How do I manage carton inventory?

ANTSocialClub · ‎04-13-2018

Hi, we use Square for our Social Club (much like a bar). We sell individual beer cans but also sell it by the carton. Can I set it up so that when we sell a carton, it deducts the number of cans in a carton (24 or 30) from the stock on hand?

Seamus · ‎04-16-2018

Hi @ANTSocialClub,

Thanks for getting in touch!

While there is no way to tie deducting one item type from your inventory (eg a can) when selling another item (eg a carton made of individual cans), the work around for this would be to sell the carton as individual cans then apply a custom discount to the transaction that indicates a carton was sold.

For example, at point of sale this would look like:

Gold Can x 30 $90

Gold Can Carton (30) Discount -$25

Total $65

This way you'd be able to track individual cans while continuing to sell cartons.

Hope this helps!

Seamus
Square, Australia
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