5 Must Have-Features for Convenience Stores

The retail point of sale (POS) world is crowded, especially for convenience store owners. To help narrow your search, make sure whichever system you choose offers these five features.

Features:
0:00:12 - Hotkeys
0:00:31 - Age/ID Verification
0:00:51 - Security Features
0:01:16 - Lottery Tickets
0:01:38 - Employee Management

Transcript:
With so many point of sale systems on the market, it can be a challenge to find a solution that’s the perfect fit for your business.

We’re here to make that task easier!

So, what POS features will benefit your convenience store the most?

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The first feature is hotkey shortcuts.

Hotkeys allow users to look up produce and other non-barcoded items.

Products can be categorized and sorted in any way you’d like, saving time in the checkout line.

Plus, with customized hotkeys, there’s less chance of error.

Your cashiers can quickly and easily find the product they’re looking for with this feature.

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The next feature is age verification.

Checking IDs is required for tobacco and alcohol sales, which means convenience stores are doing this pretty often.

An age verification feature takes the guesswork out of the process by allowing users to scan any form of identification.

Having an up-to-date ID feature can protect your store and help you avoid major fines and penalties.

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Next up: security features.

Convenience stores experience frequent shoplifting due to the sale of smaller, easy-to-pocket items.

Your POS system should help you detect shrinkage so you can make important business decisions.

But shoplifting doesn’t only happen from the outside — a powerful POS software can help you pick up on employee theft, too!

Set up blind drawer counts and get low inventory alerts with integrated security features.

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Do you sell lottery tickets in your convenience store?

That’s the next feature on the list.

If you’re tired of switching between two machines for regular sales and lottery sales, you need a POS system that can do it all.

Find a solution that has a lottery ticket sales feature, integrating with the rest of your system.

This will save time, energy, and make inventory tracking a breeze.

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The final feature is employee management.

You’re investing all of this money into a point of sale system, so it should be able to handle administrative tasks!

With an employee management feature, you can utilize a time clock and set individual pay rates.

Many POS systems will even integrate with payroll software, allowing you to issue paychecks from the same solution.

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Those are the 5 must-have POS features we recommend for convenience stores!

Hopefully this helped make your decision a bit easier, but if you have any questions, feel free to reach out to the POS Nation team.

Thanks for watching!