Schedule inventory restocks
About scheduling automatic restocks
Automatic inventory restocks allow you to set a specific day and time for the items marked as sold out to automatically restock, or use your business’s end of day to keep your stock counts accurate and up to date.
Before you begin
You have two options for scheduling inventory restocks:
Schedule an inventory restock from the Square Dashboard on a laptop or desktop computer
Schedule an inventory restock from your point of sale app and devices
Make sure you’ve created at least one item in your item library before scheduling an inventory restock. Learn more about how to create and edit items with Square.
You can only schedule restocks for items which have been marked as sold out in your item library. Learn how to set up inventory tracking.
Schedule inventory restocks
Effective scheduling of inventory restocks ensures that products are consistently available to meet customer demand while optimising storage and reducing costs.
- Sign in to Square Dashboard and go to Items & menus (or Items & inventory) > Items > Item library.
- Click the status pill next to the item you want to schedule a restock for.
- In the availability popover/modal, select Sold out.
- Toggle ON Choose a time to reset to available.
- Choose to keep the restock scheduled for the end of your business day or use the date selector to choose a custom date and time.
- Click Save.
- Sign in to Square Dashboard and go to Items & menus (or Items & inventory) > Items > Item library.
- Click the status pill next to the item you want to schedule a restock for.
- In the availability modal, select the variation you want to update.
- Select Sold out.
- Toggle ON Choose a time to reset to available.
- Use the date selector to choose a custom date and time.
- Click Save.
Set up a negative stock warning
Open the Retail POS app and tap ≡ More from the navigation bar.
Tap Settings > Checkout.
Tap Negative stock warning and toggle on Show warning.