Feature Request: Track inventory on modifiers

[StickbowArchery]

The title of this post has been edited from the original: Tracking Modifiers in Inventory

One of the things I sell are archery bows.  When I sell a bow, it comes with a bowstring.  I also sell individual bowstrings.  I track inventory for bows AND bowstrings.  At the end of the day, I would like to see the TOTAL number of bowstrings out of my inventory (strings that went out wilh each bow + the strings sold individually).

The only way I've seen to do this are 1) "sell" a string with each bow, reducing the price to $0.00, or 2) attach a modifier to each bow that has the proper size bowstring automatically attached.  Option 2 would work best for me because I would eliminate employees forgetting to perform the steps in option 1, however I cannot find a way to accurately track my bowstring inventory while employing option 2.

Any suggestions?

[Fenn1974]

I’m not really sure what shop inventory is I’ve never used it I’m still a little old fashioned and keep track of inventory on pen and paper but tracking the modifiers makes it where I can track every flavor we sale 

[Helen]

@Fenn1974 @AvalonLeather I'm glad the modifier sales report is helpful. 😀

I just checked and Shopventory -- which is a partner app you can use with Square -- and it handles modifiers as variants. It looks like you might have to reorganize your item library though. If that's a good (or bad) solution for you it would be great if you could report back to let us know?

[Fenn1974]

Shop inventory looks nice but our business is seasonal and we’re only open 6 months a year and I don’t see any sense in spending $30 a month for something I can do myself the old fashioned way even though we’re a high output Shaved Ice stand and sell tens of thousands of snow cones a year I think It would be ok if it was half the cost 

[Fenn1974]

I'm not sure we sell Shaved Ice at a high output stand square helps a lot there is a lot more on the dashboard you just have to explore it if you have a question about something specific I will try to help

[MobileIceStand]

Hi!

I sell Italian Ice and would love to know a little bit more about how you use square? If you have any tips or tricks for me I am all ears!

Here is my email if that is easier for you!

[email protected] 

[Fenn1974]

Square is amazing for any type of Shaved Ice stand we use the square stand with printer my best advice is download the square register app on an iPad and play around with it. It is a free app there is a lot of help info online if need help setting it up

[Psi]

Hello

I would love to see a new feature added to innovatory management.

I would love to see an option to track innovatory with item modifiers. I currently sell a style of necklace, and my customers have a choice of 4 different chain sizes. I would like to be able to have a modifier set up for chain selection, and then have it deduct innovatory from the chains. This was I can keep track of how many of one size chain sells, and how many pendants sell without having to make the chain a separate item.

Thank you for your time in reading my wish.

P.S. Would love if iPhone app could do the category features like the iPad app does. I do not have the space for an iPad, and the big mess of items does make me a little sad when I took so much time to organize them online.

Thank you again

Psi Creations

[Russell]

Hi @Psi - thanks for asking about this.

A few other sellers have also asked for this and shared ways to work around this. Definitely take a look at RCT's process for tracking inventory and modifiers - you may also find some useful tools in one of our Items & Inventory partner apps.

We will also let our Product Team know that you're looking for the Item Grid on the phone app. 
 
Let us know if you have any tips to share! 

[MobileIceStand]

Hello, 

I am a mobile italian ice stand and am mainly a cash based business. I count cups to ensure they line up with cash & sales entered into the square system. But I also keep track as to how many of each size cup I am getting per my bucket of slush. Both analytics are important for my business projections/auditing. 

I was wondering if I there was a feature that kept inventory for modifiers, in a similar manner that it does for items? 

Reason being: 

I currently have my Items set up by the size "Low Tide" "High Tide" "Rip Tide". Then as a modifier they are able to select which flavor was chosen. This helps me to ensure that each cup is accounted for, and that there is a matching transaction in the square system along with the cash or credit cart payment & greatly helps me keep track of when I am running low on cups. 

I also like to keep track of how many scoops I am getting per each bucket. But unfortunately I haven't been able to figure out how to keep inventory on modifiers? 

I used to have my items set up by the flavor, with the modifiers being set up as the cup sizes. Having it set up that way, enabled me to see how many scoops I was getting out of each bucket, but made it very hard for me to audit how many cups were given out daily. 

Does anyone know if there is a way to keep inventory on Modifiers? Or will this be a feature coming in the near future? 

I am sure an Ice Cream stand would benenfit from having this feature as well? 

Thanks for your help! 

Kristen 

Kristen's Cart

Italian Ice

[Tom]

Hi @MobileIceStand, thanks for reaching out and taking the time to share!

You can use modifiers and price points to customize items in your library, but only price points are tracked with inventory management. I noticed that Fenn1974 offered a workaround in this thread: Tracking Modifiers in Inventory.

Does that help get you where you need to be for now? If not, please let me know and I'll be happy to take a deeper dive.

[MobileIceStand]

I think that will do it for now! 

I do have a few other questions, but not directly related to "modifiers" 🙂

Thank You Tom

[Tom]

Awesome.🙌 Thanks for circling back and for your patience! We're always working to improve our products based on seller feedback — please keep in touch for updates!

In the meantime, if any other questions come up — let us know. 🙂

[BobbyHowe]

We run a small pub and I am trying to figure out if there is a way to have modifiers come out of Inventory.  Example: We sell a hamburger, Select modifiers such as bacon and cheese.  Is there a way for the bacon and cheese and bun to come out of the inventory?  I know it will take a hamburger out of the iventory as it is the main item, but I would like it to take a bun out and the modifiers out for each sandwich we sell. 

This reply was created from merging an existing thread: “Food Inventory Help”. The original author has been notified via email.

[Chad]

Hello @BobbyHowe! 

This is a great question that's currently a feature request. I went ahead and merged your thread with an existing one. Check out Tom's answer at the top of this thread. It includes a workaround from another Square Seller!

[kayklier]

The title of this thread has been edited from the original: Inventory on Modifiers

Is there a way to track inventory on Modifiers? I do a lot of custom work and I would rather track the inventory on the modifier side rather than the item itself. 

[RHatch]

Here is a screen shot to help you out.

Create your item "Metroid Shirt" like I did here "Car Care Basic"  In the Price and Inventory section "Add Variations" (bottom left button.  Each size will be a variation.  You can set the SKU price and stock level of each variation.  In the Square app you will see one item and when you click on it you will be asked to choose a size.  On the Square online store, it will give you a drop-down menu to select your size option.

Hope that helps

[eleganceshoe]

that's the same screen shot.....

[eleganceshoe]

and it doesn't help...

[RHatch]

Maybe this will help you.

Click on create item and you will see this window.  Fill in all the information when you get to Price & inventory click add Variations.

Then you will see this box.  Here you can add your variations like the example below.  Once you add them then you can go back and add inventory.

[EJ_]

Thanks for helping out here @RHatch

@eleganceshoe Did everything work out ok? Let us know if you need more help. 

[eleganceshoe]

Definitely not, Square isn't offering a lot of flexibility here...