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Golden Sales Point of Sale Software
Most packages available today are very expensive, require large PC systems, and are very cumbersome. 22 is perfect for use as the ultimate pos software solution for cafes, clothing stores, restaurants and general dealers.... Screenshot
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Thermal receipt printer, cash draw & scanner
Bundles consists of the following software & hardware
Software:
22
Hardware:
| Cash Drawer |
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| Laser Scanner |
In Stock |
| Receipt Printer |
(Thermal) |
Optional Hardware:
| A4 printer for printing takings |
UPS, Highly recommended
Protect against losing your data in case of a power failure. |
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POS Software for large businesses & supermarkets
Golden Sales Supermarket Edition
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- Simple, easy to use and understand.
- Redesigned Intuitive interface
- Unique Feature!:Unlmited Customer List (Set current customer to Hold and serve a new customer)
- Remote Cashier Addon (accept cash at Paypoint only)
- No Licence fees
Golden Sales Supermarket Server Prices
Server Edition: R14,900
Server Edition with Remote Cashier: R17,200
Featured Article
How to Get the MOST Out of Your POS Software and Maximize Profits...
Using Your POS Software to Electrify Marketing & Boost Sales
- By Jeff Haefner
The single most powerful (and most overlooked) marketing tool is the customer list stored in your POS software! For example, you can creates TONS of additional sales and literally boost your response rates by 1000 percent when sending your existing customers promotions. Let me explain...
When someone makes a purchase, they prefer buying from someone they trust and who has treated them fairly in the past. If you were to rent a "cold list" (a list of people who probably know nothing about your company, product, service or offer) you may, with a well crafted sales letter or promotion, get a 1 to 3 percent response on the offer. However, if you send the VERY SAME LETTER to your past customers, you will see a return that is much greater with response rates as high as 25 percent!
When crafting your marketing campaigns, you should always try to include the customer's name and personalize the message. This technique has proven to dramatically increase the effectiveness of mailing campaigns.
The problem is, mailing each of your customers individually (typing their names and e-mail addresses over and over again) would literally take hundreds of hours of tedious work...
Fortunately, many of the good point of sale systems resolve this problem by allowing you to merge fields into your e-mail messages, promotions or sales letters (i.e. first name, last name, e-mail address, product purchased, date of purchase, etc) so that when people receive your message, they assume you know them!
For example, let's say you wrote a sales letter in Word that looked something like this:
Hello [firstname], I am writing to thank you for your purchase of [product] on [purdate]. I noticed that you live in [city], and I wanted to let you know about a special offer that we're sharing with all of our customers on the East Coast...
Now you can use your POS software and Word to merge all of the personal information for each of your customers into the appropriate spots... So Jane, for example, would receive a letter that looks like this:
Hello Jane, I am writing to thank you for your purchase of "Golf Swing Pro" on April 3rd, 2004. I noticed that you live in New York, and I wanted to let you know about a special offer that we're sharing with all of our customers on the East Coast...
Sending personalized emails or letters to your past customers can be a VERY powerful and profitable marketing technique. Not only can you create instant sales revenue, but it improves your company's name recognition as well...
As a rule of thumb, the experts say that you should stay in touch with your past customer at least twice a year -- so when they're ready to buy, they think of you first!
Now you might be thinking... how can I send my customers a message 2 to 6 times a year without annoying them? Well, you should mix in useful information, and promote your offer in a non-intrusive way. In other words, write as if you're looking out for your customer's best interests.
To get your creative juices flowing, here are a few great ways to get more sales and improve customer loyalty. You could...
Automatically send thank-you letters after large purchases.
Notify them about discount sales -- As a valued customer, I wanted to tell you about a 10% discount sale we're having for our past customers only!
Send birthday cards.
Send helpful articles or informational newsletters.
Send emails that promote add on sales -- I noticed you bought the XYZ widget. You might want to consider the XYZ attachment which helps you do this and that.
Send letters to regain lost clients -- I noticed you haven't been back for over 9 months. Here's a no-strings-attached voucher for $20 to get you back to see us again.
Promote your service by sending a letter that says -- Your XYZ lawn mower was last serviced on 5/1/200 and we're having a tune up special for only $49...
Offer a 1 week sale to your top 200 customers. (Note: With good POS software, you can create a list of your top 200 customers in just a couple minutes.)
The possibilities are endless. The key is to personalize your mailings, create an irresistible offer, and explain the benefits of what you're selling. Then test and track the results of each campaign. If you find a winner, keep running it twice a year, or as long as it's effective.
Don't overlook this powerful concept. If you're not collecting your customer's names and emails in your point of sale software (at the very least), you might want to start, right away!
Why should you consider Windows based POS software?
First and foremost, you have tons of options!
Most retail POS software solutions are designed to run on Windows. This means you can be really selective and find a POS system that will be a great match for your business. Your choices will be much more limited if you were looking for a system that had to run on something like a MAC.
Second, you get lots of flexibility because frankly most programs run on Windows. So you can easily use other programs in conjunction with your POS software - whether it be your favorite email program, payroll software, or an accounting system.
The biggest drawback to POS software running Windows is the infamous bugs and glitches you can run into.
It's true that Linux and MACs are probably more reliable when you compare them head to head.
However, a properly configured Windows based server can run for months and even years (with a little luck). Note, I mentioned "properly configured" Windows system.
If you have a computer technician that really knows what they're doing and they take precautions to configure your system properly, your Windows server can run for a long time.
Most retailers make mistakes when it comes to this.
What should you look for when choosing POS Software for Windows?
Ultimately, you need to figure out which POS software will give you the highest return on investment! That's what it's all about.
This will require you to compare features, evaluate the companies service and support, check references, and logically narrow down you top choices from almost thousands of POS systems to just a handful.
Fortunately we offer tools and information to help you narrow down your choices and figure out which POS software will give you your highest return on investment. But this particular article is about POS Software for Windows.
So for now, we'll just focus on some tips when choosing Windows POS software only.
Sorting Through Different Technologies
You'll notice that each POS software program will have different system requirements.
POS software can run on Windows 95, 2000, or XP. Some will only run on Windows XP. And some will run on almost anything because they are Java based or "open platform" systems.
In my opinion, these details are NOT too important!
That's right. You might find this hard to believe but the system requirement are not important.
You see, if you find a really good POS system that requires you to upgrade to the latest version of Windows, you should be willing to upgrade. It will be worth it.
To me, it's more important to consider the database that is running your POS software. There's a very wide range of databases that run on Windows. And some are more reliable, flexible, faster, and scalable than others.
Bottom line... the database is very important and can have a big affect on the reliability of your POS software.
Most people don't realize it but most POS systems run on two different kinds of Windows databases - Desktop Databases and Server Databases.
Generally speaking, Server Databases are MUCH more reliable, faster, and more scalable.
There are tons of different database out there (too many for me to list). Just be sure to check into the database used and make sure it's a good one.
Consider a Mouseless POS
With the advent of Windows 95 most software products have adopted the use of the mouse. Most of us have become very familiar with the mouse because it's required to run our daily applications including word processors, email, the internet and much more.
The mouse is usually great because it's easy to use.
However, the mouse is NOT always the best choice for POS software. Using the mouse will invariably make your point of sale slower. It's much faster to use the keyboard or a touch screen monitor to complete transactions and ring sales.
That's why I suggest finding a POS system that utilizes hot keys. This means you can use the keyboard rather than the mouse to do most things. This will greatly speed up the time your register operator takes to complete transactions.
I'm not saying you'll want to do everything with the keyboard. But you might want to consider using the keyboard for POS transaction to speed up those common tasks.
Where can you find really good POS software that runs on Windows?
I humbly suggest that you use our very own database to quickly find a good windows based POS software solution...
You can easily search based on your type of business and operating system - to find some great POS software solutions! This makes your life much easier and saves time.
Not to mention, you'll get a bunch of other great tips and tools to help you choose a POS system that will give you a giant return on your investment!
To Your Success!
By Jeff Haefner POS Software
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