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# coreSTORE - Inventory -  "Do NOT Allow Items to be Sold Below Cost Price?"

In this article you we will show you how to keep your store from selling items below cost and how to exempt products on an individual level,

# Below Cost Store Setting
1. Click on **Company** > **Settings**

![Below Cost Settings Screenshot 1](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/6/9/8/9/6989aace46840400/image_zzeqyo.png)

2. Click on the **Sales** section of settings

![Below Cost Settings Screenshot 2](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/6/9/8/9/6989aace46840400/image_10g2m14.png)

3. Check the checkbox labeled “**Do NOT allow items to be sold below cost**”

![Below Cost Settings Screenshot 3](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/6/9/8/9/6989aace46840400/image_1g89ihy.png)

4. Click Save

![Below Cost Settings Screenshot 4](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/6/9/8/9/6989aace46840400/image_1pptye0.png)

# Below Cost Exceptions
1. Click on **Inventory** > **Items**

![Exceptions Screenshot 1](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/6/9/8/9/6989aace46840400/image_1txse5m.png)

2. Edit the item that you wish to exempt from the below cost rule

![Exceptions Screenshot 2](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/6/9/8/9/6989aace46840400/image_w5vb96.png)

3. Click on the **Pricing** tab

![Exceptions Screenshot 3](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/6/9/8/9/6989aace46840400/image_3h9suk.png)

4. Check the checkbox labeled **Allow Item To Be Sold Below Cost**

![Exceptions Screenshot 4](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/6/9/8/9/6989aace46840400/image_iuyloc.png)

5. Click Save

![Exceptions Screenshot 5](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/6/9/8/9/6989aace46840400/image_1bf7zcr.png)

|| The “Allow Item To Be Sold Below Cost” checkbox will not show if the setting “Do NOT allow items to be sold below cost” is not checked. If you do not see the checkbox in the Item details > Pricing page, check the settings in the first 4 steps.