To configure a product you need to select a type for it.
Choosing a type for your product will help you configurating the recipe and you will need to choose from the following options:
I sell it as I buy it - means that your product will be sold exactly as you bought it and will contain only one stock.
Below you can find more information about what a stock is:
Why merchandise deduction is required for „Sell as purchased"
When you configure a product of type Sell as purchased, the system requires you to link it to the merchandise it deducts from stock — it does NOT require a recipe. Even if the product doesn't go through any preparation, deducting merchandise from stock is mandatory for accurate inventory tracking. The deduction happens automatically at the time of sale.
Important: Important: products of the type “I sell it as I buy it” and “Contains recipe” can only be configured if the Inventory Management module is active on your account. The module is included in the Premium and Titanium packages; the Pro package does NOT include it. Without Inventory Management, all products remain as “Service” type. See the “I can’t change the type from Service to Goods or Recipe” section below.
I can’t change the type from Service to Goods or Recipe
If your products are automatically created as Service and you are unable to change them to “I sell it as I buy it” or “Contains recipe”, the cause is almost always the package, not an incorrect setting and not an application defect.
The Inventory Management module is included in the Premium package (€99/month) and Titanium package (€179/month). The Pro package (€49/month) does NOT include it. Without this module, you cannot associate goods or raw materials, create GRNs, or retrieve the purchase price and product cost.
What you see in the application on an account without Inventory Management:
The “Product Type” list continues to show all types, but a new product is created as Service.
Instead of the goods or raw material search, a warning appears: “If you want information about the status of your inventory, you need to install the Premium or Titanium package from the Marketplace. Without this application, stock entries and exits will not be saved.” In the quick-add form, the same click opens the “Application is not installed” modal.
When clicking Save, a product set to “I sell it as I buy it” or “Contains recipe”, without any recipe line, is rejected with the message: “You have not set a recipe for the product! Add a recipe or change the product type to Service.”
How to check which package you have: Account Settings → Billing. There you can see the main package installed on the account. If you are not sure, contact us via chat and we will check it for you.
How to resolve it: Marketplace → choose Premium or Titanium → Install. You do not need to uninstall Pro; the new package automatically replaces the old one. You can find what each package includes and how much it costs in the article “Ebriza Packages: Pro, Premium and Titanium”. After installation, you can resume the normal configuration: product type, recipe, invoice under Costs, and GRN.
If you already have Premium or Titanium and see the same screens: then the package is not the cause. These screens are determined by the modules available to the user you are logged in with, not by what the company has installed, so a user without Inventory Management permissions sees exactly the same warning. See the article “I can’t find an application in my account (even though it is installed)”.
Contains recipe - this means that the product you are configuring contains multiple ingredients ( contains raw materials) and enters a production process, this way you will be able to add in your recipe only raw materials.
More information on raw materials:
Service - this means that the product doesn't contain a stock or raw materials so you won't be able to add any in the recipe.
Goods vs raw material vs finished product — when to use each
Type | When to choose it | Example | How it decreases from stock |
Goods | You sell the product as you buy it, no transformation | Bottled Coca Cola 330ml, cigarette pack | Directly, at sale (1 unit sold = 1 unit deducted) |
Raw material | You use the ingredient in another product's recipe, you don't sell it directly | Flour, oil, sugar | Only through the recipe of the finished product containing it |
Finished product (with recipe) | You sell a product prepared from raw materials | Cappuccino, garlic sauce, pizza | At sale, the recipe raw materials are decreased per their quantities |
Quick rule: if the product needs preparation before sale → product with recipe; if not → goods; if it's an ingredient in another recipe → raw material.
Semi-finished items (sauce, dough, cream, base) are raw materials too, not goods. Only a raw material can have a sub-recipe (a recipe within a recipe) and be produced; a goods item has no “Ingredients sub-recipe” section, and a goods item cannot be selected in the recipe of a “Contains recipe” product. See the article “Finished product with sub-recipe in recipe”.
Frequently asked questions
Q: How do I sell fractional portions (half-shot, half-portion, half-pour)?
A: You have two approaches, depending on how you want to handle stock:
Approach 1: Two separate products with different recipe quantities
This works when you sell in fixed fractions (e.g., full shot and half shot).
Set up the raw material (e.g., alcohol, espresso) with U.M = L and UNIT QUANTITY equal to one full portion (e.g., 0.05 for 50ml).
Create two products:
Full portion (e.g., Shot 50ml) — type Contains recipe, with the raw material at QUANTITY = 0.05.
Half portion (e.g., Half shot 25ml) — type Contains recipe, with the same raw material at QUANTITY = 0.025.
At sale, the system automatically deducts the correct quantity from stock.
Approach 2: Bulk product
If you want to sell variable quantities (not just 1x or 0.5x), change the product type from Finished Product to Bulk Product. See the How do I create a bulk product? article.
Keep in mind, so the two situations are not confused: the question above is about an item that you SELL both directly and through a recipe. Having a Goods item and a Raw Material item with the same name is not, in itself, an error — when creating the receipt (NIR), this is exactly how they should be entered: the Goods item in the Goods Receipt column and the Raw Material item in the Raw Material Receipt column, on the same line. See the “Create Goods Receipt Note” article, section 2.2.
Q: Are „Service"-type products subject to VAT?
A: Yes, just like every other product type. The Service type only means the product contains no merchandise or raw materials and doesn't need a recipe (e.g., „Event ticket", „Delivery fee", „Consultation"). It does not mean „VAT-free".
The VAT rate you apply depends on your company's status:
If you are a VAT payer — apply the rate that fits (11%, 21%, or whichever applies to you).
If you are a non-VAT payer — set the rate to 0% on ALL products, Service-type included.
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Q: I want to sell an item both directly (as-is) and use it as an ingredient in a recipe - how do I keep a single stock that reconciles correctly?
A: In Ebriza, an "I sell it as I buy it" product depletes a goods stock, while a "Contains recipe" product depletes raw materials from its recipe. Goods and raw material are two separate stocks - even when they represent the same physical item, they do not sync with each other. So if you sell the item once as goods and once through a recipe, the quantities come out of different stocks and discrepancies (including negative stock) can appear.
The single-stock solution: set both products to Contains recipe and put the same raw material in each recipe. For the product you sell as-is, add that raw material to the recipe with the quantity consumed per sale (usually 1). This way every sale - direct or through a prepared product - depletes the same raw-material stock.
Already sold some as goods and only then switched to a recipe? The historical goods stock does not move to the raw material automatically (they are different stocks). Fix it manually with two stock resets: bring the goods stock to 0 and set the raw material to the real remaining quantity.
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Q: How do I sell several pieces of the same item in a single sale (e.g. one portion = 2 cakes) so stock is deducted correctly?
A: Don't use the "Sell as purchased" ("Îl vând cum îl cumpăr") type for this. There, a piece-based good (U.M = Pcs) is deducted 1:1 and the system won't let you save a quantity of 2 in the recipe — so you can't tie "2 pieces" to a single sale.
Solution (requires the Inventory / Gestiune app):
Set the item up as a raw material, with U.M = Pcs and Unit quantity = 1.
Create the sales product (e.g. "Cake - 2 pcs") as type "Contains recipe" ("Conține rețetă").
In the recipe, add that raw material with Quantity = 2.
Each sale of the product automatically deducts 2 pieces from stock.
Important: at goods receipt (NIR), add the same raw material so stock is loaded correctly.
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