# Saving reusable items

> Save the sessions, albums and fees you charge for under Templates, then add them to invoices, proposals and bookings with the name and price filled in.

Source: https://help.corehue.co/docs/payments/saved-items/

An item is something you charge for, saved once so you never retype it: a session, an album, extra hours, travel. Pick it on an invoice, proposal or booking and the name, description and price fill in for you.

Items live under **Templates → Items**, the first tab of your templates library.

## Adding an item

1. Go to **Templates → Items** and choose **Add item**.
2. Give it a **Name** your client will understand on an invoice: "Wedding coverage, 8 hours" or "Fine art album, 30 pages", not "WED-8".
3. Add a **Description** if it helps. It's plain text, and line breaks are kept, so a simple list of what's included works well.
4. Set a **Price**, or leave it empty for things you quote case by case.
5. Choose **Add item**.

The first time you add an item, CoreHue asks for your default currency, since a price needs one.

You can also create items as you work. On an invoice, choose **Add item** at the bottom of the item picker and the new item lands on the line in one step. Your catalog builds itself.

## Using an item

| Where | The item picker says | What you can do |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Invoices | **Select an item…** | Pick a saved item, or add a new one from the picker |
| Proposals | **Select an item or type a name** | Pick a saved item, or type a one-off name that isn't saved |
| Invoice items on a booking you add yourself | **Select an item or type a name** | Pick a saved item, or type a one-off name |

Once an item is on a document, everything is yours to change for that document. Editing a line never changes the saved item.

## Changing and deleting items

Select a row, or choose **Edit** from its ⋯ menu, to open **Edit item**. Changes apply to documents you create from now on. Invoices already created keep the price they had, so raising your rates never disturbs an invoice a client is holding.

**Delete** in the ⋯ menu removes an item for good. As CoreHue says before you confirm, "Invoices that already used this item keep their line items unchanged."

## Prices and currency

An item's price is a plain number. The list shows it in your default currency. If you use it on a document in another currency, the same number is used as typed, with no conversion, so check the figure. See [Invoicing in more than one currency](/docs/invoices/multiple-currencies).

## What's worth saving

Anything you've typed twice. Your main services, of course, but the real wins are the extras you charge now and then: travel, rush editing, an extra hour, a second shooter. Those are the ones that get undercharged, because working out the number each time is a nuisance.

## Items vs add-ons

Add-ons on a booking service are separate. Those are extras your client ticks while booking, set up on the service itself. See [Adding add-ons to a service](/docs/online-booking/add-ons).

## Frequently asked questions

### Can I format item descriptions with bold or links?

No. Saved item descriptions are plain text, with line breaks kept.

### Does changing an item's price update invoices I've already sent?

No. Invoices keep the item price they were created with. Only new invoices, proposals and bookings pick up the change.

### Do I have to set a price?

No. A saved item's **Price** is optional, so leave it empty for anything you quote per job. The list shows no price, and you set the amount on each document.

### Where did Items go? I used to find them under Payments.

Saved items now live under **Templates → Items**, alongside your contract, questionnaire and email templates. Old bookmarks to the Payments version take you there automatically.