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Recruiting for Beta: Batch Production / Cutoff Times for Square Online

kellyj — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 20:43:04 GMT

We’re excited to announce a new option for businesses who prepare orders in batches instead of on a rolling basis.

We're currently looking for sellers to test this feature, and would love your help.

Batch Production/Cutoff Times will allow you to:

Define an order cutoff time. For example, all orders placed before 10am can be fulfilled same day, and orders placed after that time will be automatically rolled over to the next day
Define lead times. For example, with a 1 day lead time, the earliest an order placed today could be picked up would be tomorrow
Show an all-day fulfillment window, instead of a specific time. For example, if my business hours are 9am-5pm daily, I can show my buyer that they can pick their items up today between 9am-5pm, instead of showing them that they need to pick it up at a specific time (e.g. 1:45pm)

Key limitations you should be aware of:

These settings only apply to pickup and delivery orders
For now, these settings only exist at the location level, not the item level.
The lead time feature ('minimum days required') uses business days, not calendar days.

To get started with this Beta:

Please Join the Beta Community Square Online testing group by clicking here
Reply to this post with I'm in! We'll make sure that you are being accepted into the testing group as well, and you'll be able to see the post once you are accepted. (Please note with the holiday we may be a bit slow to respond before Monday)
Schedule a time to speak with our Product Team for a quick walk through of the feature and how to get set up. The link to set up your time will be available one you are accepted into the group.

Questions? Feel free to reply below!

Re: Recruiting for Beta: Batch Production / Cutoff Times for Square Online

pessosices — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 15:01:16 GMT

Well this is pretty amazing. Thanks for sharing, @kellyj ! This is going to help so many sellers!

Re: Recruiting for Beta: Batch Production / Cutoff Times for Square Online

cbm — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 14:22:41 GMT

I'm in!

Re: Recruiting for Beta: Batch Production / Cutoff Times for Square Online

lisasomerville — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 16:23:22 GMT

I'm in!

Re: Recruiting for Beta: Batch Production / Cutoff Times for Square Online

Twiggy — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 18:35:38 GMT

This could be the ticket for Florists - I'm in bu tis the US only ? xx

Re: Recruiting for Beta: Batch Production / Cutoff Times for Square Online

Twiggy — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 18:37:12 GMT

Im in

Re: Recruiting for Beta: Batch Production / Cutoff Times for Square Online

RuckusDonuts — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 15:27:13 GMT

I'm in!

Re: Recruiting for Beta: Batch Production / Cutoff Times for Square Online

MAMADUKES — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 18:40:27 GMT

I'm in!

Re: Recruiting for Beta: Batch Production / Cutoff Times for Square Online

Barbara_B — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 20:36:34 GMT

@Twiggy I'm adding you to the list and I'll double check to make sure we're still on track to launch globally.

Re: Recruiting for Beta: Batch Production / Cutoff Times for Square Online

Barbara_B — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 20:38:44 GMT

@cbm Got you on the list!

Re: Recruiting for Beta: Batch Production / Cutoff Times for Square Online

Barbara_B — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 20:40:55 GMT

@lisasomerville got you on the list!

Re: Recruiting for Beta: Batch Production / Cutoff Times for Square Online

Barbara_B — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 20:41:31 GMT

@Twiggy Got you on the list! Double checking that we're still on track for UK.

Re: Recruiting for Beta: Batch Production / Cutoff Times for Square Online

Barbara_B — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 20:42:44 GMT

@RuckusDonuts got you!

Re: Recruiting for Beta: Batch Production / Cutoff Times for Square Online

Barbara_B — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 20:44:42 GMT

Got you on the list @MAMADUKES

Re: Recruiting for Beta: Batch Production / Cutoff Times for Square Online

Sweetluxe — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 20:53:41 GMT

So excited to see this detail being improved on! For companies like, mine, who offer pick ups only on weekends, will this option be offered?

I'm in to help test!

Thanks so much!

Re: Recruiting for Beta: Batch Production / Cutoff Times for Square Online

Barbara_B — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 21:02:34 GMT

@Sweetluxe I would think this would be perfect for you! Instead of having to specify a prep time like you do now, you could say something like all orders placed by noon on Thursday are available for pickup on Saturday. The product manager for this one is very interested in understanding all the different use cases and making sure you understand the setup options. So as part of the beta, you'll have a 30 minute call with him to walk through the setup and answer any questions you may have.

I've added you to the list!

Re: Recruiting for Beta: Batch Production / Cutoff Times for Square Online

LOKAL — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 22:34:40 GMT

LOKAL Cafe is in. We make bread deliveries on Friday and Saturday for all orders received before Wednesday.

Re: Recruiting for Beta: Batch Production / Cutoff Times for Square Online

RuckusDonuts — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 22:55:53 GMT

Yas!!! Woot!!!

Re: Recruiting for Beta: Batch Production / Cutoff Times for Square Online

KandieS — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 14:57:05 GMT

I am in

Re: Recruiting for Beta: Batch Production / Cutoff Times for Square Online

Barbara_B — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 17:40:36 GMT

@Twiggy Confirmed we're good to go in the UK so you just need to use the link I DM'd you to set up an appointment with the PM for onboarding. 🙂