What tasks are the most tiresome and time consuming, but necessary to keep your business running? 😫

[isabelle]

Hiiiiii Seller Community! Hope you're having a wonderful Wednesday. This question was selected on behalf of the Square org, who wishes to learn....

What tasks are the most tiresome and time consuming, but necessary to keep your business running? 

Looking forward to hearing and learning from you all ❤️

[loraine]

Hello good morning

[loraine]

can you dejd me the  invoice please the square read

[bribro89]

My challenge is marketing 😐. I know how it could really grow my business but yet I still struggle to post and create content. 

[EvieMichelle]

Yes! Marketing the hardest part. How do you want to do it? [email protected] - I have done some. 

[EvieMichelle]

Writing is! LOL  I love communicating but writing it all down and then editing is tedious work. I just got my LLC! And I'm excited. I use to operate as a sole proprietor and it's a great year for a transition to 7 figures when possible! www.emghostwriting.com

Your site? 

Let me know if you need assistance with a memoir, biography or more! 

[whsoap]

Marketing... sigh.

[AngelikiLE]

Never ending laundry! Lol I’m an esthetician! 

[JUYBoutique20]

It's like that for me at home....Laundry never ends

[Hawkspirit]

Book keeping/tracking sales/spits for my consignment peeps and independent contractors/guest readers, having a booking for certain days for certain people without having to pay an arm and a leg for an upgrade to have 1 extra independent contractor to have access to the schedule/booking.  Specially when they already have free platforms to book/pay on that doesn't cost extra monthly fees, or at least having them sync with mine

[Jaboris]

Hey 👋 I'm jaboris cannady

[Jaboris]

I need help collecting my money

[MiranasCrafts]

Mine is going to sound so ridiculous but honestly just mixing and coloring the resin then waiting for it to set! I am so impatient lol

[shopfybr]

Importing new inventory, receiving inventory, getting products available online (with photos, descriptions, etc.)

[Jb4rbodies]

E-Gift Cards, for sure. It requires extra bookkeeping on my end and the app is not particularly efficient to navigate when it comes to e-gift cards. 

[walmart]

Getting sales information out of Square and into Quickbooks Desktop. Being able to generate custom export reports would help.

[Wriggz245]

Not having enough bulk actions.

There are so many things I could complete with inventory and other item management. If I could select them, with bulk options, I could speed up the process by being able to handle multiple items simultaneously.

Coordinating departments to run under a basic structure of terms.

Across the entirety of Square, there are many of the same options defined in variations, options, and modifications depending on which branch of Square you are manipulating. Online, Dashboard, and POS, do not share the same terms or abilities across the platform. It is very time-consuming having to travel between the various departments to complete a simple change to my business.

[lenjobakes]

I posted a feature request on Ideate about this, but with Easter looming, I'm getting out my handy dandy pre-order notebook again in order to figure out what needs to get picked up when by going through each order one by one and doing a manual tally.

I dread holidays. Dread 'em. Mostly because I'm so anxious about missing someone/messing up somehow. But we can't just make BUCKET LOADS of product because no one wants an Easter egg after Easter is over, right? And I can't just sell whatever excess we have at a discount because I didn't pay people a discounted rate or pay for discounted ingredients. Food waste is my nemesis.

BUT! Who heard of a successful bakery that didn't participate in holiday baking, right? 😫

[MudFire_Dex]

Oooffff responding to reviews and emails - especially ones that don't really relate to our business but are tangentially related. I also suffer from a lack of boundaries (ie fixing problems that aren't mine itis)....so I can work more quickly sometimes when working when no one is around - so I end up being a true night owl and working into the wee hours of the morning to load kilns, fire, and catch up on tasks that suffered during the day with the distraction of being helpful.

[JUYBoutique20]

Receiving and inputting new inventory...

Preparing items for merchandising...

Reading and answering emails...

Photoshoots (Even though I love them the most)...

Searching for new merchandise (I'm usually up laaaaaate)...

[Bronze_Palms]

Sending out preparation instructions to clients, then "thank you" texts, and follow up texts to make sure the results of their service were of quality.

I have since automated it, however, I used to send them manually.

[ReginaRMT]

@isabelle  Billing insurance claims with paper forms that have to then be made digital. Or writing assessment forms more than once. But I can say with square my business really is automated nearly 90% which is really nice.