Feature Request: Bundle items as a single item, pull from inventory individually - combo/combination

[Baconation]

The title of this post has been edited from the original: Inventory: Can you bundle items together as a single item or special?

We have multiple products for the same price.   We offer a 3 for $20 special, which is a mix & match of any three products.   How do I handle the inventory count?   Do I need to add each item with the discounted amount, so at check out I would have to select three discounted items?   Or do I add each item at the regular amount and apply an overall discount?

[#2]

Hey @FurnishbyIsa and welcome to the Community!

This isn't something we offer at this time. 

This would be a feature request we can pass up but I haven't seen any other requests for this yet. Hopefully other sellers who are looking for this can add onto the thread!

[#3]

Hi there!

Unfortunately for bundle created items that combine two separate items together will not reduce your inventory for each. 

What you can do is create a discount and apply it to the sale when both items are purchased together.

This will reduce your inventory and also reduce the price to the amount that you like. 

[#4]

Hey @Baconation, thanks for surfacing!

I can see how this would be a bit tricky for your 3-for-$20 special, especially since inventory is a high priority.

Depending on how you need to track your items, I have three suggestions:

1. Add each item individually to the sale, then apply an overall discount.
   Pro: Allows you to track the inventory for each item regardless of being part of the special.
   Con: You would have to ring up the 3-for-$20 special as a separate transaction. Otherwise, the discount will apply to the entire sale.
    
2. Add each item individually to the sale, then apply the discount to each of the three items.
   Pro: Allows you to track inventory for each item regardless of being part of the special and ring up additional items in a single transaction.
   Con: More of a manual process that may increase the length of time to complete a sale.
    
3. Create a "3-for-$20 Special" item.
   Pro: It's fast and since the price would be locked, you can add it to a sale with other items.
   Con: You wouldn't be able to track each individual item within included with the "3-for-$20 Special" item.

I understand how automating this would be super helpful for your business and I'll be sure to share your experience with our product liaison team. 

Find step-by-steps on applying discounts in our Support Center.

Hope this helps clear things up for now. Please let me know if you have any further questions!

[Joe]

Thanks for adding your voice here, @Downrivermarket. We know this feature would be a huge win for a lot of our Sellers, and we hope to have some good news on this front soon. Thanks for hanging in!

[mayberrysoapco]

$99 a month is not inexpensive to a small business just getting started  - I am starting my 3rd year and it is out of my budget. I have no idea why square cannot offer up the ability to kit or bundle items together. I make bath and cosmetic products and want to make kits/bundles, but it is a daunting task to go in and have to manually edit inventory each time a bundle sells for each of the items.

[homeprogreen]

99 a month? Wow. It’s definitely increased then. It was 25 dollars when I used it before 

[mayberrysoapco]

$25 looks like a steal compared to now. I was in shock when I checked it out. I am trying out trunk right now - (referral link https://www.trunkinventory.com/r/MayberrySoapCompany) - $40 a month for the pro plan and it will bundle and link several e-commerce sites together if you have multiple platforms. So we will see. Hope it works out, gift baskets are great for my products.

[schemjo]

I've read the other posts about tracking inventory but I haven't seen a solution to my question. Can we track backend supplies? For example, when I sell a pie there are two things I'd like to track: pie crusts and pie clamshells. Some other things where this would be useful would be spoons, logo stickers, lids, etc.

[JustinC]

@schemjo tracking supplies/ingredients when an item is sold is a limitation with Square's inventory system. You'll need to create items for crusts as well as clamshells then add stock to each in order to track them. 

[MykGio]

I am a mobile automotive mechanic. How do I track my labor separately from my parts sales?

[Louisemm]

We would also like to see this functionality!!  Very difficult to manage inventory without this feature.

[ShearlyAttitude]

Is there a way to track supply inventory that isn't necessarily sold to a customer?  I'm a hairstylist and want to track my supplies I use (foil, color, supplies) that doesn't actually get sold, it's supplies that already built into my services.  I have the BT scan gun and would like to scan it so I can keep inventory record but not have it show up on a receipt to the customer since it's product I use.   I created a group called "supplies" but I'm having a hard time with QTY and it showing up on the receipt.  Not sure if I'm even doing it correctly.  

Thank you for any assistance!

[JustinC]

Hi @ShearlyAttitude !! Thanks for stopping by the Community. Hope to see your face here more often 🙂

Right now, the ability to track supplies is a feature request that hasn't been implemented yet. 

I moved your post to a different thread for tracking.