My wife is an artist and jeweler. We've been using Square for in-person payments for art shows and such for many years. I created the item library with 5 categories: jewelry, original art, prints, note cards, and journals. I'm now in the process of creating a Square website for online sales, and I'd love some insight from experienced users about how to set up items using categories/items/variations.
Earrings are easy. Each pair of earrings is unique, so I can easily post a pair of earrings and link it to a single item in my library. However, with the visual art, a single image may be for sale as an original piece of art, AND as a poster, note card, and/or journal.
Prior to creating the website, I had discrete categories for each item type. It seems like creating a single item based on image title might make more sense, and then create options and variations for it: original, print, note card, journal.
But I don't want to scrap what I've already built in my item library or lose the sales history I have that's all based on differentiating these item types by category rather than by options/variations.
Any suggestions/opinions welcome. Thanks!
