Sell items by weight
About selling items by weight
If your business needs to sell items by weight, you can create items with weight-based units and generate prices by weight in the Square Point of Sale app.
Square facilitates multiple options to sell items by weight, depending on what suits your business. You can manually input sales if you don’t often sell items by weight, connect a scale to your point of sale to automatically price items at checkout, or use a barcode label-printing scale so customers can self-serve weighing their items.
Before you begin
To sell items by weight, first make sure the items in your inventory are assigned the appropriate unit types for weight measurements. You can use the following unit types: Gram (g), Pound (lb), and Ounce (oz). Learn how to create and edit item unit types.
There are three options to sell items by weight:
Set up items priced by weight, and manually input a weight to a sale to generate a price. Learn how to create and edit items.
Connect a compatible scale to Square Point of Sale, and automatically generate a price for a sale when an item is weighed. Learn more about how to Connect a scale to your point of sale.
Use a scale with a barcode label printer that can print price-embedded barcodes, which you can scan to add to a sale. First, learn how to Set up your barcode label printing scale, and how to connect a barcode scanner to your point of sale.
Sell items by weight manually
Once you create your unit types and items, you’re ready to start selling:
Select an item from your library in the Square app. If the item is variably priced, enter the item price and then the (+) symbol.
Enter the weight manually to calculate a final price.
Tap Add once the weight is calculated.
Complete the sale by processing your customer’s payment.
Sell items via a connected scale
Once you create your items and connect a compatible scale, you’re ready to start selling:
Select an item from your library in the Square app. If the item is variably priced, enter the item price and then the (+) symbol.
Place the item on your connected scale.
Tap Add once the weight is calculated.
Complete the sale by processing your customer’s payment.
Sell items with price-embedded barcodes
Once you configure your items in your item library and on your label-printing scale, and connect a barcode scanner–you're ready to start selling:
Place an item on your label-printing scale to weigh and print a barcode label.
Scan the barcode label with your connected barcode scanner to add the item and price to your sale.
Complete the sale by processing your customer’s payment.