| There are two main components of your point of sale | | | | task of reconciling your cash drawer very easy. It |
| system. The hardware, which would include the | | | | tallies net sales, cash flow and discount breakouts as |
| "register," monitor and all peripheral pieces such as | | | | well. The customer tracking feature keeps up with |
| scanners, printers and any card readers. Then you | | | | your top customers, keeping all of their purchase |
| have the software, the heart of the retail management | | | | history in a neat file. This allows you to build a better |
| system. Without the software, the hardware is | | | | relationship with your most loyal clients with targeted |
| useless; software can control your inventory, take your | | | | sales and loyalty discounts. |
| orders, manage accounts payable and receivable, and | | | | Now those are just a few of the features that come |
| even help you to develop a great marketing strategy | | | | standard with the Quickbooks POS software, you'll |
| geared towards your most loyal customers. | | | | find those and many more in both the POS Basic and |
| The Quickbooks Point of Sale software is an easy to | | | | POS Pro versions. So what sets the two apart? For |
| use interface that does everything from literally, | | | | starters, the Basic software is for use in a single store |
| managing the point of sale, tracking sales history to | | | | single user environment only. With POS PRO, you are |
| inventory control and purchasing. Intuit Quickbooks | | | | given the option to upgrade to the convenient |
| Point of Sale is a perpetual inventory management | | | | Multi-Store software that has the ability to manage up |
| system, that keeps your stock update in real time. | | | | to twenty stores from one location. Some of the other |
| Adding new items is relatively easy, you can assign | | | | features of Pro that are not found in Basic are - |
| item or UPC numbers, tax status, quanities, images of | | | | employee hours tracking, customize price tags and |
| the item and even assign it a department name. It also | | | | receipts, work order and sales order tracking. You can |
| includes a size style grid, that will allow you to set | | | | create customer letters easily, serial number tracking, |
| varying attributes for an item. For example, a tennis | | | | lay aways, and the ability to send time cards to |
| shoe in three different colors and a total of 6 different | | | | QuickBooks Financial for payroll processing. |
| sizes. This grid reduces the mistakes made when | | | | Intuit also has a selection of retail hardware available |
| keying inventory amounts. If you offer commissions on | | | | for purchase as well. Although you may prefer to use |
| certain items for your employees, the Quickbooks | | | | your own, please note that it may not be compatible |
| POS includes a feature that allows you to set certain | | | | with the Quickbooks Point of Sale Software. This |
| items as eligible for commission as well. The "End of | | | | hardware includes a card reader, receipt printer, cash |
| Day" feature is also another plus. There are several | | | | drawer, bar code scanner, inventory scanner, and |
| End of Day reports that you can run that will make the | | | | several pin pad debit card options. |