The POS terminals have already been popularized in most shops.However, many companies still unaware that there are several types of TPV according to the channel with which an operation is carried out. Today's commercial operations are not performed always physically in the "point of sale" , but payments are made by other means.
So what happens with online or mobile purchases? Do not you can register on our POS software ? Let 's see what kinds of POS terminals have to do this type of operation.
POS Classes
Regardless of whether we use a type of POS system or another, which may be more or less efficient, or if you use any particular class of data - phone, here we refer to the kinds of terminals as the means by which the transaction occurs, That is, physically in the store, through a web page or anywhere using a mobile phone as a terminal. Let us explain one by one:
Traditional POS: it is the one mentioned in the article "What is a POS and what is basic concepts" and consists of a software and hardware for customers to make their purchase through a physical channel in the same store offline . The clerk passes the bar code on the reader, leaves the product, prints a ticket and the purchase is recorded.
TPV built into your computer . It is also in the physical store, although it can be worth on a laptop. It is software that has been integrated into a computer for running commercial operations, combining with necessary hardware components (data phone) or software (a virtual POS).
Virtual POS: is typically used by financial institutions for online business operations. If you already know the advantages of having an online store , ideally database of your online business is synchronized with your POS software, so that when you run out of stock, automatically the web page tells the user. So you do not have to have 2 stocks, which is more lousy.
Mobile POS: when you're an autonomous moving to the homes of customers and should charge right there, you need a data - phone or GPRS POS or card reader on the mobile. This allows you to have the necessary mobile hardware to make purchase-sale operations with payment by card, or simply register the purchase in the POS software.
The important thing about these types of TPV is that do not work in isolation , but must be integrated and synchronized with a single point of sale terminal.
Do you use several types of TPV for different business operations? Whether you are still with a traditional collection management system or updated, tell us what you want to know in the comments.
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