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SalesVu’s iPad POS System manages customer relationships for Intuitive Hands!

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Intuitive Hands (IH) is a massage therapy studio located within the Healing Arts Center in Austin, Texas. IH owner Bichlien Tran, approaches the human body from a postural perspective, treating a variety of conditions by working with the alignment of the body. She focuses on pairing massage and bodywork with Pilates training to help clients correct dysfunctional movement patterns. Tran strives to develop personalized workout plans not only to prevent pain and injury, but also unite her clients’ mind and body into a state of wellbeing.

Tran sought a mobile POS system for IH when she realized she would need to take payments other than cash. About other mobile point-of-sale solutions Tran says “I did consider Square for a brief moment, but the little square did not seem sturdy for me, easy to lose, as well as their service fee was higher.”

Three years ago, Tran decided to trust SalesVu for her iPad POS solution and she’s never looked back. According to Tran, “SalesVu was straight forward and easy to use. It was a payment solution that also provided other services such as client directory and a record of transactions… Also, the fee was less compared to other competitors that did not offer extra services outside of only a credit card transaction.”

SalesVu’s reporting feature has made record keeping easy and simple for IH. Tran enjoys being able to view sales reports by week, month or year to keep track of how well business is doing. She also likes how SalesVu’s customer relationship management feature allows her to easily view client history in detail.

“I value the option to look up client history and see their payment history in detail: date they visited, how they paid, and if I needed to re-email their receipt or refund, it was only a click away,” says Tran.

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For more information about Intuitive Hands, visit their website at www.intuitive-hands.massagetherapy.com or click below to visit their Facebook page!

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SalesVu’s iPad POS System seamlessly integrates Lone Star Kolache’s six locations!

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Lone Star Kolaches (LSK) was founded ten years ago by Massey and Allen Wallace. This Austin, Texas bakery specializes in “those delicious Czech pastries known as kolaches.” Today, you can pick up these delectable treats at any of LSK’s six locations – all of which are fully integrated with SalesVu’s iPad POS software.

Before switching to SalesVu, LSK used standalone cash registers that were “very archaic.” They considered a few other restaurant POS solutions but after an excellent recommendation from a local coffee shop, they chose SalesVu because of the many features offered and low cost of getting started.

“Switching from the old style cash registers to a mobile POS system was a no brainer,” says Allen Wallace, “Besides being more user friendly with the cashiers, the ability to run reports and track sales from the home office has improved the efficiency of our organization tenfold.”

Wallace’s favorite SalesVu feature is the multi-location management report.  He finds it very convenient to be able to track sales per location as well as sales per product – then easily export that data to an excel spreadsheet.

These reports have given the Wallace family “better eyes” to see which products are selling best and which are not. It has also greatly improved their efficiency in managing the menus for their six different locations.

Whenever they run into technical trouble, Wallace says kindness and patience of SalesVu’s support staff has been a “godsend.”

“Thomas is always there when we need him and he’s demonstrated enormous patience dealing with a couple of computer illiterates like us.”

Although they aren’t able to generate an exact figure on their savings, Wallace says that the credit card processing rates with Mercury Payment Systems and the POS solution with SalesVu is “definitely less money than a lot of the competition.”

We are thrilled for the opportunity to continue to provide LSK with the exceptional business management software they require to run their business.

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For more information about Lone Star Kolaches, visit any of their six Austin locations or click one of the following icons:

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SalesVu’s iPad POS System Intuitive Interface benefits SLG’s Art Boutiki

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SLG’s Art Boutiki and Gallery is a combination of a comic shop, art gallery and live music venue that proudly stands in San Jose, California. The Boutiki is a “brick-and-mortar store” of SLG, a comic publishing company founded in 1986.

As a publisher, SLG frequently travels to trade shows and comic conventions so they needed a point-of-sale system that would be consistent on the road as well as in their San Jose location.

After considering Square and trying out Imonggo, SLG eventually decided to go with SalesVu.

SalesVu offered the most functionality for the price and had an intuitive interface that was easy to get new employees up-to-speed on,” said Dan Vado, Supreme Commander of SLG.

Volunteers usually operate SLG’s point-of-sale transactions during events, so being able to use SalesVu software without much training was a greatly advantageous. In addition, the ability to process credit cards while away from their location increased SLG’s sales immensely.

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For more information about SLG’s Art Boutiki and Gallery, visit their website www.artboutiki.com, look up their Facebook page or follow them on twitter @artboutiki.

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Quick Product Addition, Inventory Management and Customer History in SalesVu iPad POS SystemMake the Difference at JV Skin and Beauty

The Company

JV Skin and Beauty (JVSB) is a skin care and beauty boutique. JVSB was created with the intent to ensure a customized, serious treatment focused on skin health. Each appointment is unique and centers around individual clients’ goals.

“I help clients achieve individual beauty,” said Jen Valdivia. “It is not how we look to the world, but how we feel in it. JV Skin and Beauty is about helping people realize their desired experience.”

The Needs

JVSB needed an mPOS solution to accept payments anywhere, anytime using mobile devices. Valdivia occasionally travels for work and needs the flexibility of a “simple card reader” and a “secure system that is capable of quick transactions.” JVSB includes products and services, so the POS system needs to go beyond a simple solution.

“I need to be able to manage inventory, customers, product costs and taxes on the go,” said Valdivia. “This helps me avoid time-consuming updates and painful reconciliation when I’m back at my desk.”

The SalesVu Decision

JVSB began looking into other POS and ECommerce solutions, including Booker, Intuit, NCR Silver and Shopify, after using Square.

SalesVu allows me to manage product inventory and link customers to their purchases,” said Valdivia. “I have products that I provide for my clients and needed a system that allowed the inclusion of products in the same transaction of an actual client service. I also chose SalesVu because of the easy export feature and customizable features that set it apart, such as: alerts, customer profiles and quick additions at POS.”

The Results

JVSB likes the capability to quickly add a service or product that may have been missed in the initial upload of products. They can quickly type in the service, cost, tax rate, etc when finishing a transaction without disturbing the client. According to Valdivia, this ability has been critical at JV Skin and Beauty.

“One of my customers tends to add on services on-the-spot that are not common, so I absolutely needed to quickly add it at POS,” said Valdivia.

SalesVu has also helped JVSB streamline the ability to view revenue and profits.

“I can pull and save reports when I analyze sales; I get inventory alerts, can customize the type of notifications I receive and use both the mobile and full site to view data,” said Valdivia. “It’s easy to use, looks clean and streamlines, and customer service has been outstanding the few times I’ve called.”

Lastly, JVSB has saved about $50 per month by using SalesVu.

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For more information about JV Skin and Beauty, go to www.jvskinandbeauty.com, like their Facebook or follow them on Twitter @JVSkinandBeauty.

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Lake Charles Martial Arts Loves SalesVu’s iPad POS System feature ,Inventory Management and Invoicing

Lake Charles Martial Arts (LCMA) is a martial art school that goes beyond martial arts and turns people’s lives around through innovative curriculum. “Our instruction not only changes our students’ lives but also helps improve the lives of people around the community,” said Owner John Newport.

LCMA found SalesVu when searching for a POS system that could track inventory. At the time, they were using PayPal but were quickly outgrowing its usefulness as their product and service options grew.

“The fact that [SalesVu] is less expensive to use than PayPal helps in dropping our overhead costs and presents us as a truly professional company with receipts and invoicing that are customized to our needs,” said Newport.

Lake Charles Martial Arts does a lot of traveling, private lessons and special functions away from school, giving them the need for an iPad POS.

“When tournaments come about we need something reliable to collect payment (non-cash) at the door,” said Newport.

LCMA researched more than 80 POS systems when looking for a new system.

“We looked at ShopKeep, but the monthly charges for what we needed prevented that sale,” said Newport. “We looked at NCR Silver but it was too complex and expensive. We considered LightSpeed but we saw that we would outgrow their introductory offer and could not afford the next level.”

LCMA chose SalesVu because they could try it without any required commitment. Once Newport saw that SalesVu iPad POS could grow with LCMA without being nickel and dimed plus the extensive list of features, they “knew they had a winner.”

Newport’s favorite thing about SalesVu’s solution is its simplicity. They also like the ability to invoice a sale complete with their logo and all of the pertinent information as well as the capacity to transfer sales between devices.

“Our students are wowed when they see us take our iPad or phone out to complete a sale or tuition payment,” said Newport. “We are the only martial art school in the area with anything like this.”

“The online coupons and option to get actual gift cards and track their usage help keep us on top of what is working,” said Newport.

According to Newport, SalesVu has helped in the retention of students by offering so many different means of payment.

“If someone doesn’t at least try SalesVu, then they are just going to waste their money,” said Newport.

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Why L.A.’s den.m.bar Chose to Use SalesVu iPad POS System Over Other Solutions

The Company

  • Den.m.bar (dmb) is a custom denim workshop located in the heart of Los Angeles’ Fashion District that creates jeans, ties, clutches, wallets and a variety of denim accessories. Dmb creates tailor-made-to-order denim for men and women using traditional denim craft techniques. Dmb believes that there are three essential components to owning the finest denim: quality material, good fit and personal style. According to den.m.bar Owner Derek Yip, each stitch is stitched for durability and designed to reflect their principles of timeless traditional denim apparel.

“While doing everything by hand takes time and costs a bit more, each piece is crafted with some serious TLC,” said Yip. “ We take pride in our work and because of that, we have the utmost attention to detail on our craftsmanship.”

The Needs

  • A retail POS system was essential for dmb because they needed a way to process credit cards anywhere they go, whether it be events, fairs or pop-up shops.

“Having a mobile POS system helps us tremendously,” said Yip.

The SalesVu Decision

  • When looking into iPad POS solutions, den.m.bar considered SalesVu, Square, Shopkeep, GoPayment and PayPal. Yip said dmb briefly tried to use Square POS but switched to SalesVu when they discovered the depth of features.

“After checking out other POS systems, SalesVu had the best transaction fee pricing, a lot of functions that other systems didn’t offer and most of all, there was no monthly fee if we passed the monthly minimum requirement,” said Yip.

  • Den.m.bar’s favorite aspect of the SalesVu iPad POS is the ability to see and export customer data and sales reports as well as create customized reports.

“The reason why this is important to us is because with more information on hand, we are able to change our strategy and make our business more efficient,” said Yip.

The Results

  • SalesVu has helped dmb by providing a user friendly interface for their sales team.

“SalesVu has streamlined the method of processing orders and made it super easy to gather useful data for market research,” said Yip.

  • Den.m.bar has saved a significant amount of money between not having to pay a monthly fee and having a lower transaction fee.

For more information on L.A.’s finest bespoke denim shop, go to www.denmbar.com, follow them on Twitter: @denmbar or like their Facebook page.

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Photographer Matt Suess Explains Why He Loves SalesVu iPad POS System for His Business

Suess Fine Art Photography is long-time professional photographer Matt Suess’ business. Suess travels extensively in his RV to photograph which allows him to sell his fine art photography at juried fine art festivals in different states as well as sell online. Suess also teaches photo workshops, online classes, continuously updates his website and maintains his photography blog.

Suess heard about SalesVu’s iPad POS in a forum for art festival artists.

“The post compared it to Square and mentioned many of the benefits SalesVu has over Square,” said Suess.

Prior to using SalesVu, Suess was using Square and had also tried a traditional merchant account with “the large Nurit card readers.”

After reading about SalesVu, Suess compared it with competitors. He researched websites, read comments and asked around for opinions.

“There were a number of reasons I chose SalesVu POS System, such as: the high quality card reader, excellent software for the iPad, a good website with lots of ways for me to control my SalesVu experience, the lowest rate I could find, no monthly fees, excellent and friendly telephone support (even before becoming a customer) and more,” said Suess. “One of the best features is having access to the customer’s email address after sending them an email receipt, unlike Square who doesn’t allow you to get that, which allows me the opportunity to send thank you’s via email and the opportunity to add them to my mailing list.”

Having access to customers’ email addresses is important for Suess as he believes the most effective form of marketing is to contact those that have already purchased from him. This is a feature Suess considers “invaluable.”

“The other great thing is being able to reach customer support right away via the phone,” said Suess. “In setting up my account I had a few questions and contacted support a few times; each time they were friendly and knew what they were talking about.”

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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.

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15 Reasons Businesses are Ditching Their Cash Registers for SalesVu’s iPad POS System

Lets face it, people: we live in the 21st century. These days, the internet is a mecca for information, communication and efficiency. It’s very likely that your customers and employees are used to searching for answers and receiving them easily and immediately. Don’t let your business fall behind the digital age, trust SalesVu’s cloud-based POS solution for all your business management needs!

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Here are 15 reasons for leaving your clunky cash register in the dust and implementing SalesVu’s iPad POS solution into your business:

1. Mobile inventory management. With a mobile POS system, you can view, update and adjust your inventory from any location at any time. You can also compare product popularity and modify prices instantly with the touch of a button.

2. Cut costs on repairs. Traditional cash registers are not only more expensive to purchase but also to maintain. You can reduce ongoing hardware costs with the use of smartphones or tablets – which your employees may already own. The time and cost for repair on these products is far lower than that of the old fashioned registers.

3. Set up an Ecommerce website for online ordering. With the same POS system that you are using on-location, you can also set up an ecommerce website that allows customers to order online. The sales made on your website will automatically show up in your reporting module, and inventory sold from here will be updated to your records as well. An ecommerce website through SalesVu is an easy way to boost sales by making products more available and convenient for your customers.

4. Apply recurring billing. SalesVu provides ongoing and automatic billing options for your customers. This can be useful for businesses like wineries or any establishment where customers have subscriptions or memberships. Billing invoices can be customized to your liking and credit cards will be validated prior to the billing date to avoid any confusion. All billing information can be edited or canceled at any time.

5. Prevent theft through automated cash management. SalesVu’s mobile POS solution allows you to track credit card, check and cash sales from the day’s start to finish. By viewing your SalesVu portal, you can easily see where and when money is coming and going no matter where you are.

6. Track employee activity. SalesVu’s Human Capital Management feature allows you to view employee clock-in and clock-out times as well as individual sales from the comfort of your own home. Also, this feature allows your employees to request time-off, shift-trades and send each other messages – all through your iPad POS software!

7. View customer transaction history. Need to go back and find a customer’s history with your company? With the diverse capabilities of SalesVu’s Customer Relationship Management feature you can see your most loyal customers, what they’re interested in and the last time they shopped with you. This feature also offers the capability to divide your customers into groups based on amount purchased, recency, products bought, discounts applied or whatever category you would like.

8. Speed up the checkout process. Mobile point of sale solutions operate much more quickly and efficiently than traditional cash registers. This gives your customers the ability to be in and out faster. Forget the long lines! With SalesVu, you can have an unlimited number of devices in your store – all of which are integrated on one software. So you could begin to ring a customer transaction on one iPad, then close it out and pay on another without losing any data!

9. Provide receipts in a more convenient way. Giving customers the option to print their receipt, have it e-mailed or both allows them the satisfaction of feeling more in control of their purchase. You no longer have to worry about customers losing or throwing away their receipt because both parties will have a copy of their transaction on file. Additionally, you may add your company tagline or other desired information to receipts rather than just the traditional system’s product price and date!

10. Save time with taxes and get your finances organized! Lets face it, most businesses have financial information that needs to be collected and analyzed. With SalesVu’s accounting feature, your finances are collected directly from your POS system and compiled into easily viewable reports. Automatically generate profit and loss statements and reconcile accounts right from your SalesVu portal! You can also use SalesVu’s integration with QuickBooks, and import all the data you already have into your business management system. This can greatly reduce labor costs spent on administrative tasks for your establishment.

11. View sales reports quickly and simply. Regardless of where you are, SalesVu allows you to pull up your business’ performance from your mobile device. Break it down by day, week, month, product, or however you’d like! You can generate your own custom reports to track what is most important for your company. These reports can be edited at a moments notice and all changes will take affect in real time.

12. Reduce errors. Traditional cash registers allow a lot of room human error and don’t provide customized sales options. With SalesVu, you can set up automatic discounts based on time-of-day, product or customer. Don’t worry about manually entering discounts with every sale – with SalesVu they’ve already been applied to all qualifying modifiers in your system. This makes upselling easier than ever because modifiers can be set on an order to help increase sales and simplify complicated items for cashiers. You can customize this process at any time.

13. Personalize your system. SalesVu understands that different businesses have different needs. With our iPad POS, you can customize the features, products and options that will be beneficial to your company. Traditional cash registers don’t offer customization from business to business. Select the options that will be beneficial to you, without paying for or hassling with features you don’t need!

14. Operate from a remote location. The days of having to go into the office or place of business to find out what’s going on are over! See what your employees are up to, sales reports by location, customer activity and everything else without digging through files or having to micro-manage your staff. With SalesVu, you can see nearly every aspect of your business with the touch of a button! No worries if you’re on vacation; business management with SalesVu can now take place ANYWHERE!

15. Provide simplicity to your employees! Simplicity is the key to success. Using smart phones and tablets has become second nature to virtually everyone these days. Why force yourself and your employees to learn another hardware system? Most people, including customers, are close to expert with devices such as iPads, iPhones and tablets. This greatly reduces the need to make calls to managers and owners asking how to execute functions while the customer waits. In addition, if you or your staff ever do encounter an issue you aren’t sure how to handle – SalesVu’s customer service team is available to take your call 24/7!

The 21st century is a digital age – bring your business up to speed by trusting SalesVu’s Cloud-based POS solution for your business management needs! All the information you use with SalesVu is stored securely in the cloud, so you are never in danger of losing your progress. We are the only fully integrated, cloud-based business management software on the market for small business and we offer our features in bundle packages at competitive rates.

Interested in learning more? Visit our website and sign up for a free trial today!

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