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SalesDocks User Guide
Practical instructions for setting up your ledger and handling everyday transactions.
01 Get ready for your first transaction Create a team, check the basics, and record your first product.Explore by topic
Getting started
Set up your team and prepare your first transaction.
- What you can do with SalesDocks Essential
- Create an account and sign in Essential
- Create a new team Essential
- Explore the home screen and bottom navigation Essential
- Prepare for your first transaction Essential
- Record your first customer, product, and sale Essential
- Join an existing team and switch teams Operations
Team and members
Manage team information, members, and permissions.
- Set team information and default currency Essential
- Invite team members Operations
- Understand member permissions and admin roles Operations
- Change permissions and remove members Operations
- Create and switch between multiple teams Operations
- What to know before resetting team data Advanced
Customers
Keep customer details, balances, and transaction history organized.
- Understand sales, purchase, and shared customers Essential
- Add a customer Essential
- Edit customer information Essential
- Review transactions by customer Essential
- Check receivables and payables by customer Essential
- Search and filter customers Operations
- Invite and connect with a customer Coming soon Advanced
Products and inventory
Register products and track stock across locations.
- Add a product Essential
- Set sales price, purchase price, and tax policy Essential
- Enter opening inventory Essential
- Edit, duplicate, and deactivate products Operations
- Search products and filter inventory Operations
- Find a product by barcode Operations
- Review product transactions and inventory history Operations
- Understand stock in, stock out, and adjustments Operations
- Create locations and manage inventory by location Advanced
- Transfer inventory between locations Advanced
- Manage product attributes such as color and size Advanced
Sales
Record sales, payments, discounts, and returns.
- Record a sale Essential
- Change product quantity and sales amount Essential
- Record cash, card, and credit payments Essential
- Leave a sales balance as receivable Essential
- Apply discounts to individual items Operations
- Apply a discount to the entire transaction Operations
- Enter shipping, transaction date, and notes Operations
- Split payment across multiple accounts Operations
- Edit or delete a sale Operations
- Record a sales return Operations
- Search and filter sales history Advanced
Purchases
Record purchases, outgoing payments, and purchase returns.
- Record a purchase Essential
- Pay a purchase by cash, card, or payable Essential
- Leave a purchase balance as payable Essential
- Split a purchase payment across accounts Operations
- Edit or delete a purchase Operations
- Record a purchase return Operations
- Search and filter purchase history Advanced
Receivables and payables
Review and settle outstanding receivables and payables.
- How receivables and payables are calculated Essential
- Review unpaid transactions by customer Essential
- Record a receivable collection Essential
- Record a payable payment Essential
- Record a partial payment Operations
- Settle multiple transactions at once Operations
- Review and cancel payments Operations
- How deleted payment accounts appear in transactions Advanced
Orders and documents
Convert quotes and orders into transactions and issue documents.
- Create a sales quote Operations
- Convert a sales order into a sale Operations
- Convert a purchase order into a purchase Operations
- Issue a transaction statement Operations
- Combine transactions into one statement Operations
- Choose a document template Operations
- Save and share a PDF Operations
- Review issued documents and set file names Advanced
Home and statistics
Understand your business through the dashboard and statistics.
- Read amounts on the home dashboard Essential
- Use recent activity and quick actions Operations
- Review monthly sales and purchase statistics Operations
- View transaction reports by date range Operations
- Review net profit by customer and product Advanced
- Check inventory asset value Advanced
- Compare free and paid statistics features Advanced
Payment accounts and app settings
Configure payment accounts and app preferences.
- Understand default cash, card, and credit accounts Operations
- Add bank accounts and cards Operations
- Edit and delete payment accounts Operations
- Change theme and language Operations
- Configure purchase price and shipping displays Operations
- Change dashboard aggregation settings Operations
- Configure document file names Advanced
- Manage nickname, password, and subscription Advanced
- What to know before signing out or deleting your account Advanced