Do saved carts expire

[StuartC]

We create Saved Carts with items we store for next year (holiday items) place items in a bin and print saved cart and attach to the bin. We have alot of inventory so we have may bins. We are noticing alot of our Saved Carts we created in Square for Retail have gone missing. Do Saved Carts expire? Anyone have a better suggestion for storing/labeling bins for stored items?

Thanks,

Stuart

[Candlestore · Accepted solution]

@StuartC ;

Not sure if a Saved Cart expires or when it does. 

What I would do if you can, is continue doing as you do.

But before placing the Printed Cart on the Bin (for storage) Scan or take picture of the Printed Saved Cart.  Save image to a folder Seasonal items from last year for example.  Then after filling a Bin and placing it in Storage, Rename the Image from some default Image name to the Bins Location.  Maybe even edit the Image to add the Location to the image to print out the following year.

Then place the Print out on the Bin.

This way you can look on a computer to find said Items.

That is with your Saved Carts close to what I think your are doing.

The other alternatives:

1. Create a Spreed Sheet.  Place a Copy of the Printed Scanned Cart as an Image in a cell with the Bin # and Location of Bin Save it.
2. Find a Free Inventory System to store products to easily Find.  I have been using Odoo Inventory for keeping track of Storage Locations.
3. I am not sure how you sell things but I only sell with Square in person in store, so I do not usually use the Items Detail Field.  So if you have item 6" Ceramic Pumpkin for example and you packed it away... in the Details section type in the Bin or Storage Location.  That way next year you search in Square Catalog or POS  for 6" pumpkin and look in Details and see its in Bin 6 shelf 8 for example.
4. On a Computer with Scanner- Go to Virtual Terminal in your Square Dashboard.  Create an order - Scan in items to the Order.  Add Customer Warehouse 1 or Bin 5 for example.  Choose a Delivery method then Export the Order to a CSV after filtering by "Customer", this will show as an Order but NOT Paid.  You could also add Notes in the Notes Field.  Maybe Bin Number Shelf location etc.  When you download this save it by the Filter you created.  Maybe Name your 'Customer' something easy to filter By like a Warehouse or Shelf Location... Then in Orders you can see all orders that are not Completed which these would be there to see on other devices.  I prefer this over the Saved Carts because I could use a filter to export as a csv, then Insert a Pivot table or search for a word I placed in the csv file and Excel will find it quickly.  Not needing a Barcode or SKU or the correct name of an Item.  

So there can be multiple ways to do what I think your trying to do but some might be easier or harder for you than how you currently do things.  I just tried creating a Ship to or In store pickup on my Square Stand and it wants payment right away not at time of Pickup.  I can Save the Cart but then we are right back to where you are currently.