Point of Sale Software For Your Retail Store

Every retail store comes with its own unique set of business needs and challenges. QuickBooks Point of Sale can help you craft unique solutions.

Over the years we've worked closely with our customers to identify key tasks that Point of Sale can automate for retailers. Some examples are below. While this is just a snapshot of how POS can be used to manage different types of stores, we hope you glean some useful ideas for how POS can help you.

Why rifle through inventory when your computer can do it for you? When a customer wants to know whether you have that blue blouse in a size 4, you don't have to run back to the storeroom to find out. POS can tell you instantly what you have in stock, in what sizes and colors.

Know the status of your layaways and sales orders by tracking them in POS and track committed quantities.¹

Save time on order processing for orders that are placed outside of your physical store location by setting up multiple tax locations based on your customers' locations.

Don't spend any more time than you need to thinking about taxes. POS will calculate different sales taxes for you, even taking into consideration price thresholds for certain luxury goods.

Find books and magazines faster with the ability to search by ISBN numbers right in POS.

When a customer doesn't know the complete title QuickBooks POS can search by keyword. All matches are returned, ranked in order with best matches first.

Efficiently import and update electronic catalogs of book listings. POS has a Data Import Wizard that makes it easy to update existing items or add new items from an Excel² spreadsheet.

Make price changes without having to track your items manually. Hold an in-store sale or close out certain items Price levels can also be set up by adjusting the existing price of an item.

Save time on order processing for orders that are placed outside of your physical store location with ability to setup multiple tax locations based on the customer's location.

Key information is at your finger tips with POS's ability to track serial numbers for items received, sold and transferred for warranty and return purposes.

Know the status of your layaways and sales orders. Track them in POS with the ability to setup reminders and track committed quantities.¹

Handle big-ticket item sales better. Set up customer charge accounts for sales and payments by customer account. POS can track each customer's balance and available credit.

Easily enter your non-inventory and service item sales such as repair or delivery charges, and get reporting information on them.

Have the flexibility to make price changes without having to track your items manually. Makes holding an in-store sale or seasonal item sale easy.

Serve your customers better with the convenience of printed gift receipts.

Find the best deal on inventory. Track and purchase any item from up to five different suppliers, so you can take advantage of cost-opportunities when re-ordering.

Have the flexibility to make price changes without having to track your items manually for an in-store sale or seasonal item sales.

Make price lookups easier with alternate lookup identifiers set up in POS, so there's less time spent on trying to discern a price from a worn out price tag.

Manage your service item sales in POS such as consulting or a delivery fee, and get reporting information on the service.

Know the status of your layaways and sales orders by tracking them in POS with the ability to setup reminders and track committed quantities.

Print price tags. POS can print bar-coded price and markdown jewelry tags and hangtags to avoid possible errors by manually updating the price by hand.

Serve your customers better with the convenience of printed gift receipts.

Easily distribute and collect tips from services provided.

Optimize your services as a haircut or manicure with tracking and reporting.

Retain useful customer information with custom fields in POS, such as preferred stylist, products interested in, etc.¹