I manage events for a Cidery: we have a brick and mortar location, but take our product to farmers markets, Festivals, and other types of outside events. I have dedicated tablets for events, but I have more than one kind of event.
Right now square thinks I have more than one entry for several items. I'd like to reduce that to a single entry per item, but still be able to account for them being sold at different prices and places, without changing the setup at the brick and mortar location.
Basically I am trying to keep my items across all locations, with different prices, but still be able to see where I sold what, or how many of a certain item I sold across all locations. I'd like to differentiate not only between "brick and mortar" sales and "event sales" but also between different kinds of events.
Should I make a new location and import the library to each new location, or is there a simpler, less messy way? If i did this, how could I use one tablet for more than one "event" location?
HI @FFTTCider
Square doesn't allow you to switch between locations without logging out and logging back in each time you want to switch. If you only need to do this once for each event it would work. It's cumbersome when you deal with employees though.
For your setup, I'd recommend creating locations for your brick and mortar and the events, especially if you're dealing with variable pricing depending on the location of the event.
For your items, you can download a excel spreadsheet of your item library and make location-specific pricing changes in the spreadsheet. It's a *lot* faster than trying to modify each item individually. Just make sure you don't change any of the columns or you'll throw the most random of errors when you try to reupload your spreadsheet.
I have two locations that have the same item but differently priced. Doing it this way makes it a LOT easier to keep track of what is and isn't selling.
Hope this helps!
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