Cross Location Orders with Square for Retail
Overview
With Square for Retail, you have the option to fulfill orders with items across all locations — meaning if you’re out of stock for an item at one location, you can easily fulfill it from another location to avoid losing out on a sale. While fulfilling the order for shipment or pickup, you’ll have full visibility into the inventory at your other locations to determine if you can fulfill the order successfully. Once created, the order will route to the selected location for fulfillment, and you can track the progress through the Orders section of your online Square Dashboard or Square for Retail app.
Note: Cross location orders are only available with iOS devices at this time and can only be used with a Square for Retail Plus subscription.
Getting Started
To get started with cross location orders:
Select an item or items to Add to Cart > tap Create Order.
From the Order Details screen, tap Add Customer. Select an existing customer and tap Add, or tap Create Customer to add a new customer.
Once the customer name has populated in the Order Details screen, select the order type by tapping Shipment or Pickup > tap Next. Note: If you select Pickup, make sure to include an estimated pickup date and time. If you select Shipping, make sure to include the appropriate shipping address and apply a shipping fee, if applicable.
Under Shipment Details, tap the highlighted location in the Fulfill From section.
Tap Change location > select a location with the item(s) in stock. From here, you can also filter by distance, in-stock, and alphabetical order for Shipping, and by in-stock and alphabetical order for Pickup.
Tap the back arrow to return to the Order Details screen.
Tap Done > tap Charge.
Once the order has been fulfilled at the appropriate location, the stock levels at the location where the item(s) were fulfilled will update accordingly. The location where the order was created will receive the sale (e.g. the funds processed will be included in that location’s next transfer) for the order and the order details can be viewed in the sales reporting associated with said location.
Note: At this time, an entire order must be fulfilled from a single location with a single fulfillment type. The ability to split fulfillment across multiple locations is not currently available.
FAQ
At this time, the ability to provide payment for an order at a later date is not available for single location and cross location orders. Customers must pay for their items up front in order to successfully complete the order and either fulfill it at the location they’ve ordered from or send it to another location for fulfillment.
The only accepted fulfillment methods for cross location orders are pickup and shipping. Delivery through a third-party courier service is not available at this time.
Split fulfillment is not currently available with cross location orders or single location orders. While this feature may be available in the future, you must fulfill your customer’s items from one single location at this time. As a workaround, you can process separate orders for your customer if the items are stocked across multiple locations.