When selling meat or cheese that is sold precisely by weight, you will want to:
- Set up buying option units in weight
- Create buying options with approximate weight
- Adjust variable weight on order editing
1. Units by weight
Unselect global inventory
In most cases, for example cuts of meat or wheels of cheese, you will want to uncheck "global inventory." There may be some scenarios, for instance with ground meat or bulk apples, where global inventory may be appropriate.
Choose appropriate units of weight
In the example below, pounds are used as the unit of choice. You can create and use whichever unit you like.
2. Add Buying Options
Add Approximate weight buying options
Add all ways that you will be selling your product. In the example here, the product is a Leg of Lamb. We are assuming each leg will be about 5 lbs and we have a total of 40 in stock.
3. Adjust weights on order approval
When you are fulfilling or approving the order, you will be able to look at the actual item being sold and adjust the weight to charge the customer the correct amount. In the example below, the Steak was adjusted from 2 to 2.5 lbs and the order total was increased. The item price does not change here, only the order total.
