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Schedule inventory restocks

Who is this article for?
  • Sellers with general items permissions. Set permissions in the Square Dashboard.
  • 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’ 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 the Square POS apps 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 optimizing storage and reducing costs.

    Schedule an inventory restock for an item without variation

    1. Sign in to your Square Dashboard and click Items & orders > Items > Item library.
    2. Click on the selected item.
    3. Click Edit variation details, next to the Variations section > click Manage stock.
    4. Toggle off Tracking.
    5. Toggle on Mark as sold out on Point of Sale and Online and toggle on Choose a time to make for sale again.
    6. 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 Done.
    7. Click Save.

    Schedule an inventory restock for an item with variations

    1. Sign in to your Square Dashboard and click Items & orders > Items > Item library.
    2. Click on the selected item.
    3. Click on the name of your variation within the Variations section > click Manage stock.
    4. Toggle off Tracking.
    5. Toggle on Mark as sold out on Point of Sale and Online and toggle on Choose a time to make for sale again.
    6. Use the date selector to choose a custom date and time > click Done.
    7. Click Save.

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