the menu greyed out and comes back overnight, see marking an item sold out.
• Counting: a real number that falls as you sell. At zero the item drops off the shop completely rather than sitting there greyed, so use the sold-out switch when you want it still on show.

To restock, edit the product and type the new number: it replaces the count rather than adding to it. Customers never see a figure, only whether they can order it.