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SalesVu iPad POS System at The Electric Bean, a Non-Profit Coffee Shop

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The Electric Bean (EB) is a non-profit coffee shop, run by volunteer staff, that donates 100% of its profits back to the community. In this next quarter, their money will go to help fund the local homeless shelter and battered women’s shelter.

EB chose to operate their business with an iPad POS because they wanted to save counter space.

“We chose SalesVu primarily because of its straightforward operation,” said Electric Bean GM Andrew Nguyen. “We also loved the reporting system.”

Nguyen specifically likes being able to access reports and monitor transactions from his laptop anywhere that has internet.

“When I am away from the shop I can use the tool to check in on staff and see how busy we are based on the number of sales; it’s like having a live feed,” said Nguyen.

“SalesVu has helped us by allowing us to have a mobile POS system,” said Nguyen. “There are times when we can load up SalesVu on other devices and take orders when our line gets too long.”

For more information about The Electric Bean, go to www.theelectricbean.com or check out their Facebook page.

Posted in Professional Services, Restaurants and Bars, Retail | Tagged Employee Scheduling

We’ve Got a Sweet Tooth for Yours Truly Cupcake!

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The Company

Yours Truly Cupcake (YTC) is a dessert catering company in Denver, Co. YTC creates unique sensory experiences for customers through desserts and services. Yours Truly specializes in liquor-infused cupcakes and desserts that pair with cocktails and wine; these treats are targeted at adventurous adults with a sophisticated palette.

For events and corporate gifts, YTC meets with clients in their tasting room to gain an understanding of the customers’ needs and how Yours Truly can be the “sweet solution” for them. For larger events, they bake-to-order every dessert imaginable .

The Needs

YTC wanted the ability to use iPads and iPhones to charge customers without investing in a large POS system as they don’t have the space.

Analytics during business growth

“Before SalesVu, we used Square,” said YTC Owner Tiffany Goodyear. “But as the business grew, we wanted to keep analytics. Our processing company recommended SalesVu and we have been satisfied with the interface.”

Online ordering AND on-site purchases

“We recently opened a retail walk-up window adjacent to our tasting room so we can offer our customers the option to pick up treats without needing to place an advanced order,” said Goodyear.

The Results

Retail operation is more organized through SalesVu’s features

“We use SalesVu for our retail operation which allows us to track inventory and see trends in popular products and flavors,” said Goodyear. “For the catering side and call-in orders, we love to send the invoice directly through SalesVu and have our clients click through to pay; this saves time and ensures we are paid in full before we bake.”

Online ordering

“I like how easy it is to integrate online ordering through our website,” said Goodyear. “We get lots of orders from all over the country so it allows people to shop during hours when we are closed.”

Simplified payment process

“Because we are a small business, we want to spend our energy on our clients and not worrying about if and how we are going to get paid,” said Goodyear. “[SalesVu] is so easy to use that we can train people quickly and it is very intuitive!”

YTC saved hundreds from not investing in a traditional POS.

Contact Yours Truly at www.YoursTrulyCupcake.com, on Twitter @yourstrulycpck or on Facebook.

Posted in Professional Services, Restaurants and Bars, Retail | Tagged Credit Card Processing, Restaurant POS

Alpha Brewing Company Talks SalesVu iPad POS System

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Alpha Brewing Company (ABC) is a small microbrewery located in St. Louis that sells beer and merchandise in their tasting room.

An iPad POS was important for ABC because they needed a way to process credit cards and hold tabs. When opening their business, ABC looked into Square, SalesVu and PC-based POS systems. SalesVu prevailed for two reasons: they like using Apple products and they wanted SalesVu’s tab and tipping features.

ABC Owner Derrick Langeneckert really likes the cloud-based sales reporting that SalesVu offers.

“SalesVu has also made it easy to process credit cards,” said Langeneckert. “We saved at least $1,000 upfront. The PC-based systems require you to purchase a lot of hardware; we didn’t want to buy a Windows machine.”

You can find out more about this St. Louis brewery at www.alphabrewingcompany.com, on Facebook or on Twitter @alphabrewingco.

Posted in Professional Services, Restaurants and Bars | Tagged Customer Management, Inventory & Management

Purlin’ J’s Roving Yarn Co Adopts SalesVu’s iPad POS System

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Purlin’ J’s Roving Yarn Co (PJ) is a mobile yarn truck that satisfies the modern knitter’s craving for sumptuous yarns. PJ is just like a gourmet food truck..but with yarn! They sell to inspired knitters at music festivals, studio tours, markets and retreats. Purlin’ J’s is a small-scale, flexible retailer that is responsive to the market.

“The truck, in part, is literally a vehicle to connect the fiber crafting community with local wool producers,” said Owner Joan Sharpe.

Because Sharpe’s business is operated out of a truck, she wanted an iPad POS. She heard about SalesVu through Ravelry, an online knitting community and other local yarn shop owners that recommended it. Sharpe also considered Square when making her decision.

“I chose SalesVu because of the point of sale software and inventory management that comes with it,” said Sharpe. “Now I can easily share my sales and inventory data with my bookkeeper.”

Sharpe uses an iPad and says that her business is made more viable because of this technology.

“I like that I can manage my inventory from anywhere and that the credit card component is very easy to use,” said Sharpe.

Contact Purlin’ J’s:

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Posted in Professional Services, Retail | Tagged Restaurant POS, Retail POS

SalesVu iPad POS System Role on the Street of Dreams

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The Company

Street of Dreams (SD) is the original Luxury Home Show in the U.S. and has been running continuously since 1977. It is held in late summer, usually in August, and hosts 60-80,000 attendees.

The Needs

SD’s show is held on recently developed land far from the offices. They needed a POS System to track customer ticketing and concession sales.

The SalesVu Decision

SD was using a Quicken application residing on a PC.

“We tried to vet every application we could find,” said VP of Finance Mike Maxwell. “We looked at everything in the iTunes app store as well as scouring the web. The decision to use SalesVu was unanimous among those in the process.”

SalesVu stood out to Street of Dreams because of its ease of use.

“We had been using another application but were able to eliminate at least 1 step in the sales process that allowed us to process customers more quickly to reduce lines and wait times,” said Maxwell.

The Results

“The overall simplicity allowed us to drop steps in processing the customer,” said Maxwell. “I would also say the learning curve for the staff was super easy and they picked it up with little difficulty, so training time and errors were reduced.”

For more information, visit www.streetofdreamspdx.com, like their Facebook or follow them on Twitter @StreetDreamsPDX.

Posted in Professional Services, Retail | Tagged Credit Card Processing, Retail POS

SalesVu iPad POS System in the Zombie Capital of the World

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House of the Dead (HD), the world’s only zombie-everything store, is located in Pittsburgh, the “Zombie Capital of the World.” HD thought it was time for Pittsburgh to have a zombie store to service residents’ obsession with the undead. They carry just about everything zombie-related that one could imagine, including: t-shirts and sweats, DVDs, movie poster, comics, books and graphic novels, toys and games, jewelry, artwork, Halloween decorations and makeup.

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An iPad POS was important for HD for two reasons: first, it presented huge savings upfront by not having to purchase a traditional cash register and second, they frequently set up a mobile store at events.

“Having the ability to process sales at these events and see our entire inventory back at the store was a godsend,” said Stu Neft, co-owner of HD.

HD had never used an mPOS prior to adopting SalesVu. When looking into solutions they considered several different systems, including Intuit.

“We chose SalesVu POS System because of its initial low cost and ease of use,” said Neft. “SalesVu’s ease of use allowed us to be up and running a lot more quickly than if we would have had to learn a more complicated system.”

Neft approximated his upfront savings with SalesVu to be between $1,500-5,000. He also saves a significant amount of time bookkeeping thanks to SalesVu’s reporting feature.

“My favorite thing about SalesVu is actually how quickly Tech Support responds to questions,” said Neft.

If you love zombies as much as these guys, go to their website: www.houseofthedeadpgh.com, like their Facebook page or follow all things zombie on Twitter @pghhouseofthedead.

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Posted in Professional Services, Retail | Tagged Retail POS

Inventory, ECommerce Website and Employee Management are Essential at Juice Junkies

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Juice Junkies

Juice Junkies (JJ) has arrived! JJ is a raw, organic juice bar that serves cold, pressured juices that are bottled in-house. They also serve superfood smoothies as well as raw and vegan food, all made on location and packaged to go.

SalesVu is Owner Hillary Biediger’s first mPOS.

“I’ve used Aloha and Squirrel in other businesses at which I’ve worked,” said Biediger. “I didn’t like them.”

She also considered Square and POS Lavu. Biediger liked SalesVu because there was no major start up cost, just the cost of hardware and extra credit cards swipers. The transaction fees were also appealing to her.

“[SalesVu] is a full POS solution: inventory, online ordering, employee clock-in and clock-out,” said Biediger. “It has everything you need to run a small business.”

An iPad POS was important for JJ because it takes up less space and looks nice and clean.

“My main reason for using a mobile POS is that the parking lot at my store is limited, so I would like to be able to run my product out to my customers and use my iPod Touch and swipe their credit card so they can be on their way..FAST,” said Biediger.

Biediger likes how easy it is to change a product or price on the computer and have it immediately updated on the devices.

“I like online ordering; I also like how easy it is to use SalesVu,” said Biediger. “This will make training employees so much easier!”

Find out more about Juice Junkies on their Facebook page , on Twitter @JuiceJunkiesFTW or on Instagram @JuiceJunkiesFTW

Photo Ron Jenkins

Posted in Professional Services, Restaurants and Bars, Retail | Tagged ECommerce Website, Employee Scheduling, Inventory & Management

F-Town Longboards Using SalesVu iPad POS System to Bring Longboarding to Arkansas

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F-Town Longboards (FTL) is the first pure longboard store in Arkansas, founded in 2012 after two cousins discovered longboarding in Southern California. They saw the sport spreading across the country and realized that there was no place dedicated to longboarding in Northwest Arkansas. Local riders wanted to bring longboarding to their town; so they did.

“Riders want access to all the cool, quality gear: wheels, bushings, trucks, dominoes…so we opened our store,” said Owner Kevin Higgins.

F-Town is located in Fayetteville where they are growing their lineup every week and are “super stoked to be [in business] among one of the coolest sporting communities out there.”

“We want to see longboarding grow rapidly and help educate the community on the sport,” said Higgins.

Higgins was using a free invoicing system for PC called Express Invoicing when he decided an iPhone POS would be better suited for FTL.

“We used Square for credit card processing and looked at some other systems but none of them appeared to give us everything we get from SalesVu for the cost,” said Higgins.

FTL needs an mPOS because they do local events in their community but they also wanted a small POS that was very powerful.

Higgins loves SalesVu for the “reports, inventory and the the html code which allows [them] to offer an online store at some point.”

For more information about F-Town Longboards, go to www.ftownlongboards.com, like their Facebook or follow them on Twitter @Ftownlongboards.

Posted in Health Clubs, Professional Services, Retail | Tagged Recurring Billing, Retail POS

HTWest Adopts the SalesVu iPad POS System for Multi-Location Functionality and Inventory Management

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The Shop

HTWest Services (HTW) is a Sacramento business that provides repairs and offers refurbishment services for cell phones, tablets, game consoles, computers and laptops. They also sell refurbished cell phones and accessories. HTW offers something unique that most other repair facilities don’t: a lifetime warranty against breakage on any screen replacement that they perform.

“If a customer happens to break their screen again during the time that they own their phone, we will repair the screen at no labor charge,” said HTW Owner Pete DePalma. “They simply purchase the part from us and we will install it for free.”

Despite having 10-15 other repair shops located in the Sacramento area, HTW has customers that drive 40 minutes for repairs because of pricing and outstanding customer service.

POS History

HTW started off using Square but didn’t get a lot of the features that they were looking for. Square suddenly shut down HTW’s account claiming that they were in a “high risk” industry, according to DePalma. HTW could not challenge the decision, despite finding many other cell phone repair shops in the Square directory, as Square does not offer a customer service number.

Moving On From Square

When considering a new POS solution, HTW found SalesVu by searching for merchant service providers. DePalma says he never looked into PayPal “due to their tendency to lock up accounts for no apparent reason.” Since DePalma has an extensive background working in the merchant services industry, he realized a bundled rate would be the best and cheapest solution for his shop since their average tickets are under $100.

An iPad POS is crucial for HTWest because some of their services are offered on a mobile basis.

Why SalesVu?

“I chose SalesVu because of the integrated POS and multiple location functionality,” said DePalma. “I intend to aggressively expand in the coming months and already have plans for a couple of additional locations.”

In addition to the integrated POS System, DePalma loves the ability to “keep an eye on inventory levels.”

Posted in Professional Services, Retail | Tagged Email & Facebook Marketing, Retail POS

Funky Pearl Boutique Talks about SalesVu iPad POS System

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The Company

Funky Pearl Boutique (FPB) is a small fashion retail store that focuses on high quality and cheaper pricing. FPB is located in a small community with the expectations of a big community. They sell clothes in a wide range of sizes as well as accessories, shoes and home decor.

The Need for an mPOS

FPB wanted customers to have flexibility and a variety of ways to pay.

“I was not planning to accept checks, only cash,” said FPB Owner Billie Kelley. “I could not afford to purchase an actual POS system right off hand, however I had an iPad and the low cost (free) fit perfectly into my budget. I love it; it’s a convenience to everyone!”

Choosing an iPad POS

SalesVu came recommended to Kelley while remodeling FPB’s building. Kelley’s friend (another boutique owner) was happy with the SalesVu iPad POS so she looked into it further.

“I have yet to use another system other than SalesVu,” said Kelley. “SalesVu was my first trial run for a POS system and so far we’ve had great luck with it with no intentions of switching.”

Kelley also considered Intuit, PayPal and Square when researching POS solutions.

“I had left banking before I opened my boutique and worked with many fraudulent accounts with PayPal and also heard some ugly rumors,” said Kelley. “Nobody I had spoken with used the other two that I considered (Intuit and Square) so I furthered my research in the one recommendation I was given.”

So..Why SalesVu?

Kelley claims to have chosen SalesVu for many reasons.

“I was able to use it as my cash register, inventory, bookkeeper and print reports needed for my accountant,” said Kelley. “I did not have to do any report figuring myself; it makes it convenient so I don’t have to spend time at the end of every month working on reports, rather I can spend it on improving my store.”

Favorite Thing About SalesVu

“My favorite feature about SalesVu is definitely how you can input your inventory into categories on the app to keep all merchandise separate and easy to find,” said Kelley. “Nobody likes to wait in line to purchase merchandise; this way, it provides an easy and fast way to checkout customers and a convenience to me as the owner.”

Support Funky Pearl Boutique by liking them on Facebook!

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Posted in Beauty and Wellness, Professional Services, Retail | Tagged Inventory & Management

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