How can I track sales by market using POS without allocating inventory?

Retail & Point of Sale

Topic summary

  • Goal: track sales by market using POS (Point of Sale) while avoiding the need to allocate inventory to specific market locations. The user wants market-level sales reporting without stock transfers.
  • Context: operates an online store and also sells at markets. Payments are taken in cash or via an external card reader.
  • Inventory: all items are stored in a single physical location. Only a subset is brought to markets for selling.
  • Understanding: “location” is used for physical storage areas within the app. Allocating inventory to each market is seen as burdensome.
  • Request: guidance on how to set up stores or configurations to attribute sales to each market while keeping one inventory location. The user seeks practical experiences or workflows.
  • Status: no responses or decisions presented. The question remains open and unanswered.
Summarized with AI on January 8. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hello,

I have an online store but also want to sell in the markets. I will either sell in cash or through an external card reader. All my items are in one location, but obviously I carry some of them with me when I visit markets. What I understood is that “location” is used for physical storage areas. How can I set up my stores so that I can track my sales by market without going into the burden of allocating my inventory to a market in app?

Thank you for sharing your experience in advance

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