Set up units and sub-units (box, piece, foot)

Create base units and pack units so one item sells by the box, the piece, the metre or the foot.

  1. 1

    Turn on sub-units

    Settings → Business settings → Product → enable sub-units.

  2. 2

    Create base units

    Products → Units: piece, metre, foot, kg, sheet.

  3. 3

    Create pack units

    Add a unit as a multiple of a base unit, e.g. Box 100 = 100 × piece.

  4. 4

    Attach sub-units to items

    On each product, choose which sub-units it may be sold in.

  5. 5

    Price each unit

    Set selling prices so the box is priced deliberately, not by the till's maths.

Worked example

Wood screws 3.5 × 40: base unit piece, sub-units Box 200 and Carton (10 boxes). Stock is kept in pieces. A box sale removes 200 pieces; a single screw removes 1.

Read more on the units of measure feature page or the guide selling by the box, piece and foot.

Common questions

Can quantities be decimals?
Yes, for units that allow it, like metres or kilograms.
Do I need a barcode per unit?
It helps: label boxes with their own barcode so scanning picks the right unit.