Frequently asked
Frequently asked questions
116 answers grouped by theme, taken from the Help Centre. Search covers all 583 questions.
General questions
General questions, your data and its security, and how to reach our support team.
No. Krak Stack runs in a recent web browser. On a phone, you can add it to the home screen.
Read the guide: General questions about Krak StackIn Germany, in the European Union, on a Hostinger server, with an encrypted backup copy at Cloudflare. For a data processing agreement (DPA), open a support ticket.
Read the guide: Your data and its securityWhat you were doing, what you expected and what happened. Give the reference concerned (container number such as CSQU3054383, deal reference, invoice number) and the exact error message.
Read the guide: Open a support ticketNo. The application refuses to open your workspace to the team until an administrator of your company has authorised it, and only for the time chosen.
Read the guide: Support access to your workspaceEnglish and French. Choose the language with the selector at the top right of the sign-in page.
Read the guide: General questions about Krak StackNo. Each company only sees its own data.
Read the guide: Your data and its securityYes, it is often the fastest way to understand the problem.
Read the guide: Open a support ticketYour administrators receive an email at each opening, and the Your data page lists every authorisation, every opening and every refused attempt.
Read the guide: Support access to your workspaceGetting started
First login, navigating the workspace, importing your data and using Krak Stack on your phone.
No. Krak Stack runs in your web browser. On a phone, you can add it to the home screen.
Read the guide: What is Krak Stack?No, but it avoids rework. For example, numbering should be set before you issue your first invoices.
Read the guide: Set up your account: first stepsUse the workspace selector at the top of the left menu.
Read the guide: Finding your way around Krak StackBooked means the container is reserved for a deal. Released means that, in addition, the release has been issued. In both cases it is still at the depot.
Read the guide: Krak Stack glossaryNo. Krak Stack installs directly from the browser.
Read the guide: Use Krak Stack on your phoneCompanies and depots first, then containers, then deals. Bank statements come when you start matching payments.
Read the guide: Import your data into Krak StackYes. The Trading plan covers buying and selling. The Trading + Leasing plan adds leasing.
Read the guide: What is Krak Stack?Yes. In Numbering, the Continue an existing numbering section lets you enter the next number of each document.
Read the guide: Set up your account: first stepsContainer management
Creating and importing containers, statuses, depots, history, search filters and bulk editing.
The ISO 6346 format: 4 letters, 6 digits and a check digit computed from the first 10 characters. If the last digit does not match, the message shows the expected digit.
Read the guide: Create or edit a containerNo. Drop your file as it is: common titles are recognised, and you confirm the mapping at the next step.
Read the guide: Import your container stockIn Depot counts every container at the depot, booked ones included. Available counts only the free ones.
Read the guide: Understand container statusesNo. The ones on the depot record drive the storage cost the depot charges you. Free days granted to a customer are set on the leasing.
Read the guide: Depots, depot stays and free daysType its number in the list search, or in the global search at the top of the screen.
Read the guide: Search, filter and organize the container listSelect them, open Bulk Edit, choose the Depot and confirm.
Read the guide: Edit several containers at onceOpen the History tab: the change shows with the date and the user's name.
Read the guide: View a container's history and dealsNo. A movement is only recorded when you confirm or validate it.
Read the guide: Check depot stock reports against Krak StackCompanies and contacts
Customers, suppliers and depots, their contacts, company types, depot tariffs and imports.
No, a company has one type. If a partner is both a customer and a supplier, pick the main type; the company can still be used on all your deals.
Read the guide: Company typesThe type describes the company's main role. Only the Depot type changes the form and the selection lists.
Read the guide: Create a companySave it as CSV before importing it.
Read the guide: Import companies from a CSV fileThe invoiced company has no Invoice contact with an email. Add one, or create it directly in the sending window.
Read the guide: Manage contacts and their document rolesArrival handling + daily rate × billable days (days at the depot minus free days), then departure handling at exit, plus photo and release fees if any.
Read the guide: Enter and export depot tariffsOnly companies of type Depot are offered there. Change the company's type.
Read the guide: Company typesThe Invoice contacts of the company the invoice is addressed to, and nobody else. Without an Invoice contact, there is no automatic recipient.
Read the guide: Create a companyThe value matches no type code or name in your workspace. Fix it, for example "client" or "depot".
Read the guide: Import companies from a CSV fileLeasing
Lease contracts, free days and per diems, pickups and drop-offs, leasing statuses and invoices.
Yes. Pickup charge invoices and partial per diem invoices can be created at any time. A per diem invoice covers a period you choose.
Read the guide: How does a lease work in Krak Stack?Yes: prefix LSG, your company document code, year and counter (for example LSGAB202600012). The format is set in Settings > Documents & emails > Numbering. Leasing and trading share the same counter.
Read the guide: Create a leaseYes, in Classic mode. Batch mode is only offered on a larger screen.
Read the guide: Record pickups and drop-offsNo. If it comes back within its free day allowance, it has no billable day.
Read the guide: How are free days and per diems counted?No. The pickup charge is owed by the customer only when Paid By names the customer.
Read the guide: Leasing invoicesNo. The status always reflects the real state of the containers and invoices. Correct the underlying data (date, invoice, payment) and the status follows.
Read the guide: Leasing statusesMoving to In Transit requires every active container of the deal to be picked up. While some are still at the depot, the deal stays Released.
Read the guide: How does a lease work in Krak Stack?No. You can leave Containers empty and name them later, at release or pickup time.
Read the guide: Create a leaseSales and purchases
Container trading: purchases, sales, buy/sell deals, gate buy, trading statuses, invoices and margins.
Gate-buy + Sell. From the lease Containers tab, the Create Gate Buy button opens a deal already set up that way.
Read the guide: Trading types - buy, sell, pick-up and gate-buyNo. You can name them later, on the release, at pickup or on the return.
Read the guide: Create a trading dealThe drop-off stops this container's rental on the lease. The lease then follows its own invoicing and closing rules.
Read the guide: What is a gate-buy?On a delivery the port is where your stock is, not where the client is. The containers offered and the release depot depend on it; the truck's destination is the delivery address.
Read the guide: Sell containers delivered to the client, transport includedThe invoice does not cover every container that left, or another sale invoice is still a draft.
Read the guide: Trading statusesYes, each Container Prices line can be changed. Leaving the deal price empty lets you set everything at invoicing time.
Read the guide: Trading invoices and marginOne deal carries both prices and produces two invoices (sale to the buyer, purchase from the seller). Its margin shows directly.
Read the guide: Trading types - buy, sell, pick-up and gate-buyChoose Gate-buy and Sell, then the Linked leasing. You can type a port, a client or a reference; the leases returning to the deal's port come first. Each option shows three lines: the lease and its client, the route, then the containers per type and condition with "N left of M". Only leases with containers left to sell are offered; picking a lease that returns elsewhere sets the deal port to its return port.
Read the guide: Create a trading dealReleases and returns
Containers leaving and entering depots: releases, returns, release sources and cancelled pickups.
The release is still a Draft, or the sent releases do not cover the whole deal quantity.
Read the guide: What is a release and how do I issue one?Create a Buy pick-up deal for the purchase. Then, on each lease or sale, create a supplier release and choose Already bought with that deal in Purchase. Only open purchases entered by hand are offered.
Read the guide: Release from stock or from a supplierWhen the returns cover every active container of the deal.
Read the guide: Returns - drop-off instructions to a depotYes, the cancellation is written to the container history, and the deal status change to the deal history.
Read the guide: Cancel a pickup or a releaseYes, with Edit Release. Some fields are locked once containers have been picked up. A cancelled release can no longer be edited.
Read the guide: What is a release and how do I issue one?If it was created by this release, it is deleted. If it already appears on an invoice, it is archived and a warning asks you to check whether a credit note is needed.
Read the guide: Release from stock or from a supplierYes. Create as many returns as needed, for example one per return depot.
Read the guide: Returns - drop-off instructions to a depotNo container of the deal is currently picked up.
Read the guide: Cancel a pickup or a releaseInvoicing
Invoices, credit notes, VAT, numbering, sending, payment reminders, pro forma and recorded payments.
Yes, as long as the invoice can still be edited (draft, or sale and purchase invoices that are sent or overdue). A paid or canceled invoice can no longer be edited.
Read the guide: Which invoice types exist in Krak Stack?No. View PDF is read-only. Only Download PDF and Send by Email issue the invoice.
Read the guide: What do invoice statuses mean?No. Only customers in Switzerland and Liechtenstein pay Swiss VAT. The French customer is invoiced at 0% with the "customer outside Switzerland" note.
Read the guide: How is VAT calculated on my invoices?For a trading or pickup charge invoice linked to a deal, the company follows the deal and cannot be changed.
Read the guide: How do I create an invoice?The invoice is a purchase invoice. Only sales can be sent.
Read the guide: How do I email an invoice?On purpose: a number is only used when the invoice is issued, which avoids gaps in your invoice sequence.
Read the guide: How are invoices and documents numbered?Click Record a payment, choose The client paid a part and enter the amount. The invoice stays open for the balance due and keeps being reminded.
Read the guide: How do I record a payment or mark an invoice paid?The invoice is a draft, canceled, a purchase or a proforma, or your role does not allow managing credit notes.
Read the guide: How do I create a credit note?Banking and reconciliation
Connecting Revolut or Airwallex, importing bank statements and matching payments to invoices.
No. The connection only reads accounts and transactions.
Read the guide: How do I connect Revolut Business?Check that the Client ID and the key come from the same Airwallex key, then try again.
Read the guide: How do I connect Airwallex?No, semicolons are detected automatically.
Read the guide: How do I import a bank statement CSV?Search by amount, payer or reference in the search field, or switch to reading from Bank movements.
Read the guide: How do I match bank payments with invoices?So that this payer's next transfers are recognised and suggested on the right invoices.
Read the guide: How does Krak Stack remember a payer?The return from Revolut must happen within two minutes. Click Connect again.
Read the guide: How do I connect Revolut Business?The key lacks Read access to Balances, Deposits and Financial Transactions. Create a new key with these three accesses and reconnect.
Read the guide: How do I connect Airwallex?Only recent movements are imported. Older rows are left out.
Read the guide: How do I import a bank statement CSV?Dashboard and exports
Dashboard indicators, period filter, alerts, leasing and trading tabs, receivables, DSO and exports.
It covers all open sale invoices, drafts included, whatever their date.
Read the guide: Read the dashboard indicatorsIt downloads on the page that started the export, as soon as it is ready. If you left the page, use the link in the notification bell, or the e-mail for exports of 2,000 rows or more.
Read the guide: Export your lists to CSV or ExcelThe default period is the current month, which has little in it yet. Choose the previous month or use View year.
Read the guide: The dashboard period and comparisonsIt is replaced by Average time to get paid, easier to read: the number of days your clients take on average to pay.
Read the guide: The Finance tab of the dashboardAlerts are not turned on for your workspace. An administrator can turn on Show proactive alerts in Settings > Alerts, Dashboard alerts tab.
Read the guide: The Actions to do tab and alertsIt compares the containers on hire to the whole managed fleet, including available stock, booked containers and those in trading.
Read the guide: The Leasing and Trading tabs of the dashboardIts free days are long or its tariff is low. Look at the length and the capital asleep: a container that sleeps earns nothing, even when it costs little.
Read the guide: The Depots tab of the dashboardChoose the year in Period, then By period revenue in Top clients.
Read the guide: Revenue evolution and top clientsNotifications and alerts
The bell, the summary e-mail and phone notifications, following a deal, arrivals in your markets and company defaults.
Check three points: you follow the deal (the deal's Notifications window), the event has at least one box ticked in My notifications, and the summary e-mail is not due later in the day or the week.
Read the guide: Set up my notifications (bell, e-mail, phone)By default yes. They can be set to Not followed on this deal, and they can turn off following their deals automatically in My notifications.
Read the guide: Follow a deal and choose who is toldYou refused the browser request. Allow notifications for Krak Stack in the browser or phone settings, then reload the page.
Read the guide: Get notifications on your phone and computerThey are three levels of detail. Choose a region for a wide view, a country for a national market, a port for one city. You can combine them.
Read the guide: Be told about arrivals in my marketsNo. They only change the events that each person left on the company value.
Read the guide: Company notification defaultsNo. E-mails are grouped in the summary e-mail, at the frequency you chose. To be told at once, use the bell or the phone.
Read the guide: Set up my notifications (bell, e-mail, phone)Open Notifications on the deal and set their line to Followed. You need the right to edit this deal to set other people.
Read the guide: Follow a deal and choose who is toldOn iPhone and iPad, Krak Stack must be opened from the home screen, not from Safari. Follow the "On iPhone and iPad" steps.
Read the guide: Get notifications on your phone and computerProfitability and projections
Deal margins, portfolio profitability, margin projections, fleet value, depreciation and exchange rates.
Projected starts from the deal prices, invoiced from the issued invoices. The gap comes from invoices not issued yet, drafts, upcoming per diems or an invoiced price different from the deal price.
Read the guide: How do I read the profitability of a deal?Collected at the top counts all the money received during the period, whatever the deal. This tab only counts what was received on deals created during the period.
Read the guide: How do I track the profitability of all my deals?It projects the repositioning value: what you would earn by selling the containers picked up in leasing at their target price.
Read the guide: What does the Projection tab show?Their price is in a currency with no exchange rate available at the date used.
Read the guide: Fleet value, book value and depreciationNo exchange rate exists for its currency. Add the currency or its rate in the Finance settings.
Read the guide: Currencies and exchange rates in the figuresNo payment has been recorded or reconciled yet. Mark the invoice as paid, record the payment or validate the bank reconciliation: the column updates.
Read the guide: How do I read the profitability of a deal?Choose View by > Client: the table ranks clients by margin. Add a Trading or Leasing filter to separate the business lines.
Read the guide: How do I track the profitability of all my deals?For the projection, in Settings > Container catalog, Reference prices tab: Type a price or Fill in missing prices, per port, type and condition. The Pick-up, Gate buy and Market Value fields of a container are used once it is picked up, and for the stock values.
Read the guide: What does the Projection tab show?Workspace configuration
Company profile, users and roles, statuses and labels, documents and emails, finance settings and two-factor login.
That is intended: your company logo is reserved for your documents and emails. The interface shows the Krak Stack logo.
Read the guide: Your company profileCheck the address entered and their spam folder. They can also use "Forgot password?" on the sign-in page with that address.
Read the guide: Invite users and manage their rightsYes. Add one account per line and give it a clear Label. Then choose which accounts to print on each invoice.
Read the guide: Finance settings: bank, reminders, currencies, depreciationIn Numbering, Continue an existing numbering section, enter the Next number of each document.
Read the guide: Documents, emails and numberingNo. Statuses are tied to the application's rules. You can only rename them and change their appearance.
Read the guide: Customise statuses and labelsWithout access to your mailbox, you cannot receive the code. Open a ticket or ask an administrator of your company to contact support.
Read the guide: Turn on two-step sign-inTypes come from the library only. Switch on the type you need in the Types tab. If it is not in the library, open a ticket.
Read the guide: Set up the container catalog and reference pricesThe header of your documents shows the company logo, address, phone and email. Preview a PDF to check the result.
Read the guide: Your company profileDocuments and email
Document templates, attachments, and sending operational documents from your own domain.
The records have not been published, or they were published on the wrong name. The most frequent cause is a duplicated domain suffix: some DNS interfaces append the domain automatically, producing mail.yourcompany.com.yourcompany.com. Ask your provider to check the full resulting name of each record. If everything looks correct, allow up to 24 hours for propagation before verifying again.
Read the guide: Set up your own sending domainThe key was created without sending rights, or it was restricted to a different domain. In Resend, open API Keys and confirm the permission is Sending access and that the domain restriction matches your verified domain. A key limited to read-only access cannot send. Delete it, create a new one and paste it again.
Read the guide: Set up your own sending domainThis usually means the domain is verified but the SPF or DMARC record is incomplete: for example two separate SPF records on the same name, which invalidates both. Ask your provider to merge them into a single record. A brand-new sending domain also has no reputation yet: volumes build up over the first days, and rejections normally stop once regular sending is established.
Read the guide: Set up your own sending domainThe display name comes from your workspace settings, not from Resend. Open Settings, then Documents and email, and correct the display name and sender address there.
Read the guide: Set up your own sending domainKrak Stack subscription
Your Krak Stack subscription: the 14-day free trial, plans, how the fleet size sets the price, invoices, payment methods and how to cancel.
No. The card is asked only when you subscribe.
Read the guide: Krak Stack free trialTrading covers buying and selling containers. Trading + Leasing adds lease contract management.
Read the guide: Krak Stack plans and payment methodsNo. You can import your data and set up your workspace yourself with the tools included in every plan.
Read the guide: Onboarding and data migration serviceOnly the price difference for the remaining days of the current month, charged at once. The next month, you pay the full new price.
Read the guide: Change your Krak Stack planEach account attached to your company, whatever its role.
Read the guide: Add extra usersIt is limited to administrators. Ask an administrator of your company.
Read the guide: Your Krak Stack subscription invoicesCheck your spam folder. From the confirmation screen, you can send the e-mail again.
Read the guide: Krak Stack free trialIf a renewal is not paid (card refused, transfer not received by the end of the year), everyone keeps access for 7 days with a red banner; Pay now opens the Billing page. After that, users are redirected to the Billing page until payment. Non-administrators see a message asking them to contact their administrator.
Read the guide: Krak Stack plans and payment methodsReady to modernize your container operations?
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