Organizing Your Inventory

As your inventory grows, organization becomes essential. Nifty provides Labels, Favorites, and Private Notes to help you categorize and find items quickly.

Where to find it

To manage Labels, go to Inventory Settings (in the Inventory Manager).

Favorites are managed directly within the Inventory Manager.

Private Notes can be added from the Inventory Manager, or when creating or editing an item.

Labels

Labels are custom tags you create to categorize items however makes sense for your business. Each label can have a custom name, description, and color.

How to create labels:

  1. Go to Inventory Settings.

  2. Find the Inventory labels section.

  3. Create a new label or edit an existing one.

How to apply labels:

  1. When creating or editing an individual listing, you can add labels using the Inventory labels section.

  2. When viewing items in your Inventory Manager, you can select multiple rows and Bulk Apply Labels.

Note: Bulk apply labels will override all existing labels for the item(s).

Example uses:

  • "Photo needed" — items that need better photos

  • "Price drop" — items to discount soon

  • "Holiday" — seasonal inventory

  • "Source: Estate sale" — track where items came from

Favorites

Mark items as Favorites to create a quick-access list of inventory.

How to favorite an item:

  1. Find the item in your Inventory Manager.

  2. Click the star icon to toggle favorite status.

When to use favorites:

  • Items you frequently pick up and want to copy quickly

  • Items you want to track closely

Private Notes

Private Notes are short memos that you can easily attach to an item.

How to add a private note from the Inventory Manager:

  1. Find the item in your Inventory Manager.

  2. Click Add private notes.

How to add a private note from the Listing Form:

  1. Find the Private note section.

  2. Enter your private note.

  3. Click Update item.

Filtering by organization

Use the Filter bar in the Inventory Manager to show:

  • Only favorites

  • Only items with a specific label

And use the Search bar in the Inventory Manager to search across your private notes.

This helps you work through your inventory systematically.

Limitations

Limitation
Details

Create label hierarchies

Labels are flat (no sub-labels or folders)

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