Party and Paper Store Point of Sale

Paper and party supply stores manage a wide range of merchandise targeted at the relatively niche party, entertainment and stationary market. The best party supply POS systems are easy-to-use and tightly manage inventory. These types of retailers often carry a variety of associated items such as gift items and office supplies. Party and paper stores compete against larger general retailers by offering convenience, the best, unique or hard to find merchandise and high levels of personalized service and expertise. Party and paper retailers need party store point of sale software that has detailed customer records, so the retailer can quickly look up prior purchases by the customer.

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Party Center Store POS specific features in MicroBiz Cloud include:

Multi-dimensional inventory grid – to easily manage multi-attribute items such as merchandise with size, color and style or height, width and length attributes.
Price labels with bar codes – for items that do not come with a UPC (such as small party favors).
Product images – so clerks can see a picture of the product being rung-up at the register.
Markdown management – manage group markdowns, quantity pricing, multi-buy items, promotional pricing and bulk discounting.
Phone orders – accept orders and collect payments from customers calling to order by phone.
Layaways – take deposits on items set aside for purchase and pick-up at a later date.

Sales commissions – can be calculated for each item based on the sales amount or the gross profit or track commissions by employee to measure productivity.
Special orders/back orders – Allows you to track special order items from the customer order to receiving, to inventory to the POS transaction.
Group pricing or discounts – based on customer level or group.
Stock-level look-up – look up stock levels across all store locations from front register.
Pick-up, shipping, delivery dashboard – manage orders to be shipped, picked-up or delivered.

Killer POS Feature for Party Stores: Customer Sales History

MicroBiz allows you to look-up a customer sales history with one touch from the front register. Sales clerks can view customer history by transaction, items purchased or orders. This is a great way to offer better customer service for reorders or suggestions for complimentary products and services.

In addition to the Party and Paper Store POS specific capabilities listed above, MicroBiz Cloud includes the following standard features and functionality needed to manage Party Stores:

Register

Register Quick Pick Keys
Assign Salesperson to Transaction
Item and Transaction Discount
Stock-level Look-up (multi-store)
Store Credits
Gift Cards
Customizable Receipts
Custom Tenders
Print or Email Receipts
Bar code label scanning
Transaction holds/recalls
Returns and Voids
Split Tenders
Customer Sales History Look-up
Register Close/End of Day Reports
Integrated Credit Card Processing
Advanced Filterable Product Search
Editable Item Descriptions on Receipt

Store Management

Store Transfers
Support of Contactless Payments
PCI/PA-DS Compliant Payment Processing
Flexible and Filterable Reports
Enforceable Business Rules on Discounts, Returns, Deposits
Employee Roles and Permissions
Minimum Deposit Requirements

Orders

Phone Orders/Layaways
Special Orders (out of stock items)
Pick-up, Shipping, Delivery Dashboard
Repairs/Service Dept Management
Quotes/Estimates/Invoices
Check-in of Customer Items for Repair
Deposit Collection and Refunds
Tax Calculation based on Ship Address
Backorder Creation and Filling

Customers

Multiple Shipping/Billing Addresses
Customer Tax Classes/Tax Exempt
Credit Accounts/Charge to Account
Accounts Receivable Statements
Import Customers via CSV File Import

Catalog Management

Customer-based Pricing/Product Pricing Levels
Matrix Products with Size/Color/Other Variants
Product images
Categories and Sub-Categories
Product Tax Classes (multiple)
Quantity-based Tiered Pricing
Time-based promo pricing
Alternate Product IDs
Auto SKU number generator
Fractional Sale Quantities (weight/time)
Print Barcode Price Labels

Multi-store Inventory Management

CSV File Import of Products & Inventory
Inventory Adjustment Audit Records
Purchase Orders/Vendor Shipments
Minimum Inventory Reorder Points
Special Order Tracking

Integrations

WooCommerce Integration
QuickBooks Online Integration

Expand Functionality of MicroBiz via Integrations with Popular 3rd Party Apps

Publish register batch financials to QuickBooks Online with one-touch

Map POS financial activities to QuickBooks GL accounts
Publish register batch financials to QuickBooks with one touch
Sync revenue, COGS, inventory values, customer liabilities and payments with QuickBooks
Create QuickBooks invoice payable from received vendor shipments
Push POS sales taxes to QuickBooks Sales Tax Center for payment management

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Integrate your POS system with your Woo! ecommerce site

Link product records and sync changes in product fields from MicroBiz to Woo!
Automatically adjust stock levels in Woo! for store sales to avoid sales of items not in stock
Pull online orders into MicroBiz for order and inventory management
Capture customer records created online in MicroBiz

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Useful Links and Resources:

Party and Paper Magazine
Party Club of America, LLC
Souvenir Wholesale Distributors Association