One of the good things about running your own business, or a small outlet from home, is the flexibility: you can run it your way, handle everything as you want it, and keep costs low, which is why it has become more popular than ever. Beyond the freedom, you also have no rent to worry about and no expensive POS software to buy. So the other benefits of a home-based business are that the budget need not be large and that you deal with your customers closely.
Whether you work alone or have someone helping you, running a business often means keeping track of your products and handling orders yourself. That can leave your sales figures out of step, and it can stop the business growing and moving forward, or make it hard to expand over the long term.
That is where SaaS comes in — online software, developed as another way to run a business digitally that solves the problem squarely and at a price small businesses, and businesses started from your own home, can reach.
What is SaaS?
SaaS, or Software as a Service, means a service provided on a subscription model. Software as a Service translates literally as “providing a service in the form of software”, which here means software delivered over the internet — also known as cloud software, needing nothing more than a device that can get online, such as a smartphone, tablet or computer. The other benefit of SaaS is that the user can pick and tailor it to suit the business.
For example, Qashier's self-service software solution for Android devices (tablets and smartphones) lets you add tools such as ingredient ordering schedules for a food business, along with customer management, membership, promotions and other functions that go beyond the basic software bundled with a traditional POS terminal, such as transaction history and staff management.
Using online software from Qashier makes running the outlet more efficient without adding to your costs. And if you are wondering what the shop management system from Qashier can actually do, read on below.
The benefits of Qashier's shop management software
1. Easy payments and sales reporting
Say you are running a nail business from home. Qashier's shop management software lets your customers pay easily by scanning a QR code on their phone, because Qashier's POS supports every kind of e-wallet payment, PromptPay among them. Buy-now-pay-later on a credit card works too, and the software behaves in every respect like a Qashier POS terminal.
You can also record transactions and produce sales reports online. At the end of the month the system shows your payment results and analyses your sales in reports that are clear and good to look at.
If you do not have an Android phone or tablet, you can ask our specialist support team for advice or buy the equipment you need from them, or switch to a POS terminal instead. That makes SaaS another answer that a small business can genuinely afford.
2. Online ordering
You can take orders from an app through QashierEats ordering (available in Thailand later), which builds a web page specifically for your outlet so customers can order and pay you directly, with no cut taken from the sale.
If you have a shopfront, you can create a QR code for customers to order through. And if you want to promote a new product, that QR code is very useful indeed: customers can order and pay through it, which takes the pressure off them while they choose and frees your staff to get on with other things rather than standing and waiting.
Qashier's online POS software can also connect to a food delivery account such as FoodPanda, linking your outlet into the POS software. That means you can take orders and manage your menus yourself, easily, all on a single device.
3. Managing stock and ingredients
An online POS system — “SaaS” — lets you use Qashier's stock management even when you are away from the shop. You can add the ingredients that go into each item and track how much is being used, and the system alerts you when an ingredient is running low so you can reorder in time. That puts an end to running short or selling out, which costs a business dearly.
4. Set your own business up to run efficiently, easily, with Qashier
The shop management system and POS terminals from Qashier bring together much of what you need in a single device: QR code ordering at each table, table management (F&B), staff management, customer relationship management (loyalty programmes), stock management, data analysis and cashless payment.
Importantly, getting started with our POS system, or setting it up, is easy and takes no expertise at all — anyone can understand it and use it, in no more than 10 minutes. And if you need more help, our support team is ready to step in straight away, 7 working days a week.
Start raising your game today
The POS system from Qashier is a thoroughly modern shop management system: easy to use, easy to carry, and with a full set of functions for your business. It makes small, medium and large outlets more efficient and keeps them orderly, and you can reach the back office from anywhere at any time. We also have specialists on hand to help and advise you throughout. If you like the sound of it and want to push your business forward, ask us for more details on Line Official: @qashier.th or call 02-544-0267