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Reporting and Inventory Management are Key at Yo’Cheese

The Company

Yo’Cheese (YC) of Centennial, Colorado is a small family owned business in a premier outdoor shopping venue. With few employees, YC has a menu offering 4 types of grilled cheese sandwiches (all named after the owners’ children), a weekly special and a homemade tomato soup.

The Needs

A mobile solution is necessary due to their of lack of space and frequent deliveries to businesses

“We can take our iPad with us and make a transaction when we deliver,” said Yo’Cheese Co- Owner Colleen McConeghy.

Choosing an iPad POS

YC considered Intuit in addition to SalesVu when researching POS systems.

“We chose SalesVu because of the functionality, as well as the price,” said McConeghy. “It’s completely worth it to have amazing functionality like the reporting and inventory — a lot of great tools that make our job a lot easier.”

Life With SalesVu

YC’s favorite feature is the inventory tracking.

“We have four kids, a business, a lot of activities; we love that we receive alerts when a product has dropped below a certain amount,” said McConeghy. “We don’t have to guess, go to the shop, ask our employees; we know right away.”

They also really like SalesVu’s ease of use.

“It takes us just minutes to get new employees up and running,” said McConeghy. “We don’t have to spend or waste a lot of time getting new employees set up with a complicated system.”

Yo’Cheese is able to do just about everything through the solution.

“Hours for pay, sales reports for tax reporting — it’s a one-stop place for all of our financial tracking,” said McConeghy. “We also like the partnership with Mercury. If Mercury has an issue, it’s resolved in minutes. Did we mention it’s easy to use?”

To learn more about Yo’Cheese check them out on Facebook or Twitter: @yocheeseco

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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.

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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.

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

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.

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See SalesVu iPad POS System in Action at Dolce Vita

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St. Lawrence Brewing Co Talks SalesVu iPad POS System Simplicity and Mobility

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The Company

  • St. Lawrence Brewing Company (SL) is a brand new production microbrewery in Canton, NY. SL is bringing craft beer to the north country with a passion for local products and strong regional flavors.

Why an mPOS?

  • In addition to selling in their taproom, SL attends events where they sell merchandise.

Whose POS?

  • St. Lawrence considered Paypal and Square when looking at a wide variety of iPad POS systems.

  • Owners had used Adelo, Aloha and Square at their restaurant.

Why SalesVu?

  • SalesVu was mentioned on several platforms, including probrewer.com, came well recommended and proved to be a good fit through research

“The web-based backend seemed robust for what we would need to be doing,” said Owner Ken Hebb. “The fee structure of many of the systems were prohibitively expensive and though the SalesVu merchant service fees are slightly higher than other credit card services, the combination of services made the cost worthwhile!”

  • Hebb’s favorite things about SalesVu are the mobility of an iPad, simplicity of the hardware and ease of management in the backend.

St. Lawrence Brewing Company can be found on Facebook and Google +.

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Why SalesVu iPad POS System Beat Out the Competition at Partners Bar and Grill

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Partners Bar and Grill (PBG) is a small establishment near downtown Huntsville, AL. PBG opened in 2007 but is now under new management.

PBG needed an mPOS solution because it reduces their costs and complexity compared to the traditional solution they were using (Sharp cash registers with “poorly implemented PLU system” and stand-alone credit card terminal).

“Being able to use an off-the-shelf Apple iPad made more sense than having a large, clunky, proprietary hardware to contend with,” said James Mazikowski, owner of Partners. Also, with our outdoor patio bar, a mobile POS solution seemed like the way to go in terms of being able to bring the equipment inside in inclement weather or when we close.”

When switching from Sharp’s traditional cash registers to an up-to-date mPOS, PBG also considered Square, NCR Silver, Shopkeep and POS Lavu.

“I decided SalesVu’s iPad POS would be the best fit for us due to the fact that credit card processing fees were below those of the competition and there was no monthly fee,” said Mazikowski. “SalesVu’s rich cloud based management and reporting interface were also strong points that affected my decisions.”

Mazikowski likes the ability to make changes to products in seconds; he can change prices, add discounts or create a new product without ever getting in the way of the bartenders.

“I love the powerful reporting features,” said Mazikowski. “Before, we had to keep track of different sales categories manually for tax purposes, whereas SalesVu allows us to call up a report for a certain category whenever we need it!”

Get the full scoop on Partners Bar and Grill and www.partnersbarhuntsville.com or at their Facebook page.

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SalesVu iPad POS System at The Juice Bar

The Juice Bar is a juice and smoothie bar with fresh, organic, daily-made salads, spring rolls and other yummy treats.

Juice Bar is a startup that heard about SalesVu’s iPad POS on Google. They considered a few other POS systems including Square and Revel. They chose SalesVu because of the app’s “ease of use.”

Their favorite thing about SalesVu is the simplicity “to configure, use and train others on the app.”

Thanks for choosing SalesVu, Juice Bar!

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SalesVu iPad POS System at Rolling Hot!

 

Rolling Hot (RH) is a mobile food service vendor that sells hot dogs from a cart. RH goes to events such as craft fairs, flea markets and farmer’s markets. Owner John Rhoades heard about SalesVu iPad POS on a weekly web podcast hosted by an entrepreneur who manufactures carts and advises future vendors. He had heard business owners, including the host, rave about SalesVu’s features. Rhoades had also looked into Square, but could not come to terms with them as he could SalesVu.

“I need a POS system because I am not in a ‘brick and mortar’ business with a landline for using a sales terminal,” said Rhoades. “The ability to use my smartphone with a card reader means that I can process payments using 4G or WiFi.”

Rhoades is looking forward to using SalesVu’s restaurant POS features to track sales, inventory and “just play around” with all that SalesVu iPad POS has to offer.

For more information on Rolling Hot, check out their Facebook page!

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SalesVu’s iPad POS System Provides Mason City Brewing with Unmatched Inventory Tracking and Reporting

 

The Company

Mason City Brewing (MCB) is Mason City, Iowa’s first brewery in over 130 years. MCB operates with a 1 BBL brew system and has a 24 BBL fermentation capacity. The onsite taproom seats 65 people and features eight of MCB’s beers on tap at all times.

“We focus on brewing a range of styles that will satisfy everyone from the craft beer novice to professionals,” said Owner Justin Merritt.

The Needs

MCB needed a POS system that was flexible enough to support their business and wouldn’t tie them down to a “traditional-style register” as they will be participating in events outside the taproom.

The SalesVu Decision

Before adopting SalesVu’s iPad POS, MCB looked at Intuit GoPayment, Square, Intuit POS, LightSpeed and Prosperity. They also demoed traditional POS systems before they “found and fell in love with the simplicity of SalesVu.”

“Ultimately, we chose SalesVu’s restaurant POS because it allowed us to create our own menu structure and item setup, provided some of the market’s lowest fees and offered the best online management options,” said Merritt.

MCB’s favorite thing about SalesVu is the ability to track the ounces of beer sold by beer type. As a brewery, this helps them create a production plan and provides MCB with the information they need to calculate taxes owed.

“We needed an iPad POS solution that provided this ability in the easiest way possible for the bartender, so that he wouldn’t fumble with the register rather than serve customers,” said Merritt. “SalesVu gave us just this with the ability to create different product levels and attach components to those levels. Selling a beer is as easy as two taps of the finger and we get all the tracking data we need on the backend.”

Another important feature that influenced the SalesVu decision is the ability to run tabs. According to MCB, SalesVu is one of the only retail POS applications they found that allows you to keep multiple orders open at a time and authorize a credit card on the order, this way, the business doesn’t have to hold on to the customer’s card.

“This helps immensely because we can offer our customers the convenience of running a tab (giving the customer the peace of mind of not leaving their credit card with a stranger) and comforts the business as they won’t have to eat any tabs left open,” said Merritt.

The Results

SalesVu has helped Mason City Brewing simplify in-store checkout and the order management process; it also has provided a level of sales reporting that they didn’t think they would be able to get.

”It allows us to understand which of our eight beers are in the highest demand and get a sense for the reception of new beers when we launch them,” said Merritt.

According to Merritt, MCB has saved thousands of dollars by adopting SalesVu.

“We save with every transaction when compared to Intuit GoPayment or Square and we saved significant costs upfront when compared to more traditional POS solutions like Intuit POS, LightSpeed or Prosperity.

Lastly, since SalesVu gives MCB all the reporting they need, they were able to simplify their accounting and record just the total sales and total inventory change into Quickbooks (using Quickbooks online without the SalesVu integration).

“SalesVu eliminated the need for a complicated Quickbooks setup and having all the detailed data in Quickbooks,” said Merritt.

For more information about Mason City Brewing, go to www.masoncitybrewing.com, like their Facebook page or follow them on Twitter @masoncitybrew.

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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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