# 3. Create a Product

To create a new product, navigate to 'Products' in the BestInvoicing menu to the left:

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In [BestInvoicing](https://www.bestinvoing.com), a **product** always belongs to a **product group**. How you name a product group and which products you link to it will depend on your business type and commercial activities. 

A product group may relate to specific products, but also to more general services. Some examples:

| PRODUCT GROUP  | PRODUCT                             |
| -------------- | ----------------------------------- |
| Flour          | Cornflour                           |
|                | Whole wheat flour                   |
| Shipping costs | < 10 km radius                      |
|                | 10 km - 50 km radius                |
| Certificates   | Conformity check fire extinguishers |
|                | Conformity sprinkler system         |
| Labor          | Tiling                              |
|                | Leveling                            |

### Creating a Product Group&#x20;

The first step is creating a product group.

1. Click the green button 'Add Product Group' at the top right corner
2. Give your Product Group a name and click 'Add'

In this tutorial, the BestInvoicing user is a fictional telecom company. A first product group is called 'Appliances'.

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### Creating a Product&#x20;

You can now add individual products. Click the blue 'View' button - located next to the name of your product group. You'll see that there are no products in the list yet: you can create these by clicking the green button 'Add Product' at the top right corner.&#x20;

The product automatically receives a serial number and the product group name is completed (if you have already created multiple product groups, you can select another product group from the drop-down menu).&#x20;

Name your product and (optionally) provide a description. If desired, you can also enter the purchase price, sales price, appropriate VAT percentage, ...

{% hint style="success" %}
Here you'll automatically see the default VAT percentage, if you use e.g. co-contracting or intra-community transactions on the invoice, this will be adjusted automatically.
{% endhint %}

<mark style="background-color:green;">The abovementioned VAT systems are related to specific EU-regulations. For more country-specific options, refer to a local version of the Software.</mark>

{% hint style="info" %}
Is the price of your product variable? Then price it at $0 or give it a commonly used price, and manually adjust this later per invoice.
{% endhint %}

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Click the green button 'Add' at the bottom to save your product. You are now directed to the completed product file (in this example: a router).

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To go back to the overview of your product group, click the white 'Back' button at the top. Your product group (example: Appliances) will now already contain one product (example: Router).

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To add additional products within this group, click the green "Add Product" button at the top right.&#x20;

### Create Additional Products/Groups&#x20;

Do you want to add another product group?&#x20;

1. Click 'Products' in the menu to the left to display the overview of existing product groups.&#x20;
2. Create a new product group by clicking the green button 'Add Product Group' at the top.
3. Name this group: you're ready to add products to it.&#x20;

In the example below, a second product group called 'Labor' was created. This includes e.g. the services provided by the company: installation and connection of the appliances.

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Once the products or services you need are entered, you are ready to create an invoice.