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!

[Emily25]

Hello, I am adding to this thread to hope it gets added.  I am looking to make something where we can take inventory items and combined them to sell a kit or make a new item.  Like I have a clasp, a chain, a pendant and I want to make those 3 things into 1 necklace.  

[kwestport]

I’ve been told that a kit or bundle option would be available in the last quarter of 2020 but haven’t seen anything yet. Is this option still in the works? When will it be available?

Thanks!

[RSF]

A bundle feature would be very useful for our business as well, we offer a 10% discount on beef bundles and it would be great not to have to separately track this inventory.  

[Ria]

Hi @RSF - Thanks for stopping by The Community.

I definitely see how that bundle could be useful as well to alleviate tracking inventory separately.

We appreciate your feedback and will make sure to make this visible to our product team.

If you have any other concerns, feel free to pop in, and we'll be happy to do all that we can 🙂 

[handmadeboutiqu]

Yes please - in the lead up to Christmas this would be fabulous!!  

[seattlegg]

Do we have a status on this feature request. It's pretty wild that this isn't an option.

[WarnBitters]

At this point it’s obvious that lip service is all we’re going to get. If they wanted to add this functionality that we all want, it would be done by now. Or at least we would have a firm answer whether or not it has been approved with an estimated date of completion. Very disappointing.

[seattlegg]

Is anyone aware of another software that does support bundling and discounting bundles. We are interested in converting to a product that supports the BASICS!

[seattlegg]

I'm not even able to discount a certain item once a certain number of them are added to a cart --> 3 for $20 candles.

[homeprogreen]

@seattlegg actually if you’re running Square for Retail you do have the Capability to create custom discounts that automatically apply when a certain number of an item are purchased at 1 time. You go into discounts on the dashboard, create discount, then pick rules. That will let you select the item or items to apply it to and the parameters to have the discount automatically apply