How to start with RunSensible POS
How to create a category, and what is an Item Category?
Organizing your products/services by categories gives order and structure to your inventory. This way, your staff and customers will easily find what they are looking for.
- Launch the RS POS app from your Home screen.
- Tap on the menu button (≡) to expand the left sidebar menu.
- Tap on “Items”.
- Tap on “Categories”.
- To define a new category, tap on the plus sign(+).
- Type in a proper name for the category.
- Click “Save” to finish.
How to define discounts?
- Launch the RS POS app from your Home screen.
- Tap on the menu button (≡) to expand the left sidebar menu.
- Tap on “Items”.
- Tap on “Discounts”.
- To define a new discount, tap on the plus sign (+).
- Type in the related subject for the discount.
- Add the discount value and determine if it is an amount in dollars or a percentage discount.
- Click “Save” to finish.
How to define taxes?
- Launch the RS POS app from your Home screen.
- Tap on the menu button (≡) to expand the left sidebar menu.
- Tap on “Items”.
- Tap on “taxes”.
- To define a new tax, tap on the plus sign (+).
- Type in the related subject for the tax.
- Add the tax value and determine if it is an amount in dollars or a percentage tax.
- Click “Save” to finish.
Adding items
- Launch the RS POS app from your Home screen.
- Tap on the menu button (≡) to expand the left sidebar menu.
- Tap on “Items”.
- To define a new product/service tap on the plus sign (+).
- Tap on the square to add a picture or color for the product/service.
- Type in a proper name for your product/service. the name you enter appears on receipts and in sales reports.
- Select the category in which the item fits best. If there is not a fitting category, define it in the Category section.
- In the next part, choose whether your Item is sold by weight or by the number of the units.
- Enter Price i.e. the amount a customer must pay for the product/service. You can leave this box empty to enter a price at checkout.
- Enter cost i.e. incurred expense for making the product/service.
- Insert an SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) code for the product. SKU codes are alphanumerical names defined for products/services based on their marketing characteristics. SKUs are useful assets in digital marketing that help businesses identify, manage and track their products/services.
- Type in or scan the product/service Barcode
- Determine if any taxes are added to the cost of products/services. If there are no defined taxes go to the “Tax” section and define all the adding taxes to your products/services.
- Click “Save” to finish.
Selling with RS POS
- Launch the RS POS app from your Home screen.
- Tap on the menu button (≡) to expand the left sidebar menu.
- Tap on “Sales”.
- On the Basket’s navigation bar, tap to choose the related customer or you can add a new customer by tapping on plus sign (+).
- At this stage, you can add or edit contact information in the customer profile.
- Tap on “+ Add to ticket”.
- On the navigation bar, tap on the search icon and look for the item by name.
- Or tap on the barcode icon and search for the item by scanning or typing its barcode.
- Or limit your view of the items by category to easily find intended ones.
- Scan/Tap on items as many times as the customer has ordered.
- After you add all the items to the basket, click on discount at the bottom of the basket to add any applicable discounts.
- Tap on “Charge”.
- You have the total amount of prices for products/services in front of you.
- Tap on cash if the customer pays in cash and tap on “Card” if the amount is paid by a credit card.
- Check the customer’s Email address and tap on “Send Invoice” to email it to that address.
- Click on “New Sale”.
How to use a barcode reader?
- Launch the RS POS app from your Home screen.
- Tap on the menu button (≡) to expand the left sidebar menu.
- Tap on “Settings”.
- Tap on the “Barcode Reader” dropdown.
- Tap on “Camera” if you want the camera of your device to read barcodes.
- Tap on “Barcode Reader” if you want to add a barcode reader device to your RS POS.
- Turn on Bluetooth on your POS device, and connect it to your barcode reader.
How to connect to the Printer?
- Launch the RS POS app from your Home screen.
- Tap on the menu button (≡) to expand the left sidebar menu.
- Tap on “Settings”.
- Tap on “Printers”.
- To connect to a new printer, tap on the plus sign (+) in the top left corner.
- Choose your printer model on the menu.
- Tap on “Find devices” to look for available Bluetooth printers.
- Switch on “Cut Receipt” to allow receipt cutting.
- Determine font size.
- Switch on “Print Receipts” to allow receipt printing.
- Tap on “Print Test” to print a test page.
- Tap on “Save Printer” to save this printer port name for further use.
- You can delete a certain printer by tapping on DELETE on the top right corner.
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