As a business owner, offering the payment options your customers want is one of the things that really matters. But before you do anything, ask yourself a simple question: how do most of your customers pay? If they want to pay by PromptPay, in cash, or by credit card, then it falls to the business to have the equipment in place that makes paying straightforward.
In Singapore, surveys show that most customers now choose to pay without cash, because they want speed, efficiency and convenience — and because it is easier to keep track of what they have paid. Singapore is not alone: in the years ahead a cashless society will take hold in many more countries around the world. PwC & Strategy have said that cashless payments will grow by more than 80% between 2020 and 2025, with Asia-Pacific growing fastest of all — as much as 109% by 2025. That said, accepting cashless payments can be expensive, particularly for a sole trader working from home or a startup just finding its feet.
Getting started need not be difficult or costly. At Qashier we saw the problem, so we built a POS system that runs as the Qashier app on any Android smartphone, handling sales and cashless payments along with plenty of other features to help you manage the outlet better. Using a shop management system, or a POS system, keeps the business running smoothly and gives your customers the choice of paying however they prefer.
1. Take payments easily, using nothing but an Android phone
The Qashier app is more than the usual POS app. Selling and taking payment in person or online is no trouble at all, and connections to various payment services let the outlet start taking payments on an Android smartphone straight away.
If you already use a Qashier POS terminal, installing the Qashier app rounds the business out nicely. A POS app on a smartphone moves with you rather than tying you to the big terminal in the shop, which helps the business expand and reach far more customers.
Our cloud storage and the technology behind it bring the other payment methods — cash, credit and debit cards — together in one place, so you can follow your sales even when you are not in the outlet.
Taking payment through the Qashier app does more than you might expect. Advances in fintech keep producing new payment innovations that take cashless payment a step further, and having a system that can support them keeps your business a step ahead.
2. More ways to be paid, plus online invoicing
Whether you sell as a freelancer or deal in expensive goods, the Qashier app can issue an online invoice, or e-invoice. Raising one is simple and quick, as a PDF file or sent straight to the customer's email — or both. Instead of the outlet sitting down to write invoices by hand, our Qashier app saves time and makes life easier for the shop, the staff and the customer. It is easy to use, with no elaborate setup and very little to teach your staff.
3. Set up promotions and discounts at your fingertips
For most businesses and services, getting customers to come back and buy again is the goal. To keep them fond of your brand and coming back, there is no better way than offering discounts and promotions — it catches their attention and makes them want to buy from you again.
But if you have to work out a 5% offer on every item by hand each month, leaving customers waiting will try their patience — or worse, they may go elsewhere if your prices are inconsistent because the system cannot handle promotional pricing properly.
The discount management in the Qashier app can set promotions and discounts across all your products, and bundle promotions or seasonal price cuts are no trouble either. You simply enter the discount details against the product, and from then on the price comes down automatically whenever it is ordered. That makes ringing up faster and more accurate, and it builds both the relationship and your customers' trust.
4. Manage and analyse your sales with full sales history
Signing up for the Qashier app also gets you QashierHQ, the back-office dashboard for your outlet
Using the Qashier app together with the QashierHQ website makes it far easier to follow sales in the outlet or online, at any time, without having to stay logged in. Lying on a beach in Phuket or shopping in Singapore, you can reach your figures at your fingertips. Our system also tracks the e-invoices you have issued, daily sales reports and commission, so the outlet can make business decisions more easily with the key figures already in hand.
Step into the digital economy with the Qashier app
The rise of mobile payments among customers shows we are moving into a digital economy. Many businesses are adapting to keep up with the times and hold on to their customers, and our Qashier app supports MSMEs (micro, small and medium businesses) and removes the obstacles by offering something new at an affordable price: a shop management, or POS, system. It installs on an Android smartphone, so it is convenient to use wherever you are — a business run from home, a startup, or a shop with a storefront. When it comes to accepting payment, our kit works for the shop and the customer alike.
Interested in running a smart POS system on your own smartphone? Download the Qashier POS app free from the Google Play Store and start trying out the features. And if you are interested, or have questions about getting started, our specialists are on hand to advise you throughout your time with Qashier POS. To order or ask for more details, contact us on Line Official: @qashier.th or call 02-544-0267