This Getting Started Guide covers the steps to take to install and configure SELLmatix in a Retail Store or Restaurant, starting from the beginning and assuming that you have no knowledge or experience with SELLmatix.

For experienced SELLmatix users, this guide can act as a checklist of steps to be taken which can refer you to the right place in the documentation to clarify any points you may have forgotten.

If you are using the services of a Trainer or Dealer to assist with the implementation on your site, some of the steps in this guide will be performed by the trainer/dealer, and other steps the trainer will teach you to perform and check that the work you perform. In either case, the information in this guide is useful. If you are using a trainer or dealer, then please refer to the Using Trainers and Dealers guide for further information.

While Point of Sale systems offer huge benefits to retailers, most systems require a huge amount of work to implement, and almost all of that work has to be performed before the retailer starts to see any benefit.

One of the key design criteria for SELLmatix was that the system should be easy and fast to implement. You do not need to have everything entered into SELLmatix to start using the system. Instead it allows you to be set things up in steps and stages so that you can realise the benefit of each step before moving on to the next stage. This is a dramatic difference between SELLmatix and other systems because with SELLmatix:-

• You can start using the system to process sales, even before you have a complete product file. In fact, you can create your product file with the basic information required to process sales, during trading, without additional staff time or expense in many cases.
• You can take control of cash and reduce or eliminate losses right from the beginning without waiting for all the other parts of the system to be in place.
• You can take control of stock in small steps, department by department beginning with the area you think are most likely to suffer losses, and gradually extending the stock control as far as you want.
• In many cases, it is even possible to perform stocktakes even while the shop is open for business, without additional staff, eliminating the need to stop trading and pay extra wages while the stocktake is done.

Sequence of Steps
Of Course:-

• Proper cash control is not going to happen until after all sales can be processed correctly.
• Stock Control is not going to happen until after proper cash control is in place.
• proper accounting information for calculating profit and loss is not going to happen until after proper stock control is operational.

The difference with SELLmatix is that you can proceed in steps and stages of a manageable size, and benefit at each step, instead of having to battle to get everything under control at once.

As you proceed, it is best to work through the items on the navigation bar to the left in order. Product setup, for example, requires information on Tax Rate Tables and Departments. While you can always come back and change things, following this sequence will reduce the need to do so.

If you haven't already done so, why not activate SELLmatix now and start enjoying the benefits of the system now. With SELLmatix, you don't have to pay for everything up front. You can implement the system in stages adding parts as you go from the savings you make. As little as $30 gets you started. No risk. No long term commitment. Activate Now!

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