All features
78 things posMERC does today.
No roadmap promises: this is what posMERC does today. Pick a part to see it in detail.
- Product buttons with photosCategories as tabs, products as large buttons with their photo. Search by name, SKU or barcode.
- Barcode scanningScan anything with a USB scanner. Scanning a receipt opens that sale instead.
- Sold by weightPrice per kg; the till reads the weight from a connected scale, or you type the grams.
- Custom price itemsFor one-offs: type the price and the till sells it under the right category and VAT rate.
- Park a salePut a basket aside while you serve the next customer, then bring it back.
- Split paymentsAny mix of cash, card and gift voucher in one sale. Cash change is worked out for you.
- Money typed like a card terminalPence from the right: 5 is 5p, 500 is £5.00. One tap takes the whole amount still owed.
- DiscountsOn a line or the whole sale, as a percentage, an amount or a final price.
- Promotion codesType or scan a code; the till checks dates, minimum spend and how often it was used.
- Staff PINsEach person signs in with their own PIN; every sale records who made it.
- Manager approvalPrice changes, larger discounts and (if you want) refunds need a manager's PIN. You set the limits.
- RefundsBy item or by amount, back to the way it was paid. An item can never be refunded twice.
- Today's ordersThis till or all tills, with reprint (marked COPY) and refund.
- One stock for everythingTill sales, web orders, refunds, deliveries and counts all move the same stock.
- Units and gramsWeighed products keep their stock in grams; packs and jars in units.
- Goods in and countsBook deliveries in and count stock from the back office or the scanner app; differences are recorded.
- Movement historyEvery change says why: sale, web order, refund, goods in, count, write-off.
- BatchesTurn on expiry tracking per product; each delivery is booked in with its best-before date.
- Expiring listSee what goes out of date soon, with a warning period you choose per product.
- Nearest date sold firstSales take stock from the batch with the nearest best-before date.
- Write-offsWrite off a batch with a reason; expired stock is never offered online.
- Till warningSelling a product with expired stock shows a warning on the till.
- Fixed price for a quantity"3 for £2.50", or tiers like "250 g £3 / 500 g £5" for pick 'n' mix.
- Quantity discount"1 kg or more, 15% off".
- Buy X get YThe cheapest items are the ones discounted.
- Meal dealOne item from each group for a set price.
- Best offer firstA line takes part in one offer; the till picks the best for the customer.
- Weighed items count in gramsMix different sweets towards the same weight offer.
- Items left outMark products (for example alcohol) that never take a discount.
- On the receiptEach offer is named under the items, with what the customer saved.
- Percent or amount offWith an optional minimum spend, start and end dates and a maximum number of uses.
- Till, web or bothChoose where each code works; uses are counted across both.
- At the tillAny amount; a voucher slip prints with the code, a barcode and a QR code.
- OnlineSet amounts or any amount you allow, for a named recipient with a message, emailed on the day the buyer chooses.
- Issued by handGive one as a prize or a goodwill gesture from the back office.
- In partsWhat is left stays on the voucher, and the receipt says how much.
- Scan or typeScan the slip or the QR code on a phone at the till, or type the code online at checkout.
- Valid 12 monthsBy default; change the date on any voucher in the back office.
- Full historyEvery voucher shows when it was issued, spent, refunded or cancelled.
- Logo and nameLogo, name or both at the top; your address, phone and VAT number if you want them.
- Fonts and sizesFour fonts bundled with the till, sizes per part, bold where you want it.
- Your own textLines at the top and bottom: opening hours, a thank you, a web address.
- 80 or 58 mmPreview both paper widths before you save.
- Order barcodeScan it on the till to find the sale for a refund or reprint.
- VAT tableNet, VAT and total for each rate, for VAT-registered shops.
- You savedOffers and discounts added up for the customer.
- Fast print modeUse the printer's own font for speed, or print as an image for any font and the logo.
- ProductsCategories, prices per unit or per kg, VAT rate, photos, barcodes, archive instead of delete.
- StaffRoles (admin, manager, cashier) and PINs.
- TillsPair a new till with a code, see when each was last online.
- Shop profileName, address, logo, VAT settings and the shop's own time zone.
- Z report every nightThe till day closes by itself at the time you choose; Z numbers run in sequence.
- Cash countOpening float and counted cash, with the expected amount and the difference.
- X reportThe day so far, printed on the till whenever you need it.
- Any date rangeSales, refunds and net takings by day, split by payment type, with VAT per rate.
- Nightly backupsA full copy of the database every night, kept for 30 days, downloadable from the back office.
- Nothing exposedOnly the back office is reachable from outside, through a secure tunnel; the shop server is never open to the internet.
- Click & collect and deliveryYour delivery fee and the order value for free delivery.
- Card and PayPalCard fields on the checkout page, or the PayPal button.
- Accounts without passwordsCustomers sign in with a code sent by email, see their orders and keep their addresses. Guests can still buy.
- Order updates by emailConfirmation, ready to collect and on its way, with a private tracking link.
- Gift vouchers and codesBuy vouchers for someone else, pay with a voucher, use promotion codes.
- Live stockOnline stock is the till's stock minus a safety margin per product; checkout holds the items until payment.
- Weighed items in packsLoose products are sold online in packs of the size you choose.
- Orders as salesPaid orders become sales on your shop server; move them through picking, ready and collected or shipped.
- Automatic refundsCancel a paid order and the payment goes back by itself.
- Add products by barcodeName, ingredients and allergens are looked up from the barcode and translated into English when needed.
- Goods inScan and type the quantity, with best-before dates where you track them.
- Stock countsCount by scanning; differences are recorded with who counted.
- Shelf and product labelsPrint barcode labels on a network label printer; make in-store barcodes for products without one.
- Edit detailsChange prices and product details on the spot (admins).
- TillA Windows touch-screen PC.
- Receipt printersESC/POS printers on the network or USB, 80 or 58 mm, with paper cut.
- Cash drawersOpened through the receipt printer when a cash sale is paid.
- ScalesRead through their Windows driver; until one is connected, grams are typed.
- Barcode scannersUSB scanners that type the code; 2D scanners also read QR codes on phones.
- Label printersNetwork label printers for shelf and product labels.
- Shop serverA small computer in the shop runs the system; we set it up.
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