In QuickBooks, items are things you sell or buy.  

To track the money you earn and spend, you have to add some items into QuickBooks. We let you add new items while you’re in the middle of creating invoices or entering bills, if that’s the way you want to do it.

It’s quicker and easier, though, to add as many items as possible before you dig in to invoices, receipts, and bills.

We’ll ask you to divide your items into types. These are the types you’ll probably enter first and most often:

Do you already have a list of parts or services in a spreadsheet? This video shows you how to import them all at once.

 

Would you rather enter items one at a time? This video shows you how:

 

You can read more about QuickBooks items.