What a stock product is A stock product has quantity on hand. Sage increases the quantity and value when you buy it and reduces both when you sell it. You can set reorder levels and you'll receive a warning when you can't fulfil an order due to low stock. What a non‑stock product is Non‑stock products don't hold quantity. Use them for digital goods, drop‑shipped items or anything you don’t keep in inventory. Sage records only the values on sales and purchases; and doesn't create stock movements. What services are Services represent labour, consultancy or other non-tangible work. They never affect quantity or inventory value. Impact on reports | Report | Stock | Non‑stock | Service | | Stock movements | ✔ Lists every purchase, sale and adjustment | ✖ Not listed | ✖ Not listed | | Sales Revenue – Products & Services | ✔ Filter by Stock | ✔ Filter by Non‑stock | ✔ Filter by Service | | Sales and Purchase day books | ✔ Values only | ✔ Values only | ✔ Values only | Because only stock products post to the Stock movements report, your inventory value stays correct and uncluttered. Use the Sales Revenue – Products & Services report with filters to compare revenue across all three product types. Changing the type You can switch between Stock, Non‑stock and Service until you post the first transaction that affects the quantity. After that, the type is locked. If you need to change it later, copy the product with the correct type and stop using the original. Change a non-stock item to a stock item. Related solutions |