BatchwellGuides
Step by step, for every part of Batchwell, in the order you’ll need it. Each one uses the same names you see on screen. Can’t find what you need? Email inquiries@willowandwatch.com.
Getting started
Set up once, and you’re ready for your first batch.
- Set up your workspace and first brandSign in with a 6-digit code, name your business, choose what you make and set your lot code prefix.
- Add materials and starting stockList the ingredients, packaging and supplies you use, then enter what’s already on your shelf. Grams, millilitres, pieces, yards and sheets.
- Write your first recipeAdd a recipe by percentages, with scents, steps, packaging and release checks, then mark it ready to make.
At the bench
Making, finishing, releasing and cancelling batches.
- Run a batch and weigh inStart a batch, get its lot code, weigh each ingredient against its target and tick off the steps. Split one base into several scents.
- Finish, QC hold and releaseFinish a batch to deduct stock, run fill checks against the 97% rule, set cure dates, then release it for sale or reject it.
- Cancel a batchStop a batch in progress, record why, and choose whether what you weighed goes back on the shelf.
Stock
Deliveries, shelf counts and the people you buy from.
Selling
Where you sell, what to make next and what to charge.
- Connect Shopify and your sales channelsConnect your Shopify store so paid orders take finished stock off by lot, set fees for every channel, and record sales from everywhere else.
- Markets and your calendarAdd the markets you’re doing, import them from or subscribe in Google, Apple or Outlook calendar, plan what to bring and see what each one left you.
- Plan productionOne list of what to make next across markets, online sales and stock, in the order to start it, counting cure time.
- Know your worthSee what each sale really leaves you after channel fees and your time, what you earn per hour, and suggested retail and wholesale prices.
Money
Expenses, profit and the numbers for tax time.
Records
Lot codes, tracing, complaints, labels and your data.
- Lot codes, tracing and quarantineHow lot codes are built, how to trace a lot back to its suppliers or forward to its sales, and how to quarantine a lot.
- Complaints and the compliance hubLog complaints and customer reactions against the lot, keep retain samples, and track licenses, insurance and filing dates.
- Tags and labelsPrint batch, cure-rack and bin tags with QR codes on standard label sheets, and cottage food labels straight from the batch.
- Export and back up your dataDownload every record as spreadsheets, one per kind of record, or as one full backup file, plus every stored file.
Calculators
Lye and scent load, with your own recipes.
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