Create your first product

Once your shop is set up, the next step is putting your first product in the catalog — without at least one product, you can’t process a sale. This guide walks through creating a single product (Bánh mì thịt) and giving it a price via its default variant. You manage products from the web admin dashboard, not from the POS.

Before you start

• You’ve completed the account setup and are logged in to the admin dashboard
• You’ve created at least one category (in this guide, Minh has already created Đồ ăn for food items)
• You know the product name and the price you want to charge
• (Optional) If you plan to charge VAT, set up the tax rate first so you can attach it while creating the product — you can also come back and attach it later

Navigate to products

Step 1: Open the product list

From the dashboard sidebar, click Products. This opens the product catalog — the list of every product in your shop. If you just finished setup, this list is empty.

Step 2: Click Create

Click the Create button in the top-right corner to open the product creation form.

Create the product

Minh’s café sells Bánh mì thịt (pork sandwich) for 25,000 VND. He creates the product with its basic details first, then adds the default variant that carries the price.

Step 3: Fill in product details

Enter the following:

• Name — the product name your customers see. Minh enters Bánh mì thịt
• Slug — the URL-safe identifier used in links to this product. Auto-generated from the name (e.g., banh-mi-thit) — leave the default
• Status — set to Activated so the product is available for sale. Deactivated products stay in your catalog but are hidden from every sale channel
• Category — select the category you created earlier. Minh selects Đồ ăn (Food)
• Sale Channels — choose which sale channels sell this product. Minh selects Tại quầy (in-store)

Step 4: Save the product

Click Save. BANA creates the product and opens its edit page, which has tabs for General, Variant, Combo, Addon, and Setting. You’ll set the price next — the price lives on a variant, not the product itself, so until you add a variant the product exists in your catalog but can’t be sold.

Add the default variant

Step 5: Open the variant form

Click the Variant tab, then click Create Variant in the top-right. A dialog opens with the variant form.

Step 6: Fill variant details and save

Enter the variant details:

• Name — for a simple product, use a short label like Mặc định (default). Slug auto-fills from the name
• SKU — an internal SKU for inventory tracking — any short code that’s unique in your catalog. Minh enters BMT-001
• Price — the selling price, entered without thousand separators. Minh enters 25000 for 25,000 VND
• Status — set to Activated. A variant only appears at the POS when both the variant and its product are Activated

Click Create. Bánh mì thịt is now in the catalog, priced, and ready to sell.

What you created

Your catalog now has its first product, priced via its default variant:

Product	Category	Variant	SKU	Price (VND)
Bánh mì thịt	Đồ ăn	Mặc định	BMT-001	25,000

Open Products from the sidebar at any time to see everything in your catalog. Bánh mì thịt’s row shows the Activated status and is ready for the POS.

What’s next

1. Add more products — repeat Steps 2–6 for each item in your menu or inventory. See the FAQ above if your product has multiple sizes or flavors
2. Attach VAT — once you’ve set up a tax type, open the variant and add a tax row so the POS charges VAT automatically
3. Start selling — open the POS and process your first sale