Old Fashioned Cash Register
The old fashioned Cash Register only tells you how much money your business has taken in during the day. It can not tell you how much of that money is profit. It can not tell you how much inventory you have in your store, or how many of a particular item you sold in the day.

Computerizing with Point of Sale system
A Computerized point of sale system replaces your old fashioned cash register. It will instantly tell you, for instance, that you have taken in $400, and that $100 of that $400 is your profit. It will also monitor your store inventory. For instance, it will tell you that you have sold 100 bottles of water, and that you have 200 bottles of water left in stock. It will also tell you what items you should order today because your stock is low. In addition, Point of sale systems will help you in the following way:

• Reduce Theft
  Point of Sale will help you reduce theft. How? Your employees become more involved in watching the store inventory if they know that every piece of inventory in your business is being monitored. This is perfect for a rental business such as video rental, equipment rental, etc.
  
  Reduce Inventory Shrinkage
  By watching your inventory and comparing your in-store inventory to your computerized reports, both you and your employees are much more careful about giving away inventory, retaining obsolete inventory, monitoring breakage and non-theft inventory that "walks" out of your business, as well as controlling inventory as the items enter your store. Also, by watching your inventory reports, you can make sure that you order more wisely.
  
  Increase Your Inventory
  You don't need 300 snow shovels in the summer, but you may need 500 more batteries for your store during the month of August. Many stores order products based on what they think they sell. If you check your inventory reports and see that you sold 500 batteries last August, it helps you get prepared so you don't run out of batteries this August. Watching your inventory reports increases your efficiency.
  
  Watch Your Margin
  Your inventory report will show you that you sold 1,000 bottles of soda for 99 cents each, and that water cost 40 cents each, a profit of 59 cents each. So, the inventory reports will show you the products that give you greater margin so that you stock more of those and fewer products that give you the least amount of profit.
  
  Speed Customer Checkout
  Our POS Software will help speed up your customer checkout. With a barcode scanner, you can checkout a customer in half the time required with old fashion cash drawer. Even if you don't use a barcode scanner, your checkout is still faster and more accurate because you are entering inventory item numbers that are automatically tied to prices specified in Cash Register for each item. Print your barcode in-house with top of the line barcode printer. With the special credit card reader, credit card processing is a breeze.
  
  Accuracy
  The price of every item in your store is coded into the POS Software, and automatically processed when the code number is punched in. Never again will you have to figure out how much an item sells for. Your clerks will stop guessing those prices, and charging customers wrongly.
  
  
• Customer tracking, sales tracking
  Keep track of which product a customer purchased. This will help you notify them when you have products on sale. Sending post cards to your customers periodically makes them feel appreciated, and that makes them keep coming back.

 

• A point of sale computer-based solution gives you a professional image. To your customers, your store looks as sophisticated as the largest retailers when you have a complete point of sale system at checkout, customized receipts and professionally tagged inventory.

 

• In retailing, image is everything. And your image is created by a multitude of items, including your storefront, signage, business logo, advertising campaigns, and even your store location.

 

• But one of the most lasting images your customers have of your store is created by what they see last—your Point of Sale system. While an antique cash register may be a conversation piece, it shouldn’t be a device that you count on day in and day out for ringing up sales.

 

• Why? It creates an image with customers that you’re not staying up to date with the latest improvements in technology. So they’ll assume that your inventory—including the products they just purchased from you—is also outdated. A Point of sale system can change that image instantly. It demonstrates that you’re willing to invest in the latest technology to facilitate an efficient, fast customer checkout experience.

 

• Lastly, in addition to maintaining a professional image, you need to make your space inviting. You want to keep your customers browsing in your store as long as possible. The longer they stay, they more they will spend.

 

• While a QuickBooks POS system can’t help directly with creating ambiance, it won’t be a distraction to the environment you have created for customers.

 

• Do all you can to make your space warm, comfortable, and professional. Visit other retailers—especially your competitors—to see what they do in terms of decorating and building ambiance.

Ask yourself these questions:

• Is your POS/checkout system up-to-date?
• Do you generate professional, customized receipts for each purchase?
• Do you professional bar codes on all items?
• Is your space inviting?
• Are your products well displayed?
• Visually interesting?
• Do you customize each price tag?
• Are your furnishings well maintained?
• Does your store have a clean or cluttered look and feel?

Now that you know the benefits of computerizing your POS cash register with Point of sale software, why don't you let us help you achieve this goal? Contact us. Or Get a Free POS system Quote