Can we send orders to our Square KDS before the ticket is paid?

[Goldrush4you]

The title of this post has been edited from the original: Can i send orders to kds before paying the ticket

Is there a way to send orders to my kds before the ticket is paid?

[Valentina]

I don't believe this would be possible, but I can check with the team just in case, @Goldrush4you.

For context - why would you want to send an order to your KDS before a customer pays for the order?

P.S. Welcome to the Seller Community 👋

[Goldrush4you]

We are a drive thru only and when we get a few cars in line we cant make their stuff because it wont show on screen.

[Joe]

Hi there, @Goldrush4you 👋 Stepping in for Valentina on this one.

Ah, this definitely makes sense. Thanks for providing that extra context for us. Drive-through only would indeed require a more flexible option here.

As Valentina stated above, this isn't something that we offer at the moment. However, I'm more than happy to pass this along as an outstanding Feature Request for our Product Teams if you like! 

[Donnie-M]

@Goldrush4you I may be jumping in here so please excuse me if I am wrong.  Do you use open tickets?  I would try enabling open tickets and I use it a couple different ways.  With the Square KDS there are a couple limitations when splitting tickets.  But with open tickets if a customer has a large order, I will ring in the first couple items --->save ticket ---Enter Name --->  and the ticket will be sent to kitchen.  From here you have 2 choices...start a new ticket and add next items rinse and repeat.  At the end you bring up the tickets..edit..and merge them back into 1 ticket for payment.  Or you can bring the first saved ticket back up and add the next few items and hit save again.  Repeat this process for 1 nice clean ticket with multiple kitchen tickets under the same name.

Try this and see if this will work for you.  I use FreshKDS, but the square KDS is an awesome product.