When a name is not enough
A small homeware shop may carry several white mugs with different handles and capacities. A short product name can be easy to misread at the counter. A photo provides a second reference next to the record’s name, unit and price. Give each separately tracked item its own record and an unambiguous name; a photo does not create a color or size variant system.
This is useful for boutiques, market sellers and small parts businesses where staff know an item by sight but may not know its internal name. It is not a substitute for checking the barcode or the specification when two products look nearly identical.
A practical camera-to-inventory workflow
- Open the product creation or editing screen in the iOS or Android app.
- Choose the camera or photo library and allow access when your device asks.
- Crop to a square with the whole item inside the frame, including handles or attachments.
- Check the preview and save the product. Replacing or removing its photo also needs a save.
- Let pending changes synchronize before expecting another device to show the new picture.
Use a plain background and consistent lighting. Keep labels readable when they help identify the item, but do not include customer details, supplier paperwork or unrelated people in the frame. Salelog stores one current product photo; it is not a document archive or a condition-history album.
Photos and offline work
Locally saved changes and a finished upload are different states. You can prepare a photo change while offline, but the image must synchronize before it becomes available elsewhere. Photos already cached on this device can be reused without downloading them for every view. Reinstalling the app or using a new device means those images may need to be downloaded again.
From an internal product record to a customer catalog
The same product photo can be used in a separately published catalog on Plus or Pro. Choose the products and whether to show prices; the customer does not receive access to your internal stock quantities, purchase costs or account. A catalog is a browsing link, not an online checkout.
If your need is to show customers an assortment rather than help staff recognize stock, start with the product catalog guide. If you need reliable item lookup at the counter, pair photos with your existing barcode workflow.