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contact30
September 26, 2019
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Setting a price for a "Bundle"

  • September 26, 2019
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I need to set a price for a "Bundle" that is not a sum of the items in that bundle. I'm trying to use the Bundle function as a poor-man's warehouse and assembly plant manager.

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    contact30Author
    September 26, 2019

    It's a silly option and doesn't help anyone, I'll wager.

    Who would ever bundle items and charge the buyer simply the sum of the items' price?

    I need to keep bundles as stock items and be able to mark them up in price.

    Please make this a priority or I will have to move to Sage or Dynamics to manage my inventory and sales. I really don't want to do that. Really.

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      Malcolm Ziman
      September 26, 2019
      QB is a low price high volume product.. The idea is it's a base accounting program where users can subscribe to 3rd party apps to fulfill there own specialized needs.  Inventory assembly capability must have been determined by QB to not be a need for the base program, which makes sense to me.   I don't think the threat of using another product is a motivating factor.
      Rustler
      Rustler
      September 26, 2019

      Can not be done, the bundle is just a nickname for a bunch of items sold together, think kit

      You could add an item you set up as a discount to lower the total price of all items in the bundle, but that is the only work around

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      info477
      September 26, 2019
      Actually, it can be done, exactly the way Rustler said. Just add the discount as a new inventory item and set the price to a negative number, it works perfectly.
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        AWUK
        October 16, 2020

        An conversely you can add an item called something like 'Labour' to a bundle which is a great way to make an 'Assembly', eg a bill of materials that are assembled into a finished product.

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        Velodro
        February 11, 2021

        So I'm late to the party on this topic but I agree with several other posts. The workaround is to have a Product & Service item as part of the bundle that reduces the price of the total. I've set them up in the past with a taxable discount item and a non-taxable discount item so services combined with products in a bundle can be adjusted separately. On the other hand, if pricing and tracking retail assemblies is the objective, a point of sale system or app should be what keeps the inventory pricing details and QBO only used to summarize income from sales. Even some POS apps like Square don't handle assemblies though so it may take some looking to find the right solution. The lack of this function doesn't really diminish QBO's effectiveness, it's just not part of it's intended purpose.

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        nononononononononononono
        January 26, 2022

        I know this is very late for this question but I had this same situation.  As others have said - I create two inventory items.  One is  "discount" of -$1.00 and and the other is an "additional" of $1.00.  Then I manually do the math and add the it to the bundle.  If the difference is 13.46 less then I just do 13.46 of the "discount" bundle. Since I have it set as a negative it works as a discount.

         

        Total pain when the prices change as I have to manually re-work everything.  Would be so much better to be able to set a bundle price. 

        AlexV
        AlexV
        January 26, 2022

        Hi there!

         

        Thanks for joining this post. Let me assist you with the bundle pricing.

         

        Although QuickBooks Online offers a bundle feature in setting up items, we're unable to set a bundle pricing. It's great that you're able to utilise the discount option.

         

        I suggest you send feedback and let our developers know that you need bundle pricing in QuickBooks Online. Go to the Gear icon and select Feedback.

         

        Also, I added these articles if you need more help in tracking your products in QuickBooks Online:

         

        Post again here if you have more concerns with your products and services. I'll help you!

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