# Salon step 6: retail products and stock

> Add shampoo, conditioner, serums, skin care and makeup to your salon or spa from the Product Library, set prices and stock, and sell them with services.

Source: https://docs.smartposhub.com/business-types/salon-and-spa/step-6-retail-products/  
Last updated: 2026-10-30  
Product: SmartPOS Hub (https://smartposhub.com)

Retail is easy extra revenue for a salon or spa: the shampoo the stylist just used, a serum, a makeup sponge. This page adds those **retail products** with photos and barcodes, sets prices and opening stock, and shows them next to your services in the POS. It is for the owner or manager.

## Before you start

- The **Product Library** module is on in **Settings › Business Settings › Modules** (if your plan includes it). Without it, add products by hand under **Products › Add Product**.
- You know which brands you stock and your selling prices.

## Import beauty products from the Product Library

1. Open **Products › Product Library** and choose the **Mart / Karyana / General store** catalog.
2. Click **Personal Care & Beauty** in **Departments**, then open a sub-category such as **Hair Care**, **Skin Care**, **Bath & Body** or **Shaving & Men's Grooming**. Use **Brands** or the search box to narrow it down.
3. Tick the products you sell (or a whole sub-category). Use **Preview** to check a product's photo and barcode.
4. Click **Import** at the bottom and confirm. The products become your own products, with no price and no stock yet.

![Product Library with the Personal Care and Beauty department open, sub-categories such as Bath and Body, Hair Care, Skin Care and Fragrances, and product cards with photos and barcodes](https://docs.smartposhub.com/_astro/product-library-beauty.BMHukkIg.png) (web app page: `/product-library`)
*Products › Product Library: the Personal Care & Beauty department has thousands of hair, skin and grooming products.*

**Caution:** 
Imported products have no selling price. Set prices before you sell, with **Products › List Products** or **Products › Update Price**.

## Add prices and opening stock

1. Open **Products › List Products**, filter by the category you imported and **Edit** each product, or use **Products › Update Price** to change many at once.
2. Enter the purchase price and selling price.
3. Enter opening stock per branch with **Products › Import Opening Stock** or the product's opening stock window. See [Opening stock](https://docs.smartposhub.com/catalog/opening-stock/).
4. Record new deliveries as purchases from your supplier. See [Purchases](https://docs.smartposhub.com/inventory/purchases/).

Products you only use in the treatment room (colour, wax, massage oil) can be stock items too, so you know when to reorder. Remove what you use with a stock adjustment ([Stock adjustments](https://docs.smartposhub.com/inventory/stock-adjustments/)).

## Sell products at the POS

Retail products appear in the POS product grid next to your services, with the stock left in this branch. Tap or scan to add them, on their own or on the bill of a checked-out appointment.

![POS of a beauty lounge with Commission Agent and Select service staff boxes, and product tiles mixing retail items with stock such as eyeshadow, argan hair serum and beauty blender with services like balayage and bridal makeup](https://docs.smartposhub.com/_astro/pos-services.CUT4U7fz.png) (web app page: `/pos/create`)
*Retail products show their stock; services show no stock. Both sell from the same screen.*

## Tips

- Pick your top sellers in **POS screen Featured Products** on the branch's location form (**Settings › Business Locations**), so they are one tap away under **Featured Products** in the POS.
- Use **Reports › Stock Report** filtered by category to see what to reorder each week.
- Put products under a brand so you can report sales by brand.

  - [Product Library](https://docs.smartposhub.com/catalog/product-library/)
  - [Next: client history, reminders and reports](https://docs.smartposhub.com/business-types/salon-and-spa/step-7-client-history-reminders-and-reports/)

## Frequently asked questions

### Where do I find salon retail products to import?

In Products › Product Library, open the Mart / Karyana / General store catalog and its Personal Care & Beauty department. It has Hair Care, Skin Care, Bath & Body, Fragrances & Deodorants, Shaving & Men's Grooming and more, with photos and barcodes.

### Do imported products come with prices?

No. The Product Library brings names, brands, photos, barcodes and categories. You add your own selling price and stock after importing.

### Can I track products used in the treatment room, such as colour tubes?

Yes, as stock. Record them as purchases when they arrive and remove what you use with a stock adjustment. Services themselves do not use up stock automatically.

### Can I sell a product without an appointment?

Yes. Open the POS, scan or tap the product and take payment. Retail and services can also be on the same bill at checkout.

### Can stylists earn commission on product sales?

Services commission is only on services. To pay a percentage on product sales, use Sales Commission Agents and pick the agent on the POS sale.