PayPal Here: Item Catalog & Categories

MinaC
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I'd like to be able to review my sales by category.  I have spent hours playing with the features in the Reports and Activity tabs to no avail.

Also, It'd be great if my web sales via the PayPal buttons could be connected with my PayPal Here Catalog.  So I can view all my sales together in a single format.

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DPCreations
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PayPal Here is not manage your inventory; therefore, it does not record what items or categories were sold.

PayPal Here is a separate app and is not coordinated with the regular PayPal account other than as transactions.

 

You could check out Sqaure.  It does manage inventories but I don't know if you can get reports per inventory items.  Square is much more advanced for inventory management than PayPal as PayPal started as a web payment processing system only.

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MinaC
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Thank you SO much for replying.  Yes, I had everything set up almost identically in Square, but there's ONE thing Square can't do that I also need.

Basically, we are two people selling under 1 tent. Ideally, we want to use only one payment system to accept payments, and we want to be able to track our items sold separately (by category) so we can divide our money appropriately.

Square only lets you attach to ONE bank account, and the funds are funneled directly there.  PayPal lets us attach multiple bank accounts, and the funds stay online until we transfer it to the bank accounts. 


It defiitely looks like PayPal's inventory control was based on Square's model. They are all but identical in format and options. If PayPal Here is going to be PayPal's answer to in-person point of sales transactions, they'll have to address the inventory needs of their sellers. Otherwise, what's the point? And from a database perspective, it's not even that hard to connect that one field into the reports. 

I hope they'll consider it, though in the meantime I have 3 weeks to find a working solution. Otherwise I guess we'll be sorting every single item line by line...

Anyhow, thanks again. 

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DPCreations
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It's been that way for maybe 3 years since I've been using PayPal Here.

I set up a Square account with inventory.  The main reason I never used Square is that Square does not offer receipt printed capabilities for Android.  PayPal does with a Woosim bluetooth printer.

Another nice feature of PayPal is the ability to use bar codes for items sold.  I just use the table camera pointed at the bar code and the item pops onto the register item list; this only works with a tablet, not phone.

 

You could go to the Merchant Technical Support forum for ideas.  You could also phone PayPal and ask for a PayPal Here specialist.

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MinaC
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My woosim is on the way! I went ahead and bought a mini iPad to use, even though I've always been an Android user. Seemed like more stuff was compatible, should I have to change things later. Thanks for the other info, I'll follow up with those suggestions! Festival in December. Hope I get it all set up right. Wish me luck 🙂
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