How do you keep track of inventory when used in the store and sold on line?

[kimberse]

I have inventory I use for the day to day business and I sell those same products online.  I need to be able to track used inventory checked out by an employee as well as the inventory sold online.

[JustinC]

Inventory in-store syncs to the Online Store automatically in the background. Is this not happening for you? 

@kimberse

[kimberse]

I am not sure how to have the products used by the staff to be deducted from inventory?  How do I make this happen?

[JustinC]

@kimberse Are they using the products that are for sale that customers can buy? 

[kimberse]

Yes. 

The product is sold to other professionals around the world online.

Our staff uses the product in our shop to apply to customers.  A staff member may use a tray on more than one customer.  The staff take trays as they are needed.

[JustinC]

Gotcha! In order to track those products, they need to be added to the sale at checkout. With each sale made, inventory will reduce as long as stock amounts are entered on the edit item page of Dashboard or the POS app. 

@kimberse

[kimberse]

That is not how it works.  Each client doesn't buy the box.  A technician may use one box on 10 people. 

Is there a way to enter one box when taken into the system as Stock in use or something?

[JustinC]

@kimberse Not at the moment. Square doesn't have a way to track supplies/products used. Sorry about that. 

Once the box is used up, you'll need to manually edit stock levels minus one.