Add products to the product catalog
Add products to the product catalog that’s connected with your Poynt Smart Terminal. Your product catalog works hand-in-hand with the Register app on your Smart Terminal, where you can use the products to build orders and process transactions on the terminal.
To add products to your Smart Terminal product catalog, you can import them from your Online Store, add them through the Dashboard on your web browser (either in a batch with the bulk upload tool or individually), or add them manually on the Smart Terminal. We recommend importing or adding them through the web browser — it’ll be a lot quicker.
Note: The products in your Online Store are maintained separately from the products in your Smart Terminal product catalog, but products can be uploaded from one to the other to keep them in sync. If you sync your inventory with your online store, selling a catalog item on the Smart Terminal will also remove it from the online store’s inventory.
If you’ve got an existing Websites + Marketing Online Store, import the products you’ve already added there. Once imported, add the products to the catalog for your Smart Terminal. If you have a Managed WordPress, Managed WordPress Ecommerce or standalone GoDaddy account, add products using the web browser or Smart Terminal.
Note: This procedure does not permanently sync your online store catalog with your Smart Terminal catalog. You’ll need to run the import process again if you add products to your online store later.
- Add products to your online store.
- Sign in to your In Person Overview page (use your GoDaddy username and password).
- Select Catalogs, and then Products.
- Select Import from Online Store.
- Check the box next to each product you want to import, then select Add to In Person Catalog.
- Select OK. You’ll receive a confirmation email when the import is complete.
- Create a product catalog for your Smart Terminal, if you haven’t already.
- If you’d like to bundle similar products together (for example, Appetizers or Entrees), select Add category from within your product catalog. Add a Name and Tile color, then Save. You can add products within a category or to the main page of the catalog.
- From within the product catalog or category, select Add product.
- A list of your products will appear. Select each product that you want to include in the catalog.
- On the Smart Terminal, refresh the Register app to sync your catalog changes. (Open the Register app, tap
Register, then
Settings, and then Refresh Register.)
Add products directly through the web browser, either in a batch with the bulk upload tool or individually. Once added, associate the products to the catalog for your Smart Terminal.
If you have a Managed WordPress store, you can create a CSV file with all of your products directly from within your store, then bulk upload them into your Smart Terminal catalog.
Bulk upload your products
- Sign in to your In Person Overview page (use your GoDaddy username and password).
- Select Catalogs, and then Products.
- Select Bulk Upload. You'll see two sample product .csv files. One is optimized for products with modifiers (for example, different sizes and prices), and the other is better suited for products without modifiers.
The Smart Terminal can display up to 500 products in the on-device catalog. If you have more than 500 products, make sure to include a UPC value for your products so you can add them to orders with the built-in barcode scanner.
- Download the file template that best suits your needs. Fill out the fields and save the file to your computer.
- Select Upload file or Click to upload to add the products to your inventory from the file.
- Select Catalogs and create a product catalog for your Smart Terminal if you haven’t already.
- If you’d like to bundle similar products together (for example, Appetizers or Entrees), select Add category from within your product catalog. Add a Name and Tile color, then Save. You can add products within a category or to the main page of the catalog.
- From within the product catalog or category, select Add product.
- A list of your products will appear. Select each product that you want to include in the catalog.
- On the Smart Terminal, refresh the Register app to sync your catalog changes. (Open the Register app, tap
Register, then
Settings, and then Refresh Register.)
Manually enter individual products
- Sign in to your In Person Overview page (use your GoDaddy username and password).
- Select Catalogs, and then Products.
- Select Add products.
- Enter a Name, Price, SKU and UPC (optional). If you want to enter a custom price during each transaction, turn on the Custom Price toggle.
- If you’d like to customize the product price (for example, add different sizes and prices), select Add modifier. Add a Name and adjust the Options fields, then select Add to Product or Save modifiers.
- When you’re finished adding products, select Save to add the products to your inventory.
- Select Catalogs and create a product catalog for your Smart Terminal if you haven’t already.
- If you’d like to bundle similar products together (for example, Appetizers or Entrees), select Add category from within your product catalog. Add a Name and Tile color, then Save. You can add products within a category or to the main page of the catalog.
- From within the product catalog or category, select Add product.
- A list of your products will appear. Select each product that you want to include in the catalog.
- On the Smart Terminal, refresh the Register app to sync your catalog changes. (Open the Register app, tap
Register, then
Settings, and then Refresh Register.)
Use the Catalog app on the Smart Terminal to manually add individual products directly onto the Smart Terminal.
- On your Smart Terminal home page, tap Catalog.
- Create a product catalog for your Smart Terminal if you haven’t already.
- If you’d like to bundle similar products together (for example, Appetizers or Entrees), tap Create Category from within your product catalog. Add a Name and Color, then Save. You can add products within a category or to the main page of the catalog.
- Tap an empty product tile in the product catalog or category, then tap Create New.
- Enter a Name, Price, SKU and UPC (optional). If you want to enter a custom price during each transaction, turn on the Custom Price toggle.
- If you’d like to customize the product price (for example, add different sizes and prices), tap Edit Modifiers. Add a Name and adjust the Options fields as you’d like, then tap Save modifiers.
- Tap Use Icon and Edit Color if you’d like to customize the way the product appears in your product list.
- Tap Save.
More info
- Check out some best practices for maintaining your product catalog.
- Learn how to create a product catalog.
- Create an order on the Smart Terminal.