Create and manage item options with Square
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Item options help you create and organise your custom item variations. These options can be reused across your item library, saving time when you add new variations or items.
Options are a set of attributes you can apply to multiple variations in your Item Library. You can quickly create and organise item variations by combining options with just a couple of clicks from the item details page.
For example, let’s say you create two option sets: sizes and colours.
Sizes: Small, medium and large
Colours: Red, blue and green
If you create a new item (e.g. T-shirt), you can apply each option set to create new item variations (e.g. small, green or large, red).
Feature terminology
Variations already exist in Square and define the unique varieties of an item. Each variation can have its own cost, price, SKU, etc. For example, a ‘T-shirt’ can have a Blue, Small variation or a Red, Large variation.
Option sets are attributes that define a variation. The combination of options and their values for an item form the variation. An example would be Size and Colour.
Options are values within the option attribute. Examples include small, medium and large.
Display names are optional names exposed to buyers on channels, such as a website or ordering app. This is helpful if you need four specific ways to communicate ‘size’ (like women’s dress sizes, T-shirt sizes, baby clothing and shoe sizes). Note: The names created for option sets must be unique, and two individual option sets can’t share the same name.
Option set type shows options only in text, or in both text and colour swatch during checkout.
If you need to create many variations quickly – Size, Colour, Width – create item options. Options are applied to items and will create variations that can be sold.
Create and edit item options on Square Dashboard
- From Items in your online Square Dashboard, click Options > Create an option set.
- Enter Option set name and Display name.
- Select Set Type.
- Enter option information > Save.
- From Items in your online Square Dashboard, select an item to open the Edit Item view.
- Select Options > click Add Options.
- Select an Option set name from a previously created list of Option Sets or create a new Option set.
- Once you’ve chosen the appropriate Option sets, click Next.
- Review the new variations created > click Create Variations to confirm the changes.
- Click Save.
- From the Edit Item view, click ••• next to the name of the Option set you would like to delete > Remove option set.
- Review the variations that need to be deleted and click Delete Variations to confirm.
- Click Save.
- Select an item you’d like to edit from the Item Library > click Add Options.
- Select or create the appropriate Option Sets > Next.
- For each variation choose an Option that describes the variation > Add.
- Click Save.
- Select an item you’d like to edit from the Item Library > click Add Options.
- Select or create the appropriate Option Sets > Next.
- For each variation choose an Option that describes the variation > Add.
- Click Save.
Create and edit item options on the Square App
- Tap ≡ More > Items > All Items.
- Tap Options > Create option.
- Fill out the option details, including the option type, display name, and options.
- Tap Create.
- Tap ≡ More > Items > All Items.
- Select an item.
- Under Options, tap Add Options.
- Toggle on an existing Option set name or tap Create option.
- Once you’ve chosen the appropriate Option sets, tap Next.
- Review the new variations created > tap Create to confirm the changes.
- Tap Save.
Note: Adding item options to an item with multiple variations is only supported on your online Square Dashboard, not from your Square app.
- Tap ≡ More > Items > All Items.
- Select an item.
- From the Edit Item view, tap Edit Options.
- Select an existing option, then tap Remove Option Set.
- Review the variations that need to be deleted and tap Delete to confirm.
- Tap Save.
