How to Enter a Product – Once Upon A Child
Megan Sturgeon
American InterContinental University

Abstract
This paper is going to discuss how to enter a product into a computer system. Once Upon A Child is a store that purchases gently used children’s items. This paper is going to go step by step on how to put an item into the system to price it for the store. It is also going to describe how this item goes into the store system and the previous owner of the item receives money for selling it to the store.

How to Enter a Product – Once Upon A Child
Once Upon A Child is a franchise much like Plato’s Closet that resells gently used items. It is important to note that these specific companies are resale not retail. When a customer is ready to let go of their gently used children’s clothing, toys, equipment, and accessories they can bring them in to their local Once Upon A Child and receive cash on the spot. There is a process when the customer brings these items in that let each franchise price their merchandise for the same amount. Almost all of the process is done on a computer program already installed on the computer. There are a few exceptions that are not already listed and involve a bit of research.
First, an employee of Once Upon A Child would gather all of the customer’s information and items. There is a sign-in sheet that the customer would fill out with their name, address, phone number, email and signature. The employee also has their own sign-in log where they will list the customer’s name, amount of items, and what time they came in. The employee would then take a label sheet and write the customer’s first name and tape that paper to each of the customer’s containers. This first part of the process is mainly for security purposes. It is important to not lose any of the items or mix them up with another customer’s items.
Next, all of the customer’s