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Introduction To POS Systems

by Justin Laing on April 20th, 2007.

5 reasons why you need a POS system. If you think you don’t need a point of sale system, think again! These five reasons will make a good POS system worth every penny you spend.

All new inventory counts + looking ahead.

by Justin Laing on December 22nd, 2006.

We know many of your are getting ready to count your inventory. We’ve just released a major over haul to our inventory counting feature. We hope that you are happy with the new process and that it saves you time. We’ll be adding a handy print out for those of you who don’t want to walk around with a laptop as soon as possible.

Outdoor Retailer Winter Market ‘07

by Ivan Stanojevic on December 8th, 2006.

We’re excited to announce our debut at Outdoor Retailer. This will be an excellent opportunity for anyone interested in our service to meet our staff and get some guided hands on time with the software. The show is from January 27th to the 30th.
If any of our current customers will be attending the show, please [...]

Got a Mac? So do we!

by Ivan Stanojevic on November 6th, 2006.

MerchantOS support has just received a new Macintosh in order to provide support for Mac users. If you have a Mac and want to use MerchantOS, you can use all the same hardware as PC users. Best of all you can call support and get the help you need to get started smoothly and [...]

$10 Million and counting

by Justin Laing on September 5th, 2006.

MerchantOS customers have processed over $10 million in sales within our system, congratulations! We greatly appreciate having all of you as our customers. Keep up the great work and we’ll keep improving our system.

Customer accounts preview…

by Justin Laing on August 28th, 2006.

One of the most requested features is customer accounts. Many shops extend a credit account for loyal or business customers so they can purchase products and pay for them later. We’ve finally decided how to implement this feature in the back-end. I’ve been working on the user interface today and I’ve got a preview for [...]

We can use your help at Interbike ‘06

by Ivan Stanojevic on August 17th, 2006.

Join MerchantOS at Interbike ‘06.
MerchantOS will be at booth #4804. We’d love to have a chat with you about our product and service. Our development is driven by your input, so take this opportunity to shape the service you rely on daily. Contact us to schedule a meeting time at the show. Scheduling a meeting [...]

MerchantOS Launch

by Justin Laing on June 19th, 2006.

Welcome to our new website and our new name, MerchantOS. We hope that you like both. The name Bikesoft just didn’t make sense for us going forward. We’ve talked to retailers outside of the bicycle industry that would love to use our system but assume that we are just for bike shops when really [...]