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We are integrating our purchase order system with vendors/suppliers to make the process easier. Currently we are working with Quality Bicycle Products, Hawley, and Specialized Bicycles but we are ready to add more vendors.
With vendor integration you can

Make sure MerchantOS catalog search is always up-to-date with your vendor’s catalog.
Check item availability from the vendor within [...]

The latest data is in! Here’s the low down on how the Spring is shaping up for MerchantOS bike shops. We also have some more accurate data on the start of the year. This data was collected from over 60 point of sale registers running MerchantOS starting in January of ’08 and tracking those same [...]

Increasingly local businesses are searched for and found online. The days of the big yellow book next to everyone’s phone are near their end. If you want your business to be found by your customers you need to be listed in the local search results of Google (most importantly), Yahoo, and Microsoft Live.
If you’re not [...]

We analyzed the sales of our 130 bicycle shop customers to figure out how bad the economic downturn is hitting them. What we found is that Christmas ‘08 was bad. Sales were down by 21.1% from the previous year. The start of ‘09 is fairing a bit better, though still down from last year. January [...]

Are web based POS systems more secure than PC based solutions? Find out how to make sure your POS system is secure.

In general businesses are having a rough time. But there are always outliers, those who buck the trend and grow while others struggle. How are you going to survive and grow your business in 2009? Here’s how MerchantOS plans to not only survive, but grow substantially in these turbulent economic times.

Choosing a point of sale system can be a difficult process. There are many options and even more ways to make mistakes. It’s easy to waste time and money in the search for a perfect POS. From our experience, here are the most common problems and how to avoid them:
Avoid These Costly Point of Sale [...]

Retail Mastery System (click here to visit) is a training course for small retailers. From what I’ve seen, read, and heard it looks like a valuable tool for those who feel like they need help with their business. It claims to give you actionable advice on how to increase sales by:

Identifying target customers and finding [...]

Thanks to all of you we’ve hit a milestone of 200 retail locations running MerchantOS to manage their point of sale and inventory. Last year at this time we had about 70 locations with us. That’s almost a 3x growth rate for our little company! We’re continuing to work hard improving the system and making [...]