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SalesVu Partners With Square for Increased Capabilities

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Austin, TX – March 2019 – In an effort to continue its quest towards innovation, popular restaurant and business management solutions provider SalesVu has partnered with Square, a leading payment processing service and provider of POS(Point of Sale) solutions. With a wide variety of free SalesVu applications currently available, the partnership will allow SalesVu’s free applications to integrate with Square’s payment hardware for increased capabilities and enhanced user experience.
“SalesVu is committed to providing innovative solutions to the restaurant industry,” noted Pascal Nicolas, CEO. “Our partnership with Square will allow us to expand our innovation and help restaurant owners in more forward-thinking and accessible ways.”
SalesVu restaurant management solutions include an array of free iPad apps, which can now be utilized with Square hardware. Square hardware is now compatible with several SalesVu Apps, including:

OrderUp – An app that allows customers to self-order that automatically sends orders to the Square Register.
Incoming – Automatically displays all orders from Square Register in the Kitchen.
Customer Display – Displays orders from Square Register to customers so they can add a tip and sign discreetly.
Restaurant-Branded Smartphone Ordering App – All orders placed on this app automatically appear on the Square Register with pickup or delivery information.
Restaurant Website – All orders placed on the restaurant website will automatically appear on the Square Register with pickup or delivery information.

Optional apps that can be integrated with Square include free OnTheList, which handles reservation waitlist with SMS notifications; free OrderUp for self-order kiosks; as well as a number of other solutions which handle everything from gift cards and loyalty rewards to invoicing and order management.
Square is a popular payment processing solution that has already been implemented by many businesses. Under the new partnership, any business with an existing Square account will be able to download the free SalesVu apps and be running in no time.
For additional information, please visit the SalesVu website.

About SalesVu

Founded in 2007 in Austin, TX, SalesVu is a leading provider of restaurant management solutions that include a robust portfolio of iPad apps, as well as cloud-based remote management features.
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Posted in Partnerships | Tagged Credit Card Processing, Mobile POS, Restaurant POS

A point of sale (POS) system can do everything a cash register can, plus so much more that will help you run your business better.

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If you operate a farm-to-table restaurant, you may have chosen to use a traditional cash register for your payment management system. Cash registers can be an appealing choice for small businesses because they’re fairly inexpensive and durable. However, a POS system, especially one that runs on a mobile device such as an iPad, can do everything a cash register can, plus so much more that will help you run your business better. Here are four advantages an iPad POS system can offer your restaurant.

Inventory Management

An iPad POS system can provide a great deal more information about all aspects of your business than a traditional cash register. One particularly vital aspect is inventory management. Your farm-to-table restaurant likely deals with smaller, independent suppliers, so finding the right balance for your orders is key. Order too little, and you risk turning away disappointed customers when you run out of a favorite dish. Order too much, and your unused fresh produce spoils on the shelves, creating costly waste. An iPad POS system can keep track of your inventory and tell you when and how much to reorder, based on sales and usage. It saves you the labor of manual inventory, eliminates ordering guesswork, and minimizes potential lost revenue.

Staff Management

Another managerial headache that an iPad POS system can alleviate is employee scheduling. Your POS can chart your busiest and off-peak times of the day, week, month, or season, helping to ensure that you aren’t understaffed (creating unfavorable customer experiences) or overstaffed (paying unnecessary labor costs). You can also evaluate each employee’s sales performance, so you can schedule your best workers where you need them most. And you can keep an eye out for employee theft, as the system tracks who is responsible for all transactions, including voids and refunds.

Customer Relationship Management

Your farm-to-table restaurant needs to gain and keep customers. An iPad POS system will maintain a wealth of information about your customers — including contact information and purchase histories — which you can use to create targeted marketing campaigns. You can also set up a loyalty rewards program to encourage return visits and increased spending. And you can offer gift cards and discount coupons, all managed with your POS.

Integration with Other Systems

Another way that an iPad POS system offers greater functionality than a cash register is in how it integrates with other business tools. Many POS systems can share sales data with programs such as QuickBooks or other accounting software, saving you time and labor. If you’ve already discovered the benefits of a kitchen display system, your POS can coordinate all incoming orders for the KDS, not just in-house but also online orders from your website or app, or to-go orders placed on a self-service kiosk. You can also accept a wider variety of payment methods, as the POS can be equipped with readers for EMV chip cards or mobile wallet payments such as Apple Pay or Google Pay. And if you’re buying (or selling) items in bulk, you’ll want a POS that can integrate with an NTEP Certified scale.
SalesVu offers a variety of free apps that can turn any iPad into a POS system. Your farm-to-table restaurant will gain not only payment processing functionality but also reservation and table management (OnTheList); loyalty programs, gift cards, and group discounts (Regulars and VIPz); staff scheduling (Shift); kitchen display system coordination (Incoming); and more. No cash register can do all that. Plus, with SalesVu you’ll have 24/7 customer support. Contact SalesVu to explore the benefits of upgrading your restaurant cash register to an iPad POS system.

Posted in Restaurants and Bars | Tagged Restaurant POS, Support

The Top 4 Must-Have POS-Boosting Apps for Free for Juice Bar Owners

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As juice bars continue to grow in popularity with increasingly health-conscious consumers, shop owners need to find ways to stand out among the competition. Offering refreshing juices and vitamin-packed smoothies with unique flavor combinations is great, but today’s customers also expect efficient and personalized service. Luckily, there are point of sale (POS) apps available —for free —that can accomplish these goals and help you grow your business.

Self-Order Kiosks

OrderUp is another useful POS app, available for free, which lets you use your iPad POS as a self-service kiosk. Self-ordering can break up long counter lines and increase order accuracy, since customers can enter and check their own specifications. This functionality is great for products that are highly customized and potentially complex. Your staff can devote their attention to order prep instead of transcription, getting that organic turmeric-ginger apple juice with wheat-grass shot on the side made just right.

Kitchen Display System

Paper-ticket ordering systems are becoming a thing of the past. It’s too easy for paper tickets to get lost or misread, resulting in unhappy customers. Plus, you spend a lot of money on ink and paper, only to end up creating a lot of waste. A kitchen display system (KDS) via the Incoming app will queue orders from several sources (including self-service kiosks, smartphone app or website orders) and send them directly to the appropriate food prep stations. On-the-go customers will appreciate the increased efficiency and accuracy of order fulfillment. And patrons who value healthy, “green” options such as fresh, organic drinks will applaud the eco-friendly aspects of your KDS.

Loyalty Programs

Loyalty programs can be a significant factor in customers’ buying decisions: they value the personal connection and the sense that their patronage is appreciated. Moreover, they tend to spend more at places that offer loyalty rewards. Regulars is a free POS System that lets your customers accumulate “loyalty cash” (a percentage of their purchase amounts) to unlock rewards to use toward future purchases. The program is easy to manage, and uses SMS text messages to communicate with customers. With Regulars, you can encourage people to make recurring visits to your juice bar part of their workout routines or healthy lunch-break habits.

Group Coupons

Since fresh juice and smoothies are often spontaneous purchases rather than planned ones, juice bar owners need ways to attract customers. Group-based coupons and special discounts, like those offered on Groupon and other sites, can bring an almost immediate surge of business and reach a wide range of new customers. Instead of using a third-party site that will take half of your profits, though, use VIPz — a POS app for free that allows you to create and manage your own group coupons, and gift cards as well. Set up offers to run during slower periods, such as during colder or rainy weather, to keep the juices — and the profits — flowing.

These iPad POS apps are not only free, they’re offered by the same vendor, SalesVu, so they can be managed from a single account and are supported 24/7. The apps integrate with Square Register and other POS systems. Contact SalesVu to learn more about how these apps can help you improve your juice bar’s operational efficiencies and increase customer satisfaction.

Posted in Restaurants and Bars, Uncategorized | Tagged free POS, Restaurant POS

The 4 Best Free POS-Enhancing Apps that Coffee Shop Owners Should Know About

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Coffee-shop operators have a lot on their plates. They’re serving a high volume of frequently complicated and specialized drink orders in a fast-paced environment, doing everything they can to provide exceptional customer service in a competitive niche — and also trying to operate in the black. Having the right POS system can make achieving those objectives easier. Here are four of the best free POS apps that enhance functionality for coffee shops.

Incoming: Kitchen Display System App

If you have a kitchen display system (KDS) — and you probably should since it has many advantages over paper ticket systems — then one of the best free POS apps to consider is Incoming. This app allows you to view and manage orders placed from any source. Going paperless not only reduces cost (and waste) of ink and paper, but also improves order accuracy. It also streamlines prep times by sending the order elements to the appropriate stations, such as the espresso machine or the pastry counter, for speedier fulfillment.

OrderUp: Self-Service Kiosk App

OrderUp is a free POS app that turns an iPad into a self-service kiosk — which has many benefits, especially for businesses like coffee shops where the orders are highly customizable and specific. With self-ordering, customers place all of their requests directly into the system, which greatly reduces the chance that some element will be overlooked or miscommunicated. That venti, low-fat, half-caf, triple-shot, iced caramel macchiato needs to be served just as ordered to ensure customer satisfaction. Plus, patrons placing their own orders tend to include more add-ons and extra items, increasing overall ticket sizes. And self-service kiosks can bust lines at the counter, so busy morning rush-hour commuters can get those caffeine fixes quickly and get to work.

VIPz: Group Coupons App

For group-based discounts and special deals, one of the best free POS apps is VIPz, similar to Groupon — but it won’t cost half of your profits. You can use VIPz to introduce your coffee shop to new customers and bring in new business. This app also lets you create offers that are valid during slower periods of the day/week/month, to help maintain a steadier flow of revenue.

Regulars: Loyalty Rewards Program App

Coffee shops have a particularly high potential for earning repeat business, as commuters make your stop a part of their regular morning routine. Another incentive that will increase this likelihood (besides quality products and great service) is a loyalty rewards program. Regulars is one of the best free POS apps that help you set up and manage a rewards program based on purchase amounts. It’s easy to track balances and redeem rewards. Loyalty programs forge a personal bond with your customers and make them feel that you value their business — which makes them want to keep coming back.

Bonus: Your Own Shop-Branded Ordering App for Smartphones

In addition to providing these free POS apps, SalesVu can help you create a brand-specific app and modern-looking online ordering website so your customers can place orders on their smartphones and computers. This provides greater convenience for your customers, and increased revenue for you. You may not be a giant franchise like Starbuck’s, but you can look just as professional and tech savvy as your big competitors.

These best, free POS apps are available from a single provider, one that offers round-the-clock customer support every day. SalesVu’s apps all integrate with Square Register and other POS systems to provide the add-on functionalities that coffee shops need most. To find out more, request a demo, or set up a free account, contact SalesVu today.

Posted in Restaurants and Bars, Uncategorized | Tagged Restaurant POS

Brookwood Georgetown uses SalesVu POS system to manage their Cafe and Shop easily!

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Located in Georgetown, Texas, Brookwood in Georgetown is a non-profit organization that offers a program for adults with special needs, their mission is to provide an educational environment that creates meaningful jobs and builds a sense of belonging and validates dignity and respect for adults with disabilities. Diane Saphiro, buying manager, shared with us their purpose of using SalesVu and why they decided to start using a POS system.

Brookwood in Georgetown was created 6 years ago and is an expansion from a larger program by the same name which is located in Texas. In March of 2016 the decided to open a shop, cafe and greenhouse, they needed to have a better control of products that were selling and pulling specific data and reports to continue growing, a POS system is what they needed.

‘We started using a system from our parent program which was Windows based and it was not working properly based on our needs, that’s why we decided to improve and switch. SalesVu was one of the first programs that offered pictures on the menu. It was able to do both, cafe and gift shop and that was very important for us, using a Ipad POS system that was able to handle different industries under one account’. – Diane Saphiro

Brookwood in Texas uses three main modules in their business: POS, Inventory and Employe modules. With POS they are able to differentiate which categories they can arrange and sell, whether is the cafe or shop, they can distinguish between both of them and pull reports with very specific fields. Inventory is used for the most part for the retail products, they are able to adjust the items on stock in real time and they have a threshold, which is a notification alert when inventory is low, SalesVu sends an email to notify the business owner or any other staff members in order for them to create purchase orders from their vendors. Lastly, the employee module is used for adding more staff into their account and mainly for keeping track of their hours, clock in/out and generating a labor report for payroll.

‘SalesVu is really easy to use, our staff learn the system really fast, how to take orders, close the shift, apply discounts for our Christmas or eben birthday discounts. The sales reports and inventory reports are customizable and easy to obtain’. – Diane Saphiro

This non-profit organization is very inspirational, if you’re in town don’t hesitate to go there and grab some food and coffee and get some handmade beautiful products. For more information, follow them on social media below.

Posted in Restaurants and Bars, Retail, RSS | Tagged Employee Management, Inventory Management, Restaurant POS, Retail POS

“Reservations and Employee management are great with SalesVu POS system!” – PaintBar

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Located in Delafield and Madison, WI., PaintBar is a fun and great establishment to explore your artistic side. You can paint and freestyle on canvas, take art classes and enjoy a variety of delicious flat-bread pizzas, beers and drinks!

John Salituro started his business using PayPal, an easy solution to accept payments. He decided to take the next step and switch to an all in one business management solution and went with SalesVu simply because it offers everything that they need to administrate their business. There’s no need to have an external company for reservations, gift cards or any modules. SalesVu is a one-stop shop!

The reservation feature with SalesVu is very easy to use. From the customer’s perspective, all they have to do is go to their website and book a table for them to work, they select the best date, party size and choose the time available. At the end of their booking experience, they will get a confirmation via email and text. With SalesVu, you can actually receive or check in the customer, and the table will remain as an ‘open tab’ for them to start ordering food and drinks and mainly have a good time while painting and expressing themselves. Besides the email and text confirmations, the software is also capable of sending up to two reminders and the messages are totally customizable!

“With the Employee management module is easy to create schedules and email them. With the calendar sync my team always have their shifts on their phones, it’s amazing! They really like the time off and shift trade request, is really simple to use and the process is smooth” – John Salituro.

The employee module has been really helpful for John. Since he has two locations, he can give permissions or access to a store level. Scheduling and Payroll works the same way, per location, and the process of pulling these reports is extremely easy and non-time consuming.

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Managing one location is not an easy task, with SalesVu, John is able to keep an eye on both stores from anywhere.

EAT. DRINK. PAINT! is the essence of this amazing place. Next time you’re in town and feel like exploring your artistic side, don’t hesitate and visit them! You’ll be amazed by the excellent service, food, drinks and the amount of fun that you will have with their friendly staff. Be sure to follow them on Facebook and Twitter below!

Posted in Restaurants and Bars | Tagged Employee Management, Employee Scheduling, Multilocations, Restaurant POS, Table/Appointment and Reservation Management

“SalesVu iPad POS system provides the best tools to manage our restaurant!” – 20 Feet Seafood Joint

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20 Feet Seafood joint is a delightful counter service restaurant that specializes in exquisite seafood and drinks, they are located in Dallas, Texas.

What makes their dishes so popular and prestigious, is the 25 years of experience that Marc Cassel and his wife, Suzan Fries, have. The expertise of working together in fine dining restaurants have resulted in excellent food quality and service.

In January 2013, they decided to open their restaurant together. At that time, there were only 4 or 5 iPad based solutions and they decided to go with SalesVu because of low cost charges and better features than the competitors.

“Having a reliable POS system with hour tracking for our staff is really valuable to us”

SalesVu employee management feature has helped Marc and his wife with their staff at the restaurant. The clock in/out feature makes easier to keep track of the hours they have worked. Another great functionality is the labor report that helps with payroll, this report is totally customizable since you can break it down per individual employees, locations or job titles, the date range can be adjusted and the report will give you the complete information that you’re looking for.

Customers are always amazed by the fact that they are usingi an iPad to manage their business. Marc told us that the experience of using SalesVu is very fast when taking orders and checking out customers, they are able to make any modifications in the menu at any time because the system is pretty self-explanatory.

‘Our staff loves SalesVu because it is very user friendly!”

20 Feet seafood joint is growing quickly and is getting more recognition from customers every day. Being able to manage a restaurant from a single platform is crucial for them and SalesVu accommodates perfectly to their needs. Don’t miss the opportunity to try this amazing restaurant and check them on social media below!

Posted in Restaurants and Bars | Tagged Employee Management, Mobile POS, Restaurant POS, Sales Reports

How SalesVu POS system has helped Longfellow’s Coffee to power their business?

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Longfellow’s Coffee is a small drive-thru coffee house located in Kinnelon, New Jersey. They offer a variety of sweets, high class espressos, and smoothies. They characterize by their original product presentation and their delicious cake pops.

“Having a system that works well for me is very important. I chose SalesVu because it has the functionality that I need. Sales analytics are one of my favorite features. It is really easy to pull up a report and you can customize it per products, categories or devices”.

Jordan Jed is one of SalesVu’s first customers, he decided to move from an old cash register to a POS software. It was crucial for him to find an all in one business solution. He was looking at Square and Clover and at the end he decided to switch to SalesVu because it included all the features he needed to manage his business. When asked what are his favorite factors about the software, Jordan stated that he loves the integrated loyalty and gift card module. Before, he was using a third-party gift card provider that wouldn’t let him manage any cards or numbers properly, SalesVu definitely helped him with tracking balances, customers and most important sales!

Thanks to the SalesVu Gift Card solution, Longfellow’s sales have increased 13% in the past years. Because of the integrated solution that SalesVu offers, Jordan, can check on his sales at any time from any device, there’s no need to use an external gift card provider that is not integrated with the POS. He is very happy that the transition from his past provider to SalesVu was smooth and friendly.

The fact that SalesVu offers 24/7 support is very important for him. He stated that he uses chat, phone calls and emails to address any situation and the response from the customer service staff is always accurate and quickly. He has been an existing customer for several years and he said that the service SalesVu provides has always been personal and exceptional.

Next time you’re in town make sure to visit Longfellow’s Coffee! You will be delighted by their line of products and will have a good time with their friendly staff. Facebook page, be sure to follow them on social media!

Posted in Restaurants and Bars | Tagged 24/7 Support, Customer Service, Gift Cards Management, Restaurant POS, Sales Reports, Support

Chef Rone de Beauvoir gave 3 Michelin Stars to SalesVu iPad POS System

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Cuisine To-Go is a healthy and fresh organic Bistro located in Pearland, Texas. They offer ship and ready-to-eat or ready-to-cook meals insulated packaging. All packed in a 100% recyclable box. In addition, Cuisine To-Go is a full service restaurant providing food and great nutrition for building a healthy gut

Business owner Rone de Beauvoir told us that :

“I needed a mobile POS system because we do a great deal of off-site catering for companies all over Houston and the surrounding communities.I chose SalesVu for its ease of use and the fantastic category for restaurants. In addition, I really did find a great number of features to build the Salesvu app around my business needs.”

Rone is a smart and entrepreneurial woman who believes in branding, glamour and multiculturality as keys to her success. She has travelled and lived in over 20 countries experimenting with the international palates. Moreover, she has received, countless awards for outstanding achievement and business development over the past twenty years. She is an inspiration an a highly successful woman.

We asked Rone what was she using before SalesVu:

“I wasn’t really using a system before apart from Square and PayPal. These system services did not, of course, meet my bottom line and need. There were no options to be creative. Honestly, I did not have a chance to consider anyone, as I found SalesVu rather quickly in the beginning process, and immediately made contact, as I knew it represented exactly what I needed.”

Rone’s favorite feature had to involve great management of tables and restaurant, the reason why she told us that the Restaurant POS was ideal for her needs.

“My favorite feature is the one that is designed just for restaurants. I also enjoy the feature that allows me to be creative during my design and building phase. I can say that SalesVu has helped my business to grow and make changes to the platform as new developments in my business occurred.”

As a smart entrepreneur, Rone is aware that wherever you can save and receive a quality product is a place you want to study further. In this opportunity she told us about the capital she had saved with the restaurant POS and iPad POS feature.

“I think I saved thousands of dollars! When I Googled companies before finding SalesVu, many of them wanted a few thousand upfront to get a contract established. I noticed the cost factors almost immediately, while searching online; thus, the reason I tried to hard to find a better option that also provided the creative design element. .”

At this time, Rone has not been using the E-Commerce feature. However, she is going to start doing so within a few weeks. She is learning about it right now and she thinks this feature will be perfect for her Cuisine Door-to-Door delivery services.

She says: “It is so exciting…”

Don’t miss the opportunity to follow Rone’s Cuisine To-Go on social media and check out the video she made for SalesVu.

Posted in Restaurants and Bars, RSS | Tagged Restaurant POS, Table/Appointment and Reservation Management

Ubuntu Cafe and Bakery baked something great with SalesVu iPad POS System

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A mother and a daughter in a small rural town in Manitoba, Canada opened a coffee shop and bakery a year ago. Located in a new library in Slkirk, they converted the basement of their house into a small bakery that supplies the coffee shop with freshly baked goods. Ubuntu Café and Bakery is an independent coffee shop with espresso-based drinks, treats and coffee made with a V-60 pour-over machine. They also offer vintage teas served with bone china, starched white linens, etc. These details set Ubuntu Café and Bakery apart from the rest. It has been a reason why the place has gained so much popularity and now book customers with 3 weeks in advance. Ubuntu Café and Bakery started building a strong customer base early on, selling artisan bread in local Farmer’s Market. Additionally, they became a catering business due to the numerous meetings that develop within the library’s rooms.

We wanted to know why they needed an iPad POS solution and why they choose SalesVu.

“It was more the low cost and simplicity of SalesVu that were the deciding factors. In the future we may be using SalesVu at the markets. We considered that the need for the mobile feature was secondary in our decision-making (up to now we only did cash sales at the markets).”

About the unique propositions SalesVu gives to small business owners in the US and abroad the iPad POS low cost, ease of use, and the possibility to use debit cards were determinant in deciding for SalesVu.

“ The use of debit cards for payments was one of the big reasons, that along with speed of payment for credit card transactions, ease of entering new products, and remote accessibility.”

Ubuntu Café and Bakery opened their doors in January 2014 relying in SalesVu iPad POS system to process payments; however, in their planning phase they got quotes for a tailor-made POS system.”

“Besides from the accessibility and easy payments, we really like the online billing (for catering orders) We demand cash on delivery, and with Salesvu I can send the invoice in advance – and some customers even pay the invoice online before they pick up their orders. I have to say that my customers like the ease and security of the online payment with a credit card using SalesVu platform”.

Business owner Anna told us that Ubuntu Café and Bakery enjoys the quick payments. She told us, it is a major plus.

“It is the ease with which we can add products. We can decide to for instance, make bourbon French macarons for tomorrow, and would enter the macarons onto the iPad POS through our website account just before delivery.”

SalesVu iPad POS offers very reasonable rates for small business owners who are conscious of the importance of savings.

“We were quoted $15,000 for the hardware and software for a conventional POS system. The set-up cost for SalesVu was buying the IPad, printer, IPad stand, external credit card (debit card) and card reader for that debit card – costing us no more that $1,000. So – we easily saved $14,000”

There are few things in life that can be compared to the pleasure of a good book and great quality coffee, add the unique silence of a library and freshly baked treats, and voila! You find Ubuntu Café and Bakery. Don’t miss out the opportunity to connect with this honest coffee shop and visit their website and social media pages to find out more about them.

Posted in Restaurants and Bars, Retail, RSS | Tagged Credit Card Processing, Quote & Invoicing, Restaurant POS, Retail POS

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“My favorite feature is the one that is designed just for restaurants. I also enjoy the feature that allows me to be creative during my design and building phase. I can say that SalesVu has helped my business to grow and make changes to the platform as new developments in my business occurred.”

She says: “It is so exciting…”

“It was more the low cost and simplicity of SalesVu that were the deciding factors. In the future we may be using SalesVu at the markets. We considered that the need for the mobile feature was secondary in our decision-making (up to now we only did cash sales at the markets).”

“ The use of debit cards for payments was one of the big reasons, that along with speed of payment for credit card transactions, ease of entering new products, and remote accessibility.”

“It is the ease with which we can add products. We can decide to for instance, make bourbon French macarons for tomorrow, and would enter the macarons onto the iPad POS through our website account just before delivery.”

“We were quoted $15,000 for the hardware and software for a conventional POS system. The set-up cost for SalesVu was buying the IPad, printer, IPad stand, external credit card (debit card) and card reader for that debit card – costing us no more that $1,000. So – we easily saved $14,000”

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