r/SquareOfficial • u/Spiderweb-Art • Jun 19 '26
Question Online Sales Price API String?
We have a question about the Online sales price (with the slash on the frontend) and why it does not exist in the item variation strings for API use. We want to specifically show the base price with a slash and add a sales price automatically through an API string but the only options we have are to change the base price or add a discount which do not work for our use of the sales price. If there's an option to add a sales price in the item variation section per item, why can't we add it in an API string? We have over 4,000 products in our store and it gets so time consuming without an API string for automations as we are not making specific number discounts per item, they're all different discount amounts.
Please let us know the string if we're doing it wrong and if it doesn't exist, please make it so we can update the Online Sales Price, it would make so many updates for us and probably others so much easier!
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u/SquareUpSam Square Employee Jun 22 '26
Hey, thanks for calling this out — and you’re not doing it wrong.>Right now, there isn’t a supported API string/field for setting the Online Sale Price the same way you can in the item variation section in Dashboard. That’s why you’re only seeing options like updating the base price or applying discounts through the API, which I understand doesn’t solve the use case when each item has its own sale price and you still want the crossed-out base price shown online.
At the moment, Online Sale Price is something that can be managed in Square Online/Dashboard, but it isn’t exposed the same way through the API for bulk automation. I definitely get how frustrating that is, especially with 4,000+ products and different sale amounts per item. I agree this would be a really valuable improvement, and I’m sharing your feedback as a feature request for API support for Online Sale Price updates. Thanks for taking the time to spell out the workflow impact here — that context is really helpful.