MYOB RetailBasics - the long-awaited retail solution

[Harper]

Untill resently, setting up a total MYOB POS of sale system has been rather expensive. Like just for a copy of MYOB Retail Manager, it about < AU$1400. And then once you add the computer system and the Additional POS hardware such as Docket Printers, Cash Drawers, Bar Code Scanners and my time to set this all up, a one TIL store can easily be around about AU$3500.
Now this is all fine, if to have automated features like
- Analyse what's selling, what's not
- Collect and analyse customer information
- multi-store set up
- Product Size/Colour Matrix (avalable in Retail Manager 8 later this year)

But some of the features like these are totally unnessary to some one is running a corner store quickimart who just needs to record what gets sold and how much money has been transfer.
And because of this, I have lost quite a bit of business due to price of Software being expensive as there is a lot of extra features that the customer will not use.

This has changed this month as MYOB has release a cut down version of Retail Manager called MYOB RETAIL BASIC were is more of a computerise cash drawer as appose to computerise cash drawer with a extensive inventroy features.

MYOB RetailBasics, a new computerised point-of-sale solution that can turn a standard PC into a system with a lot more functionality than a cash register, has been released to the Australian market with a recommended retail price of just $299.

MYOB RetailBasics can provide retailers with accurate information about the performance of their business including:

* which stock items and services are selling
* when and how much is being sold
* which staff member is selling what and how much
* historical transaction information.

Peripherals such as a barcode scanner, cash drawer, docket printer and scales can also be added to the software.

With just a few key strokes, MYOB RetailBasics enables a retailer to process transactions such as:

* sales
* lay-bys
* refunds
* adding credit card surcharges
* a variety of payment types including cash, credit or cheque.

It also enables maintenance of a stock database meaning a retailer can:

* scan or type stock items in directly
* search, add and maintain stock items
* insert pictures of stock items
* print stock lists and stock code labels.

The new software can help a retailer manage customers with the following
features:

* add, edit, delete and search for customers
* print customer lists
* link transactions to customers
* view customer transactions.

The other cool this that MYOB is bring out is some thing called MYOB RETAIL READY where is the above RetailBasic Software, but with a Cash Drawer, Docket Printer and BarCode Scanner.

In conjunction with this release, MYOB is offering a complete retail hardware and software solution, MYOB RetailReady. This will include MYOB RetailBasics, Posiflex Cash Drawer, Docket Printer and Barcode Scanner for RRP $899.

So again further reducing the cost of set up for some one that just wants to set up and open a basic corner store.