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How to narrow down a batch of items to most recent inventory

When looking at a Consignor’s account, you may want to isolate a particular batch of items.  You can do so multiple ways.  The easiest way is to use the Omit buttons on the toolbar at the top of the Inventory screens. So let’s say you have Account #1000 and you would like to only view [...]

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How do I configure consignor & store splits/commissions?

Configuring the consignor and store split is all done by Markdown Codes. To configure Markdown Codes: Open InBloom, then login to the Main Menu Click Show All on the bottom left (in v2 this button is called Other Modules) Click Markdown Manager on the left In the new window you should have a default markdown [...]

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Printing Mailing Labels

There are two ways you can print mailing labels in InBloom 2.0: The first is to use the quick and easy toolbar buttons on any contacts screen to print a single mailing label or strip of multiple labels to your tag printer.  This is appropriate if you are using adhesive mailing labels as your price [...]

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How to track returned & donated items

You can easily track which items are returned to the consignor or donated in InBloom.  From any inventory screen, simply isolate the items that are going to be returned, then click the Actions toolbar button, then specify whether the items were returned or donated. For example, we’ll open Account #1000. Then, since we want to [...]

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Customizing printouts in InBloom

In InBloom 2.0, you can now fully customize printouts using FileMaker Pro’s layout capabilities.  Note: InBloom Lite users can download a trial copy of FileMaker Pro from FileMaker.com, if they would like to demo this functionality. Before proceeding, log out of InBloom by clicking the Logout button on the top right corner of the Main [...]

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How to configure a cash drawer to open with InBloom

In order to have your Mac machine open a cash drawer when a receipt is printed, you must do the following.  Note that if you are using InBloom over a network, you must log out of InBloom on all machines except the server.  Click on any thumbnail below to enlarge First, ensure that your cash [...]

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Using Consignor Store Credit Towards A Sale

If a consignor has existing merchandise with your business and some of those items sell, you can give them store credit towards future purchases easily within the Sales interface.  Suppose you have a consignor who has an item that has already sold.  When that customer comes in to make a purchase, you can quickly search [...]

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