Product Management
Manage products, categories, brands, variants, units, pricing, SKUs and barcodes in one catalog.
General Stores
POS software for general stores that sell a bit of everything
A general store sells snacks, soap, batteries and school supplies from the same counter, buys most of it by the carton and sells it by the piece, and many regulars pay at the end of the month. Dynamic POS keeps that mixed catalog quick to sell from, tracks who owes what and tells you what to reorder before the shelf is empty.
Common challenges we help with
- Hundreds of unrelated items, many of them without a barcode
- Buying by the carton and selling by the piece
- Regular customers who buy on credit and pay later
- Cash in the drawer that never matches the day's sales
- Running out of fast sellers because nobody noticed
- Internet that drops in the middle of a busy hour
How Dynamic POS helps
- Quick search and touch buttons
- Find any item by name or code, or tap it on the touch screen, so items without a barcode sell as fast as scanned ones.
- Box and piece units
- Buy in cartons and sell in packs or single pieces. Every unit converts to one base unit, so stock counts stay right.
- Customer credit
- Sell on pay later or take a part payment from known customers, and see each customer's balance on their profile.
- Cash drawer count
- Open and close each shift by counting notes and coins; the expected cash and any over or short are shown at once.
- Reorder list
- Items at or below their reorder level are listed with a suggested quantity and turned into a purchase order in one step.
- Offline checkout
- Cash sales continue during short internet outages and sync automatically when the connection is back.
Features
Key features for general stores
Customer Management
Keep customer details, purchase history, balances and payments together in one profile.
Payments
Record cash, card, cheque, gift card and other payments, including partial payments and balances.
Offline Checkout
Keep taking cash sales during short internet outages; sales sync automatically when you are back online.
Purchase Management
Record purchase orders, supplier payments, purchase costs and stock intake when goods arrive.
Receipts
Print receipts and invoices from the browser, with your logo, business details and footer text.
General Stores in practice
- Items without a barcode
- Tap them on the touch POS or search by name, or print your own barcode labels for the ones you sell most.
- Month-end credit customers
- Neighbours who pay at the end of the month buy on pay later; their balance stays on their profile until paid.
- A power cut or slow internet
- Cash sales continue on the device and sync when the connection is back.
FAQ
General Stores: common questions
Yes. Search by name or code, or tap the product on the touch POS. You can also print your own barcode labels for items you want to scan.
Yes. Set up units such as carton, pack and piece with their conversion. Purchases, sales and stock all convert to the same base unit.
Yes. Record the sale as pay later or as a part payment. The balance stays on the customer's profile until it is paid, and you can take payments against it at any time.
Open a cash shift with the starting float and close it by counting the drawer note by note. Dynamic POS compares the count with the cash it expected and shows any difference.
Yes. Start with one user and one branch and switch on only the modules you need; add staff and branches later.
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