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How to mark an item as “demo” in inventory?

DKHK — Sun, 22 Jan 2023 06:10:09 GMT

Is there a way to mark an item as demo when receiving inventory in?

I am in the process of opening a small fashion boutique and will have pieces out on the floor as displays. So say for example I have 5 pieces for inventory with 1 that would be used on the floor. So I would like to still be able to account the fact that I had 5 pieces received into inventory but one was marked for demo and the other four pieces are actually available to sell. Is this possible or should I just create an excel to track the demo pieces and only upload the actual inventory available for sale?

i would eventually like to run a sales event using the demo pieces at a markdown price (kind of like open box from Best Buy) once those demo pieces are no longer used for display.

Re: How to mark an item as “demo” in inventory?

HC_Charlie — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 15:59:45 GMT

@DKHK You might be able to achieve this by using Variations. Under your main inventory item (quantities) create a new variation and mark as a "demo" or display of that item, setting your quantity to 1 (or whatever). You can also create a new price just for that variation. See this help article about this. Hope this helps answer your question.

Re: How to mark an item as “demo” in inventory?

DKHK — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 05:59:23 GMT

Hey! I tried to walk through variations but it seems that the option would be visible on the site as well instead of just internal, unless I missed something. There is another thread I found asking for this support feature, so hopefully they will it have in the feature. In the meantime, I will just create a database separately in Airtable to track it and the other demo units I will have as well. Thank you so much for the suggestion!