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POS Software is Not About How Much, But ROI

If a potential customer’s first question is “How Much”, it’s usually useless to go any further with them. Inexpensive is different from cheap and the way you evaluate that is by the potential return on investment of the POS software. When you are trying to figure out good ways to increase your business in these trying times and go for the cheapest product, you will probably end up with a glorified cash register. The first question you ask is which software can I buy that will transform my business and increase my profitability within the current framework of my retail establishment?  POS software can help you become an efficient retailer by knowing which departments, classes and venders give you good margins, turn rates and sell through percentages. Capturing information at the point of sale is essential to determine these merchandising points and mine more business from your existing customer base. Your customers will gladly give you some personal information if they know that preferential treatment or special pricing is the end result. Notifying them of new product arrivals, private showings or a pending sale are a few of the ways to build your customer loyalty and keep them shopping with you and not your competitors.

Controlling your inventory through reliable reporting within your POS software will allow you to stock less inventory, turn faster and keep better margins.  These are the least expensive and risky ways to keep your business going in tough times. With ProphetLine POS Software, all of these objectives can be met with a low cash outlay. When the client asks “What can your POS software do for my business”, that is the potential customer we are looking for.

POS Software That Knows Specialty Retail Businesses!

ProphetLine specializes in specialty retail POS/point of sale software.  We know retail AND pos software technology, and our award-winning products process over a million pos transactions a day all over the world in furniture, clothing, sports, electronics, photo, cellular, and other types of retail.  Chances are if you are a retailer, our pos software will work with your business.  And, not only will it work for your business, our POS/point of sale software will make it more efficient and profitable. 

Features?  We've Got Features!

  • FAST POS/Point of Sale software transactions
  • Gift Certificate Production, Tracking and Redemption
  • Credit, Debit & Gift Card POS Software Included
  • Serial Number and Warranty Tracking
  • Consignment & Trade-Ins
  • Customizable "On-Screen" Shortcuts
  • Sales Orders with Deposits
  • Purchasing, Receiving by Exception
  • Customizable Receipt Graphics
  • Email and FAX Service from PC
  • Seamless Web Shopping Cart & Gift Registry
  • Electronic Signature Capture
  • Inventory Management
  • Touch Screen Support
  • Customer Marketing
  • Time Clock and Payroll Support
  • Integrated Accounting or Links to other Packages

POS Software That Competes With the Big Retailers

Small retailers can purchase POS Software with features comparable to those used by their larger competitors at a fraction of the cost. Most large retailers use two to three percent of gross sales as the dollar amount that they will invest in technology each year. A small retailer can do much better than that if they find POS software that is so easy to use, intuitive and does not require an IT staff. Find a POS software company that will be your IT staff and answer questions about procedural issues as well as ongoing support issues.

 
Support staffs at POS software companies need to treat a retailer’s issues as mission critical. If your POS software is down, it can cost you money and disrupt your business flow. Insist that the point-of-sale provider you select offers a “real time” support model. Real time support means that the technician will pick up the phone and answer most of the calls immediately. Another positive that a good POS software company offers is ongoing remote training when new releases are available or the client is not getting the most from the product.

That Fork In The Road is Gone With Good POS Software

Yogi Berra once said; "If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up somewhere else." If you don't have a roadmap for your business, you'll probably end up at that fork in the road that Yogi talks about and it's a fork that you have no idea where it’s leading. Your POS Software should watch your inventory and help you make purchasing decisions by using the POS transactions and showing you logical actions to take to be a well informed buyer. You don't need a technical staff and professional buyers to make good purchasing decisions. You just need information that is simple to obtain and easy to understand. If your POS Software does not have open-to-buy and a Retail Stock Ledger, you are not maximizing your revenues. You don’t have to be brilliant to make good purchasing decisions, you just need the right POS Software.

POS Software to Improve Business Performance

ProphetLine is the POS/Premium Merchandising Software with easy to understand department/class comparatives, vendor comparatives and built in open-to-buy planning. ProphetLine has developed software for many Fortune 500 companies, but we specialize in providing small specialty retailers with high quality, inexpensive software that enables them to compete and beat larger retailers. If you are a busy specialty retailer that wears many hats, you can appreciate the ease of use and precise reporting. ProphetLine allows you to do what you do best, sell your products without having the hassles of being a technical guru.

 ProphetLine promotes good business practices and rewards good business people. We have all the features you would expect in a quality retail management system, without all the import/export, “integration” and other technical procedures. ProphetLine is truly a high performance all-in-one retail solution that makes technology simple, including point of sale, small business financials, inventory, e-commerce and customer marketing in one all-inclusive package. ProphetLine was the World’s first specialty retail Windows application and the winner of four Microsoft Retail Developer of the Year Awards.

Twelve Tips to Improve Your Internet Search Results

Michelle Stockman works with Little Rock-based Arkansas Capital Corp.

To help small business owners create effective websites capable of competing for an online audience, there are 12 Web site tactics to keep in mind for the business site. These tactics include the following:

  • Use headlines as this is the number one item that draws attention to your site. Also, do not include your headlines into graphics on the page as the web crawlers will not be able to read the text.
  • Viewers only scan the first few words in the Headline, so get to the point quickly.
  • People scan the left side of the site first (just like reading a book), so keep your headlines on the left.
  • You have less than one second to grab the viewer’s attention.
  • Under the headline, use smaller type as this will now engage the viewer into your content.
  • Keep your site navigation at the top of the page.
  • Use short paragraphs to encourage reading, long texts will disengage the viewer.
  • Know that the first paragraph on any page will be read the most, so make sure you use your key words and information in the first paragraph.
  • Ad placements on your Web site (whether internal or external ads to your business) are best at the top and left side of your page.
  • People pay the most attention to ads placed next to popular content on the site.
  • People read text ads more than graphic ads, except for when the ad is promoting something that is unfamiliar to the reader.
  • Key words and their placement on the Web site, in the site code and within any blog, Tweet or facebook effort you engage in is critical. The better the use of key words, the more likely your site will show up in good rankings on the search engines.