Convenience store step 2: fast scanning checkout

In a convenience store most baskets have one to five items and most customers are in a hurry. The goal is: scan, scan, one key, next customer. This page sets up POS V2 for that.

Before you start

• Products have barcodes (step 1).
• A USB or Bluetooth barcode scanner is connected (it works like a keyboard). See devices and printers.

Set up the shortcuts

1. Open Settings › Business Settings and the POS tab.
2. Under Keyboard shortcuts, click Use recommended keys, or click a field and press the keys you want.
3. Set at least Express checkout: cash, Express checkout: card, Hold (suspend) the sale and the Quick cash amount keys (POS V2).
4. Click Update Settings.

/business/settings

Settings › Business Settings › POS: keyboard shortcuts. Keys marked V2 work only in POS V2.

A typical sale

1. The cursor waits in Search or scan. Scan each item.
2. For hot food or coffee, tap the category tab and the item.
3. Press the Express checkout: cash key, or Cash and a quick cash amount, and give change. For card, press Card.
4. The receipt prints (if a printer is set) and the POS is ready for the next customer.

/pos-v2/create

POS V2: scan box at the top, tabs for unbarcoded items, one-tap payment at the bottom.

Useful extras

• Hold parks a sale while a customer fetches something; resume it from the held list.
• Customer display: show the cart and total on a second screen (screens and displays).
• Offline POS: keep selling if the internet drops (offline selling).
• Cash denominations: count notes in the payment window, set on the Payment tab of Business Settings.

Tip

Set Sales Item Addition Method (Sale tab) to Increase item quantity if it already exists, so scanning three cans gives one line with quantity 3.

Next: step 3: shifts and cash registers.

POS V2

Mart fast checkout

Camera scan