Dear Square Team,

This is a necessary function of any inventory system with items that may fit into multiple categories, which allows for salespeople to quickly locate items that may be related to one or more types of transactions (sweaters that pair nicely with certain other tops as well as separate pants, etc.).  In our industry, we install many products which utilize many of the same parts and it would be helpful if our staff could simply select a category associated with a job (well tank install, water filter install, etc.), which include common parts such as steel hose clamps.

Thanks for your continued efforts...

Hello @hartleywell! 

So this is kind of an old thread. Currently you can make a duplicate of the same item and assign each item to a different category. Although each item's inventory will be independent of one another. Having the inventory connected is still a feature request. 

Here's a screen shot of the duplicate items in my Item Library: 

Did you just create a whole new item, or is there a way to create an item and duplicate it so you don't have to type everything out over and over?

Hey @avagraceclothin! You will have to create a second item. Currently we don't have a button to automatically duplicate an item. If you're doing this on a CSV. file you could just copy the item details and add it to a new row! Just make sure to not change the item token. 😀

@DramZach

This is a Feature Request we hear a lot and something we are actively working on. Item duplication, template options, etc are something that would make everyone's lives easier.  

I'm moving your post to the thread where this is being discussed so we can continue to iterate this request, and we'll post product updates here in the Seller Community when changes are made. 

As far as I can find out, there is no way of duplicating an item in Square's system yet.  It would be a useful thing to have, though.

@tailorcostumes duplicating items is not possible today. You can make "Variations" of the item that have different descriptions in the name. For example I have an Item called "Lace Skater Dress" that comes in "Slate", "White", and "Blue". By clicking "Add Variation" beneath that item, I can create three variations for the colors with their own Price and SKU information. Would that help you setup your inventory?

I  need a size, color and button color variations.  I can't seem to figure out how to create all those variations and manage an inventory based on those variations as well.  I've tried creating a listing by size and then having internal variations of color and button color but it isn't going well.  

the listings also come up clunky on invoicing - the entire description comes up on the invoice instead of just the item name.

I'm pretty new to the retail side of this - I've previously done mostly custom work.  Figuring out the best way to handle inventory items vs custom items (based on an inventory style) has been difficult.

Welcome to Square and the Seller Community, @Ironwife12565!

If I'm understanding your question correctly, you can definitely move an item from one category to another by heading over to the Item Library > selecting proper item > clicking Category drop-down menu > selecting proper category > Save.

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

We too have several products where there is more than one option (size/ colour) - this would be great to be able to clone! So that with over 13 options in some items we wouldnt have to keep typing an option we could just use a table of preset (by us) options.

@kellyj