thread How do I set up categories with an open amount? in Payments Troubleshooting

How do I set up categories with an open amount?

KashiLeatherJew — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 08:20:34 GMT

Is it possible to set up say, 10 categories and each category have an open amount that I can enter the amount in manually when I make the purchase?

i.e. I sell jewellery and candles but each item has a different price. Since I have over 50 different items (and haven't had time to sku or individually enter each one) I was thinking it would be much easier for me to just select say, "jewellery" and then it gives me an option to enter how much to sell it for.

So in the end I will know how much of each I sold of jewellery and candles and see the individual amounts sold in each category.

Thanks.

Re: How do I set up categories with an open amount?

Arie — Thu, 20 May 2021 00:43:19 GMT

Hi @KashiLeatherJew,

Thank you for reaching out and welcome to the Seller Community 👋

While it's currently not possible to create categories with open amounts, you can create items with variable prices.

A variably priced item will prompt you to enter the amount you'd like to charge, and you'll be able to run an item sales report to track what you've sold.

You can create a variably priced item from your dashboard by going to Items > Create Item > enter the item name, e.g candles, but leave the price field empty > Save.

To create an item on the app, tap on More > Items > All Items > Create Item. You'll also want to leave the price field empty and then hit > Save.

You can also find out more about managing and creating items with the Square app here.

I hope this helps!

Re: How do I set up categories with an open amount?

KashiLeatherJew — Wed, 19 May 2021 13:41:30 GMT

Oh wow! Thank you!