As your reuse membership grows and more items are added to the system, how they are categorised becomes increasingly important.

Using the category and sub-category listings feature means users can find items easily. 

The wrong sub-category can result a big discrepancy in your savings metrics. You could be losing out just as easily as having your savings inflated. 

Here's a guide on how to use the category feature. 

Add an item

When adding an item and adding a title, you;ll then need to categorise it.   

Here are the categories we currently have, in no particular order.  

Following this you can use the sub-category option.

When adding envelopes, for example, it's important to check the options such as size of envelope and quantity (A4, C5, DL), and so on.

Replacement cost are very different between the options.

Another example is A4 paper; do you have a ream or a box of five? If you have two reams you would add this under ream of paper with two available. 

Log into your account, standard or admin, and go to the blue box headed 'Items' and sub-heading 'Add an item'.   

Go through the motions of adding an item.  

If you can't find what they are looking for it's important not to add it to the closest option or the system will become cluttered with mis-categorised items.

Instead, ensure to correctly categorise the item and then opt for "other' in the sub-category section.

These "other' listings are sent through to us to review and add a category if required. 

You can never add too much information 

Ideally each listing will have a descriptive title, dimensions (this is super important with furniture), condition, at least one picture when it is a large item, and any notes if needed.  

Need help? 

To book a screen share session to go over this feature, or any other Warp it features, please get in touch and email becky@warp-it.co.uk.