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How to Process a Retail Sale and use the Retail Checkout

Learn how to process in-person Retail Sales and Quick Sales

The Retail > Sales page is where you can process and manage all in-person retail transactions at your facility. From this page, staff who have permission to do so, can:

  • Process retail product sales

  • Create Quick Sales for items not listed in your product catalogue

  • View previous retail transactions

  • Issue refunds for retail sales

  • Download customer receipts for retail sales


How to process a Quick Sale in Retail

A Quick Sale allows staff to process a payment for an item that isn't necessarily saved as a Product in your Retail catalogue. This is useful for one-off purchases, miscellaneous charges, or items you don't regularly stock.

To process a Quick Sale:

  1. Click the + New button
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  2. Click Add Customer, then search and select the customer's profile from the list
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  3. Select the Home option
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  4. Select Quick Sale option
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  5. Enter the Amount and click Checkout.
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  6. Apply Tax (if applicable):

    • If applicable, select the correct tax amount from the drop-down menu before proceeding.

    • If you need to update the Tax Rate, this can be done under Settings > Taxes & Fees.
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  7. Apply Custom Fees (if applicable):

    • If applicable, select the appropriate Custom Fee from the drop-down menu before proceeding.

    • If you need to update the Custom Fee, this can be done under Settings > Taxes & Fees.
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  8. For Payment Options, select the appropriate Payment Method
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  9. Select Pay & Confirm.
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  10. Click Done. 

Note: If no customer is selected, you can still complete the checkout process by selecting Cash or Other as the payment method, or processing payment through the POS card reader / terminal.


How to Process a Retail Product Sale

  1. Click the + New Button
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  2. Select Add Customer
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  3. Select the Products button
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  4. Select Item(s)
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  5. Click Checkout.
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  6. Apply Tax (if applicable):

    • If applicable, select the correct tax amount from the drop-down menu before proceeding.

    • If you need to update the Tax Rate, this can be done under Settings > General > Facility Details > Tax Rates.
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  7. Apply Custom Fees (if applicable):

    • If applicable, select the appropriate Custom Fee from the drop-down menu before proceeding.

    • If you need to update the Custom Fee, this can be done under Settings > General > Facility Details > Tax Rates.
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  8. Select the Payment Method
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  9. Select Pay & Confirm
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  10. Click Done. 


How to Process a Refund for a Retail Sale

To process a refund for a retail sale:

  1. Navigate to Retail > Sales transaction summary page.
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  2. Find the transaction you wish to refund and click the Refund button.
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  3. Enter the refund amount (Note: You cannot refund more than the original transaction amount).
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  4. Select the Payment Method for the refund.
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  5. Click Issue Refund.


How to Download a Receipt for a Retail Sale

Follow these steps to download a receipt for a retail sales transaction:

  1. Go to Retail > Sales page to view all your sales transactions.
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  2. Locate the Transaction and click the Download Receipt icon
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  3. A PDF copy of the receipt will download to your device

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