Do I have to barcode everything?

No. You can search by name, size or brand, which is how people search at the counter. Items that already carry a barcode are scanned; the rest are typed.

Can I sell by the unit something I bought by the box?

Yes. The item is registered with its pack sizes — unit, hundred, box — and the system converts. Stock is a single figure and the unit cost is derived from the box cost.

Can I sell cable or hose by the metre?

Yes. You charge the length the customer asked for, and the roll comes off stock by what was cut rather than by whole units.

Can I have a counter price and a contractor price?

Yes. Price lists are defined and attached to customers, so selecting the customer applies their price without anyone having to remember it.

How do I control what goes out on account?

Each customer has a balance and a limit. Every release is recorded with the date, the amount and who handled it, and the statement can be sent over WhatsApp.

Does it work if the stockroom is separate from the shop?

Yes. Stock is kept per location, and transfers between the stockroom and the counter are recorded on both sides.

Does FlowPOS issue FEL invoices?

Yes. FlowPOS issues FEL documents through SAT-authorised certifiers. The certifier is contracted separately and its credentials are configured once.

Can I import my catalogue from Excel?

Yes, and for a hardware store it is the only sensible way to start. If you already have the list with prices, import it rather than typing it in.

Hardware stores

Hardware store POS software in Guatemala

Thousands of codes, sales by the unit or by the box, goods cut to length, and FEL invoicing at the counter.

Search by name when the item has no barcode
The same item sold by unit, by hundred or by box
A different price for the contractor who has an account

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What a hardware store needs from the system

Finding things without a barcode

Much of a hardware catalogue arrives without one. Search by name, size and brand is what actually gets used at the counter.

Unit, hundred or box

A screw sells one at a time, by the hundred and by the sealed box. The system converts between them so the cashier does not.

Goods cut to length

Cable, hose and pipe sell by the metre. You charge the exact length and the roll comes off stock by what was cut.

Prices by customer type

The counter price and the account contractor's price are not the same. Set once, applied when you select the customer.

The three problems that cost a hardware store most

The catalogue lives in one person's head

Whoever has worked the counter for years knows where everything is and what it costs. The day they are out, the store runs at half speed and prices get invented.

The price and the location live in the system

Every item carries its size, brand, price and where it sits. Someone covering the shift sells the way the veteran does.

Search by name, size or brand
Stockroom location stored with the item
A set selling price, not one negotiated on the spot

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You sell by the unit what you bought by the box

You buy a box of a hundred and sell them one at a time. If stock counts boxes it never reconciles; if it counts units the purchase cannot be recorded as it arrived.

One stock figure, several pack sizes

The item is bought by the box and sold in whatever unit the customer asks for. Stock is a single number and the system does the conversion.

Buy by the box, sell by unit or by hundred
Cost per unit derived from the box cost
One stock record, not two items for the same thing

See how pack sizes work

Contractors buy on account and the balance lives in a notebook

A builder takes materials all week and settles on Friday. With the balance in a notebook nobody knows what is owed until someone adds it up, and there is no limit.

Every account with its balance and its limit

Credit sits with the customer, with an up-to-date balance and a ceiling the system enforces. What was taken is recorded with a date and who released it.