> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.sourcedock.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Record what you buy, each way > Five ways to tell SourceDock what you bought, and which one to pick. > [!NOTE] > > **Scenario for this page:** Uno card game (12 bought at \$8.00 each). Ello Pop & Fill bottle (8 sent to Amazon, never recorded as a buy). Find them in the demo store under **Purchases**, and the bottle on **Purchases** > **Import from Amazon**. Say you buy 12 Uno card games for \$8.00 each. You tell SourceDock once. Then it follows those 12 games to Amazon. Capital Recovery shows when your \$96.00 comes back. There are five ways to tell it. Pick the one that fits where you are: * **At your computer, after you buy:** [Record Purchase](#on-the-purchases-page) on the Purchases page. * **On an Amazon product page:** [Add purchase](#in-the-chrome-extension) in the Chrome extension. * **In a store, with your phone:** [Record Purchase](#on-your-phone) in the phone app. * **You sold on Amazon before you joined:** [Import from Amazon](#import-from-amazon). * **You kept your costs in a spreadsheet:** [upload your buy sheet](#upload-your-buy-sheet). Every way makes the same kind of purchase. You can mix them. ## On the Purchases page Example: you bought 12 Uno card games online for \$8.00 each. **1. Open the sheet** Go to **Purchases** and click **Record Purchase**. **2. Pick the product** Type "Uno" in **Find or add: ASIN, name or brand**. Pick the game, then click **Next**. **3. Type the cost** Set the count to 12 and type 8.00 in the cost box. The total fills in as 96.00. **4. Save** Click **Record 1 purchase**. ![The Record purchase sheet on step 2, Costs: the Uno card game with quantity 12, \$ 8.00 ea, \$ 96.00 total, and a bar reading 1 product ยท 12 units, \$96.00, est. profit.](https://mintcdn.com/sourcedock/g6QTK-EfTuTYg92B/images/deep-dives/purchases-in-depth/03-uno-sheet-costs.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=g6QTK-EfTuTYg92B\&q=85\&s=67f156fcf35af67b95a9ba4400e77cfd) Uno card game: step 2 of the Record purchase sheet. Notice 12 units at $8.00 each make $96.00 in the bar at the bottom. Already have the product in your Vault? Click **Record Purchase** on its Vault row. A Record Purchase form opens with that product already picked. Every box on the sheet is in [Purchases, step by step](https://docs.sourcedock.io/operate/purchases.md#on-the-record-purchase-sheet). ## In the Chrome extension Example: you are on the YETI Rambler mug's Amazon page. You just bought 10 at \$16.00 each. **1. Open the form** Click **+** on the product. Its hover says **Add to Purchases**. You can also open the **Purchase** tab. **2. Fill it in** Type 10 in **Quantity** and 16.00 in **Cost per unit**. Add the **Store name** and **Order number** if you like. **3. Save** Click **Add purchase**. The panel says **Added to Purchases.** Paid sales tax? Type it in **Sales tax (%)**. With 8%, the hint says "Saved as \$17.28 each, tax included." More on the extension's form: [Add a purchase](https://docs.sourcedock.io/reference/chrome-extension.md#add-a-purchase). ## On your phone Example: you are in a store and buy 10 Aurora whale shark plush toys at \$8.00 each. Open **Purchases** in the [phone app](https://docs.sourcedock.io/get-started/phone-app.md). Tap **+** next to the search box, then **Record Purchase**. It is the same sheet as on a computer. ![On a phone, a search box with a round + button beside it, and an open menu: Record Purchase, Add receipt, Import from Amazon, Export, Expenses.](https://mintcdn.com/sourcedock/rXbIvz4CrjTquUxi/images/deep-dives/record-a-purchase/03-demo-phone-plus-menu.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=rXbIvz4CrjTquUxi\&q=85\&s=ce12bb876b7d89c238b34275a2d9d9d9) Demo store: the phone app's + menu on Purchases. Notice Record Purchase is first, then Add receipt. To keep the store's receipt, tap **+** again, then **Add receipt**, and take a photo. See [Receipts and box photos](https://docs.sourcedock.io/get-started/phone-app.md#receipts-and-box-photos). ## Import from Amazon Example: you sent 8 Ello Pop & Fill bottles to Amazon, but never recorded the buy. Go to **Purchases** > **Import from Amazon** and click **Scan my history**. SourceDock reads the boxes you sent to Amazon and lists the products no purchase has yet. Then it makes a purchase for each one. Amazon keeps about 18 months of boxes, so older buys need **Record Purchase**. ![Five steps across the top: Find products, Costs, Review, Importing, Done. A Scan my history button. Under it, We found 2 products in 2 shipments, and a table: Bigelow Tea Steep Lemon Ginger, 1 shipment, 2 received; Ello Pop & Fill 22oz bottle, 1 shipment, 8 received.](https://mintcdn.com/sourcedock/rXbIvz4CrjTquUxi/images/deep-dives/record-a-purchase/02-demo-import-scan.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=rXbIvz4CrjTquUxi\&q=85\&s=25088b6b760f9765f0b0dd75edfaf260) Ello Pop & Fill bottle: the first import step in the demo store. Notice the scan found the 8 bottles, in 1 shipment, that no purchase has yet. The import asks for your buy sheet next, so your costs come in too. All the steps are on [Import from Amazon](https://docs.sourcedock.io/operate/import-from-amazon.md). ## Upload your buy sheet A buy sheet is the spreadsheet where you wrote down what you bought and what you paid. Example: you imported 12 Monster Jam 4-packs, and they came in with no cost. Your sheet has a row for 12 at \$10.00 each. **1. Open the upload** On **Purchases** > **Import from Amazon**, click **Upload buy sheets**. When no purchase needs a cost, the same button says **Update costs from your buy sheet**. Or on Purchases, click **Cost needed**, then **Add costs from your file**. **2. Drop the file** Add your .csv or .xlsx file. SourceDock finds the 4-pack's row by its ASIN, SKU, UPC, or name. **3. Check and save** The 4-packs get \$10.00 each. Products your sheet doesn't cover still show **Cost needed**. How SourceDock reads each row: [How SourceDock reads your buy sheet](https://docs.sourcedock.io/operate/import-from-amazon.md#how-sourcedock-reads-your-buy-sheet). ## After you record it A buy you type in starts as **Ordered** on **Purchases**. An imported one comes in as **Sent to FBA**, since Amazon already got it. Move each order along as it arrives and goes to Amazon. See [Move an order along](https://docs.sourcedock.io/operate/purchases.md#move-an-order-along). This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.