Sporting Goods Store Point of Sale

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Sporting goods store derive their profits from the sales of sporting equipment and accessories. The best sporting goods store POS systems manage a diverse range of inventory items – from equipment to footwear to apparel to accessories. While some big sporting good stores and chains carry a wide range items for different sporting categories, smaller stores may specialize in one sporting category. To compete, specialty sporting goods retailers need to deliver the expertise and personalized service of a specialty merchant along with a deeper selection of merchandise. As a result, the top sporting goods point of sale systems have the ability to manage a services department for high margin services such as customizing sports uniforms or equipment repairs, rentals or bartering used equipment.

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Sporting Goods Store POS specific features in MicroBiz Cloud include:

Multi-dimensional inventory grid – to easily manage multi-attribute items such sports apparel and footwear with color, size, style and/or width or other attributes.
Layaways – collect deposits while holding the item out of inventory.
Product images – so clerks can see a picture of the product being rung-up at the register.
Markdown management – easily manage group markdowns, quantity pricing, multi-buy items, promotional pricing and bulk discounting.
Sales commissions – can be calculated for each item based on the sales amount or the gross profit and track commissions by employee to measure productivity.
Stock-level look-up – look up stock levels across all store locations from front register.
Customer sales history look-up – look-up customer purchases by item or transactions from the front register.
Advanced filterable product search – search for and view items by filtering by category, brand, vendor, size, color.
Phone orders – accept orders and collect payments from customers calling to order by phone.

Price quotes – generate and print sales price quotes and hold tickets (great for team sales).
Service department management – allows you to efficiently manage a service department – you can bill by hour or by job, as well as bill for services like stringing tennis rackets or customizing team jerseys.
Service item history – Track and view service history of customer-owned items checked in for service work, such as sports equipment and bikes.
Special orders/back orders – Allows you to track special order items (such as a specialized gear or apparel), from the customer order to receiving, to inventory to the POS transaction.
Group pricing or discounts – based on customer level or group (such as coaches or club players).
Flexible product record fields – to track brand, vendor, style and other sporting goods and apparel specific item information.
Trade ins – trade in feature allows you to accept a trade in of an inventory item, create a new trade in record from the order screen or add a ‘prompt for price’ trade in item where you can enter the name and trade in value on-the-fly.
Create/Update products via CSV file import – add or update product and services records via import of a CSV file.

Killer POS Feature for Sporting Goods Stores: Matrix Products

MicroBiz supports Matrix Products that come in different size, color and other variants – such as sports uniforms or athletic shoes. Matrix’s can contain one, two or three attributes. You can set-up reusable size or color attribute lists to speed up the creation of matrix products. The three dimensional matrix cube allows you to see and edit open stock, committed stock, cost, price and reorder points for all matrix SKUs on one sheet.

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

Catalog Management

Customer-based Pricing/Pricing Tiers
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
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

Customers

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

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
Bar code label scanning
Customer Sales History Look-up
Register Close/End of Day Reports
Integrated Credit Card Processing
Advanced Filterable Product Search
Editable Item Descriptions on Receipt
Transaction holds/recalls
Returns and Voids
Split Tenders
Custom Tenders
Print or Email Receipts

Integrations

WooCommerce Integration
QuickBooks Online Integration

Orders

Phone Orders/Layaways
Special Orders (out of stock items)
Pick-up, Shipping, Delivery Dashboard
Customization/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

Store Management

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

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

Create Private Online Personalized Stores for Your Team Customers

Create customized private ecommerce stores for your team customers. Display only items curated for a specific customer, such as a uniforms, socks and gears selected for a specifc team or club. You can completely hide your WooCommerce private stores from the public, with only your team customers being able to access their private store with a username and password.

The items in the private store can be displayed in an easy-to-use grid, enabling the user to quickly find items and select size and color variants. You can manage user registration and assign discounts and special prices for items in each private team store.

Sales in your private online stores are integrated with MicroBiz, so that online sales in your microsites are captured in MicroBiz Cloud point of sale, and inventory syncs between your ecommerce site and your POS system.