thread transferring inventory, going from Square for Retail Plus -> Square Plus in Orders, Menu Items, Catalog & Fulfilment

transferring inventory, going from Square for Retail Plus -> Square Plus

jevans — Fri, 22 May 2026 16:45:30 GMT

Hi everyone,

We recently switched from Square for Retail Plus to Square Plus as the former has been phased out. When that happened, we lost our ability to easily transfer inventory between 2 locations through the Item Library > Actions > Transfer Stock, or through Inventory Management > Transfer Orders. From what I can discern, in order to have these exact features reinstated, we would need to upgrade to Square Premium, which for us would be a jump from $120/month to $300/month!

Does any have suggestions on other ways to accomplish this, other than manually changing a specific item's count in the item library, on an item by item basis?

Thanks in advance!

Re: transferring inventory, going from Square for Retail Plus -> Square Plus

JasonCK — Sat, 23 May 2026 05:07:33 GMT

I would treat this as a count-transfer worksheet rather than item-by-item edits. First export the Item Library and save that untouched as the rollback copy. Then make a transfer sheet with SKU/variation, current qty at location A, current qty at location B, move qty, new qty A, and new qty B.

If Square Plus still lets you import inventory values, test with one low-risk item first: the New Quantity/location columns replace the count, they do not add/subtract. Once that test behaves, batch the transfer by importing the recalculated counts.

If import is blocked for your plan, the same sheet is still useful as a control list so both location edits stay paired and auditable. I would also ask Square support to confirm whether your current Square Plus plan should expose Transfer Stock/Transfer Orders, because the plan migration language and the visible dashboard controls may not be aligned for your account.

Re: transferring inventory, going from Square for Retail Plus -> Square Plus

jevans — Tue, 26 May 2026 12:53:09 GMT

Thanks for the reply, we'll see where that gets us!