# Keep a buying list and turn it into a purchase order

> Write down what to buy, add every low-stock product in one tap, and turn the list into a draft purchase order for a supplier.

The **Buying list** is a running list of what to buy on your next trip to the market or the wholesaler. Add products one at a time, or every low-stock product in one tap, tick off what you have bought, and turn the items into a draft purchase order for a supplier. Nothing on the list changes your stock or your money.

## Before you begin

- The buying list is an optional feature and starts switched off. To turn it on, open **Settings** › **Features**, switch on **Buying list** and tap **Save**. The Owner and Admins can do this. More in [Turn optional features on or off](https://tukri.bd/help/turn-features-on-or-off).
  ![Optional features: Warranty check off, and the Buying list switch turned on](https://tukri.bd/help-center/en/buying-list/features-phone.webp)
- Keeping the list needs the "Buying list" permission. The **Owner**, **Admin** and **Staff** roles all start with it, and only members who have it see **Buying list** in the menu.
- Turning items into a purchase order needs the "Purchase orders" permission, which the **Owner** and **Admin** roles have at first.

## Add a product to the list

1. Open the product search.

**On a computer:**
Click **Buying list** in the menu on the left, under **Sell & Stock**, then **Add item** at the top right.

**On a phone or tablet:**
Tap **Menu** in the bar at the bottom, then **Buying list**, and tap the round **+** button at the bottom.

2. In **Choose a product**, search by name, SKU or barcode and tap the product. The stock you have now is on the right.
   ![Choose a product: Mustard typed in the search, and Mustard Oil 1L with 22 L in stock](https://tukri.bd/help-center/en/buying-list/pick-product-phone.webp)
3. Fill in what helps; all of it is optional. Type the **Quantity**, choose the **Priority** (**Low**, **Normal** or **High**) and the **Expected supplier**, and add a **Note**. For a product with variants, choose the **Variant** first.
   ![Add to buying list for Mustard Oil 1L: quantity 12, priority High, expected supplier Rahman Traders and the note More needed before Eid](https://tukri.bd/help-center/en/buying-list/add-item-phone.webp)
4. Tap **Add to list**. Tukri shows "Added to your buying list." and the item is at the top of **To buy**, with a red **High** mark when you chose it.
   ![The buying list on a phone: To buy chosen, the button to add 10 low-stock items, and Mustard Oil 1L marked High at the top with its quantity, supplier and note](https://tukri.bd/help-center/en/buying-list/list-phone.webp)

If the product is already on the list to buy, Tukri updates that item instead of adding it twice. While you edit a product, the list icon at the top of its page (**Add to buying list**) adds it too.

## Add every low-stock product at once

A product is low when its stock is at or below its alert level (see [Low stock alerts](https://tukri.bd/help/low-stock-alerts)). To put all of them on the list in one go:

- On **Buying list**, under **To buy**, tap the button above the list that says how many products are low.
- Or on **Stock**, tap **Add all to buying list** at the bottom of the **Reorder suggestions** card.

Each product goes on the list with the suggested amount to buy: enough to bring its stock back to twice the alert level, and never less than the level itself. Tukri says how many it added. A product that is already on the list keeps its priority, supplier and note; only its quantity changes. Products with variants are not added this way: add them one at a time and choose the variant.

## Tick off what you bought

Tap an item to see what you can do with it:

- **Edit**: change the quantity, priority, supplier or note, then tap **Save**.
- **Mark as bought**: you have bought it. It moves to **Bought**.
- **Cancel**: you no longer need it. It moves to **Cancelled**.
- **Delete**: Tukri asks "Delete this item?"; tap **Delete** again. The item is removed from your buying list for good. Your products, stock and any purchase order made from it are not changed.
  ![The options for Mustard Oil 1L: Edit, Mark as bought, Cancel and Delete](https://tukri.bd/help-center/en/buying-list/item-actions-phone.webp)

An item under **Bought** or **Cancelled** has **Move back to buy** instead, which puts it back on the list to buy. Use the **To buy**, **Bought**, **Cancelled** and **All** buttons to see each part of the list, and the **Search the list** box to find an item by its name or SKU.

> **Note:**
>
> **Mark as bought** only ticks the item off your list; it does not add stock. When the goods arrive, [record the purchase](https://tukri.bd/help/record-a-purchase).

## Turn items into a purchase order

1. Under **To buy**, tick the box beside each item you are ordering from one supplier. A bar at the bottom shows how many you have ticked.
2. Tap **Create purchase order** in that bar.
   ![The buying list on a computer: Mustard Oil 1L, Turmeric Powder and Cumin ticked, and 3 selected with the Create purchase order button in the bar at the bottom](https://tukri.bd/help-center/en/buying-list/select-computer.webp)
3. Choose the supplier under **Expected supplier** and tap **Create purchase order**.
   ![Create purchase order: the selected items become a draft purchase order, Rahman Traders chosen as the supplier, and the Create purchase order button](https://tukri.bd/help-center/en/buying-list/create-po-computer.webp)
4. Tukri shows "A draft purchase order was created from your selection." and opens the new purchase order, a **Draft**, for you to check. Each line's unit cost is what you last paid that supplier for the product, or else the product's cost price, and an item with no quantity gets 1. If a quantity or a cost is wrong, correct it and tap **Save changes**.
   ![The draft purchase order PO-0001 from Rahman Traders: Cumin 15 at 600, Turmeric Powder 16 at 280 and Mustard Oil 1L 12 at 280, and the message that the draft was created](https://tukri.bd/help-center/en/buying-list/draft-po-computer.webp)

## What happens next

- The items move to **Bought**, each with its purchase order number, which opens the order.
  ![Bought: Mustard Oil 1L, Turmeric Powder and Cumin, each with the purchase order number PO-0001 below it](https://tukri.bd/help-center/en/buying-list/bought-computer.webp)
- Nothing changes in your stock, your money or what you owe the supplier yet. Tell the supplier about the order yourself, and receive the purchase order when the goods arrive: see [Purchase order statuses: sent, received, cancelled](https://tukri.bd/help/purchase-order-workflow).
- If you move such an item back to buy, it is no longer linked to that order. The order itself does not change.

## If something goes wrong

**Buying list is not in my menu.** The feature is switched off, or your role does not have the "Buying list" permission.

**There are no tick boxes beside the items.** They show only beside items still to buy, and only for members with the "Purchase orders" permission; ask the shop's owner. The bar with **Create purchase order** appears only under **To buy**.

**Create purchase order is greyed out in the window.** Choose a supplier first. Only saved suppliers are listed; to add one, see [Add and manage suppliers](https://tukri.bd/help/suppliers).

**The low-stock button is not there, or a low product was not added.** The button shows only under **To buy**, and only while at least one active product is at or below its alert level. A product with no alert level of its own, in a shop with no default level, never counts as low; see [Low stock alerts](https://tukri.bd/help/low-stock-alerts). Products with variants are skipped: add them one at a time.

**Add to list is greyed out.** The product has variants: choose the **Variant** first.

**I cannot find a product.** Inactive and deleted products are not listed. Type more of the name, the SKU or the barcode: the search shows up to 50 products at a time.

**I marked an item as bought, but the stock did not go up.** The buying list never changes stock. [Record the purchase](https://tukri.bd/help/record-a-purchase), or receive the purchase order you made from the list.

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- Source: https://tukri.bd/help/buying-list
- Language: English
- In Bangla: https://tukri.bd/bn/help/buying-list
- Last reviewed: 2026-10-27
- Site index for language models: https://tukri.bd/llms.txt