Contact Freight

Contact Freight lets you set Freight for Contacts used as Ship-To's for big Customers. This lets you keep different Freight Terms for different locations to use automatically.

For large customers with many locations use Contacts to add their Ship-To Addresses. Using Contact and Update Contact imports is easy to manage hundreds or thousands.

For each Contact you can set their Shipping Method, Freight, and sales tax Tax Status. These entries load automatically when you set Ship-To manually or by Auto-Import.



  Contacts Freight

Contacts Freight lets you manage Freight in a Contacts Search to find, display, update. Use the Find dialog or Add (+) Freight as a column in Contacts to see current settings.

For large customers with many locations use Contacts to add their Ship-To Addresses. And, use Contacts Search to Find, Export, or Update many at once for easy managing.



  Shopify Authorized

Shopify Authorized orders need special handing with Since Last to separate POS sales.

This function is transparent and is noted here to reduce confusion when using Shopify. This function does not affect exising setups not using Since Last and instead Archiving.



  Chapter 51 Freight

Freight lets you switch Department to Freight to automate shipping charges and costs.



  Shopify Authorized

Shopify Authorized orders need special handing with Since Last to separate POS sales.

This function is transparent and is noted here to reduce confusion when using Shopify. This function does not affect exising setups not using Since Last and instead Archiving.



  Department Prefs

Department Prefs let you repurpose the Department field, for some a matter of course.

Department is in the middle of transaction windows and its intent not wholly obvious.
Consequently it is adapted to needs such as freight terms, fulfillment status, and so on.

Freight will be the first variation, complete as Freight Terms and helping fill in charges.



  Since Last

Since Last lets you get orders from Shopify without changing their Status to Archived.

Shopify Connect uses Status to get orders that are Open and setting them to Archived. This may interfere with using Shopify Dashboard or accessories for order management.

Switch to Since Last with a click and BigBusiness will get new orders as they come in.



  Unlock Bill of Materials

Unlock Bill of Materials lets you override locking of the BOM tool for any Employee.

BOM Locking protects allocations by not allowing changes to a BOM while allocated.



  Unlock Bill of Materials

Unlock Bill of Materials lets you set Special Access per Employee to Locked BOM's.

Locked BOM protects Allocations by locking the Bill of Materials for items on orders.



  Subscriptions

Subscriptions help you keep up with change if you have a small company growing big.

Big Business lets you choose a perpetual license where you pay once for one version. Or, choose a subscription license where you pay monthly and have the latest version.

This lets you choose your license to keep pace with new computers and new services. And it ensures top quality, services, and updates so you receive changes as you need.



  Chapter 224 Shopify Guide

Shopify Guide helps you navigate Shopify and Shopify POS Connect in Big Business.

Big Business can import customers, orders, and invoices from Shopify + Shopify POS.

Moreover it can sort them, putting Shopify POS sales in as Invoices + Payments, and Shopify Web sales in as Orders that need filling--automating accounting and inventory.



  Landed Error

Landed Error was a problem on the Landed Profit tab on Invoice that double-click fails.

Double-click lets you go to the Item when you double-click a Line Item on Quote, etc..

Click the Chapter button for 304 Landed Cost for help enabling or disabling the Tab.



  Gemini Billing

Gemini Billing is challenging--levied per-use of Gemini API--except when it is free-tier.



  Gemini Endpoint

Gemini Endpoint lets you set the address that is needed to connect to the Gemini API.

Gemini Settings found in Company card, Connect Settings tab let you enter the details:
• Description lets you put a name to differentiate multiple entries
• Endpoint is the address of the service
• Project is an optional name Google lets you have for billing
• API Key is the required key assigned for access and billing



  Image Typos

Image Typos may occur when you click Image to create a new image and it inserts text.



  Image Relevance

Image relevance may be an issue if your text is relevant but not explicit about a subject.

Margarita Jilly Jellies has a zesty description that conjurs an image of drink not candy.



  Image Detail

Image Detail may improve with more detailed image description in the original request.



  Image Improvisation

Image Improvisation help generate nice images from your descriptions despite brevity.

Considering this result may promote planning better description for consistent images.



  Image Tool

Image tool helps you select or create a new image using an AI solution and past images.

To start this tool is a button on the Item card that works with Gemini to create images. It sends the existing image and description to use to generate the new image and shows.

This setup is for testing and uses paid services for images within Google Workspace. It appears an image from a prompt is 3.9 cents and uploading an existing image is 33.9.



  Image Create

Image Create helps you make a new image using AI and a text description you provide.

BigBusiness can send a request like, Create a picture of, plus your Detail Description. In the example the words, beach blanket babylon, were used and AI created this image.



  Nano Banana

Nano Banana is a codename for Gemini Flash Image--AI to help create and edit images.

BigBusiness tests Nano Banana using free connection and apparent per-image charges.

Pictured, the banana is modified with the prompt to "make old-timey" which succeeds.



  Image Retouch

Image Retouch helps you gussy up your blah images using AI to add lettering or style.

BigBusiness can connect to Gemini for pay-per-image re-imaging using new Image tool. This requires setup of Gemini connection and billing and so forth, to work with a click.

Not frictionless but amazingly easy to take a product photo and add lettering or style.



  Gemini Profile

Gemini Profile helps share your settings for using Google Gemini including API Keys.

Gemini Flash Image, aka Nano Banana, is a Google AI that converts text into an image. Image tool on the Item card requires setup including getting your API Keys to process.



  BigBusiness 16

BigBusiness 16 is updated along with BigBusiness 15, to support new iPad Orders 16.

In BigBusiness you select the Customers and Items to have to order in iPad Orders 16. Sync and your iPad is loaded and ready to process orders with or without connections.

Once you have your orders connect from wherever you have network access and sync. New Orders are created, Customers are updated, and any new data needed is retrieved.



  iPad Server

iPad Server lets you connect iPads securely to your BigBusiness to create new orders.

Setup lets you set iPad Server to run automatically on a selected Port to connect iPads.