# Introduction to Products: catalog, stock & categories > Published: 2026-06-15 > Updated: 2026-07-17 > Category: Manage > Canonical: https://finalpos.com/help/merchant-hub-products The Merchant Hub Products section is where you build and maintain your product catalog. Under Manage → Products you'll find four pages — Product List, Categories, Attributes, and Stock Transfers — for adding products, adjusting stock, grouping items, creating variants, and moving inventory between outlets. ## Key takeaways - Manage → Products has four pages: Product List, Categories, Attributes, and Stock Transfers. - Add a product with + Add Product, setting name, price, tax group, outlets, variants, and status. - Adjust stock from the product page with a reason (Stock Received, Damage/Theft/Loss, Inventory Re-count) for an audit trail. - Attributes turn one product into multiple variants; categories group products and can be nested. - Stock Transfers move inventory between Outlets and record who moved and confirmed it. ## What is the Products section? The Merchant Hub Products section is where you build and maintain your product catalog. Navigate to **Manage → Products** to see four pages: Product List, Categories, Attributes, and Stock Transfers. ## The Product List The Product List shows every product in your company. **Filters and search** - **Search** – Use the search bar in the top right to find products by name. - **Status** – Filter by Active, Inactive, or Draft. - **Categories** – Show only products from selected categories. - **Outlet** – Filter by Outlet availability. - **Source** – Show only products created in Final, or imported into your catalog. **Table columns** - **Product name and image** – The product name and an optional product image. - **SKU** – The product's stock keeping unit, a unique identifier code (e.g. BEV-COF-001). - **Barcode** – The product's barcode number. - **Price** – The price of the product. - **Cost** – How much the product costs you (your cost price). - **Categories** – The categories the product is in. - **Outlets** – The outlets where the product is available. - **Status** – Whether the product is active, published, or saved as a draft. - **Stock** – Current stock quantity. - **Variants** – Number of variants the product has. Products without variants show "simple product". - **Created** – The date the product was created. Click any product name to view or edit its details. You can adjust which columns are displayed under the Columns dropdown. ## How do I add a product? 1. Click **+ Add Product** in the top right of the Product List. 2. Enter a **Name**. A **SKU** (you can tap **Auto** to generate one) and **Barcode** are optional but help with scanning and reporting. 3. Add a Short Description and Description if you want. 4. Set the **Price**. You can also set a **Cost** for margin reporting. 5. Choose a **Tax Group** to control how tax is calculated on this product. See the Taxes article. 6. Optionally assign one or more **Categories**. 7. Select which **Outlets** can sell the product. New products default to every Outlet. 8. If the product has variants (different sizes, colors, etc.), use the Attributes block — see the Attributes article. 9. Set **Status** to Active when ready to sell, Inactive to keep it in your catalog without making it available for sale, or Draft to save without publishing. 10. Click **Create Product**. You can also bulk import products from Settings → Import / Export. ## How do I adjust stock? You can adjust inventory directly from the product details page. Open the product, find the Stock block in the Variants Table or Stock Widget, and click **Adjust** to record a change. The system asks for a reason so you have an audit trail: - **Stock Received** – Adds stock. Use when new inventory arrives. - **Restock Return** – Adds stock. Use when a customer returns goods you can resell. - **Damage / Theft / Loss** – Removes stock. Choose the most accurate reason. - **Inventory Re-count** – Sets stock to a specific number, typically after a physical count. Every change is recorded against the product so you can see what happened and who did it. ## Categories Categories group products so staff can find them quickly and so you can filter reports by product type. A product can belong to more than one category. Navigate to **Manage → Products → Categories** to create, rename, nest, re-order, or delete categories. Nest a child under a parent to build a tree (for example, Drinks → Hot Drinks → Coffee). Deleting a category leaves its products in your catalog — they just lose that grouping. ## Attributes Attributes are re-usable options that turn a single product into multiple variants. For example, a Size attribute with the values Small, Medium, and Large lets a single T-shirt product show up as three variants at the till. Navigate to **Manage → Products → Attributes** to create new attributes and edit their values. You can also create attributes on the fly from a product's details page — useful when you realize mid-edit that you need a new option. ## Stock Transfers Stock Transfers move inventory from one of your Outlets to another. Each transfer captures the date, the products and quantities moved, who initiated it, and who confirmed receipt at the destination. Open **Manage → Products → Stock Transfers** to see transfers in progress and history, or click **+ New Activity** to create one.