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How to add your materials

Add each jar, box, label and insert you package with, with who you buy it from, how many come in a pack and what you pay. Prophitable works out what one piece costs, and every package that uses it is costed from that.

Updated Oct 29, 20262 min

Add a material

  1. Go to Materials and click Add Material.

  2. Under General Information, enter the Name and choose the Supplier (not in the list yet? click Add Supplier). UPC, Brand and Description are optional.

  3. Under Package Size, enter the Net Quantity Per Unit, which is how many pieces, or how much length, is in the smallest pack you'd open. Choose pc for things you count (jars, boxes, labels) or a length such as ft for things you cut (ribbon, tape).

  4. Under Purchasing, enter what you pay:

    • Unit: the price of one pack.
    • Case: if you buy it by the case, the case price and the Units per Case.

    If you buy it both ways, fill in both. Prophitable uses whichever costs less per piece.

    The Purchasing card for a gift box: a case of 10 for $21.90, which works out to $2.19 a box

  5. Click Save.

Save won't go through until the material has a name, a supplier and a price.

What you'll see

The material's cost per piece is on the Materials list, in the Cost / UoM column. The gift box above comes 10 to a case for $21.90, so it shows $2.19. A package that uses one box carries $2.19 for it.

When the price changes, edit it and save. Prophitable lists the packages and products that use the material, and Update All re-costs them.

Stock is optional for now

You don't need to count what's on your shelf to get costs. Receiving a purchase order adds the stock for you. To enter what you have today, open the material, go to Stock and click Add Stock.

Have a lot of materials?

Click Import on the Materials page and upload the spreadsheet you already keep. You'll see what it read and can fix anything before it's saved.