How to use BeaverDrop

Inventory & drops

Build a catalog with photos, SKUs, categories, and quantities. Assign items to drops or pop-up events so you can filter what matters for the next release.

Drops are managed from Settings: creating or editing a drop updates labels and dates. Deleting a drop removes the drop and clears its assignment from items — it does not delete inventory rows.

Use barcode or QR scanning where available to adjust stock quickly. Watch for low-stock alerts on the dashboard-style views.

Craft costing

Create projects with materials, units, labour hours, and overhead. The material library keeps supplier-friendly rows you can reuse across batches.

Destructive actions (deleting library materials, lines, or whole projects) should ask for confirmation — snapshots on older projects preserve historical costs.

Generate quotes and invoices as PDFs when you need something shareable; CSV exports help when spreadsheets are part of your workflow.

Event POS

Events bundle dates, location, default currency, and tax configuration. The POS surface uses large tiles and a cart tuned for noisy, bright environments.

Deleting an event is destructive for that event’s sales and links — the app should confirm before removal. Keep paper or exported backups for anything you might need later.

Receipts and end-of-day summaries can be exported for accounting; tender mix and tax lines follow the rules you configured for the event.

Export & backup

CSV exports help with Excel or Google Sheets. For full restores, prefer the versioned backup flow documented in-app — it preserves more structure than flat CSV alone.

If you enable auto-export, the app writes a debounced copy under its sandbox Documents/BeaverDropAutoExport/beaverbackup.beaverbackup (same relative path shown in Settings). That keeps a latest snapshot on device; to archive off-phone, use Export .beaverbackup in Settings and save via the share sheet (Files, iCloud Drive, AirDrop, mail). Watch for storage or write failures — you should get a visible error with retry.

Tips

• Set tax presets once at the app level, then override only where a listing truly differs.
• Keep social captions short in the dedicated field — copy to clipboard when you post a drop.
• On iPad, use the extra width for side-by-side flows where the app offers them.
• If animations feel strong, enable reduced motion in iOS Settings — BeaverDrop respects it.