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The Tower Systems POS software offers small business retailers access to valuable and financially beneficial integrations that help these retailers to win more business.

Here are some of the integrations we offer. We say some as there are more that are classified, for commercial reasons. There are those who like to copy us so we figure why make it easy for them. Ha!

These are desktop and cloud hosted POS software integrations. For our e-commerce solutions, consumer facing websites, we offer substantially more integrations that go to a new level and deliver substantially more benefits. Our integration strategy for web is comprehensive, deep and flexible, in service off our customers who take their retail businesses online.

Integrations matter to businesses in this time of mass integration. We are on a cross platform world and POS software that integrates offers terrific flexibility to retailers working in spaces where integrations can be beneficial.

Since we develop the POS software we sell, lease and rent, we are in control of what we do and how we do it. We are not relying on another party to do the integration work. This makes us more flexible for and accountable to our customers.

As retailers, too, we experience the value of plenty of these integrations and through this help our customers thrive with the very best.

Delivering integrations to our customers matters as we are in a  position to help them find new customers for their businesses by offering better services seamlessly across more platforms. Flexibility is key today and we are proud to be delivering this through our POS software and the POS software connected websites that we develop0 and deploy.

The more a retail business looks like a traditional shop in any channel, the more it will be judged as a traditional shop, the more it will perform like a traditional shop. There is nothing wrong with this, if it is a conscious choice.

But … retail is changing. How, when and where people shop is changing. In0-store retail needs to change to be relevant and interesting, to attract shoppers.

Through our work at Tower Systems we see awesome and successful retail businesses and less than awesome and not so successful retail businesses. We layers this with our own experience as retailers, too. We use the POS software we make for you in our own shops.

We encourage you to consider not running a traditional shop. We can find no evidence in performance data or in retail history to indicate that a traditional retail model has any upside in the world today.

For sure, what you offer ion your shop today cannot be what you offer in a couple of years if you want your business to be relevant.

The best way to not be considered a traditional shop is to not look like one. Here is some of what this means based on our experience:

1. Keep visual noise to a minimum. This means less posters and signs. Let your products be seen and be the heroes.
2. No old-school posters out the front of the shop or hanging in the shop except in exceptional circumstances.
3. No old-school products stand near the entrance.
4. Make the front third of the shop open with non-permanent fixtures that are flexible and easily moved. These are best if they are everyday items: tables, a couch, boxes and more. The more colour, texture and style the less like a shop your shop will feel and the more relaxed shoppers will be.
5. Floor rugs are effective too, under a table fixture especially.
6. No candy or William old products at the counter. Use the counter for products that are easily purchased on impulse, that play against expectations.
7. A feature wall behind the counter that can be changed easily.
8. Different colours and textures rather than the usual shop-fit look.
9. Different lighting to highlight different part of the business.
10. Less shop-fit made fixtures and more personally made or found items.
11. Product placement such that it encourages people to explore. Embrace treasure hunt retail… where people wander the shop hoping to find treasure.
12. Move tasks, pricing, returns and more to the shop floor. This will reduce shopper theft and increase sales.
13. Have the least amount of staff resources behind the counter as possible. On the shop floor the same people can guide purchases.

Change is critical in retail today. Change beyond what has been traditional, change that helps you attract new shoppers and through them new revenue opportunities.

While we are  an indie retail POS software co. we are retailers and retail experts. We’re here to help our customers through software, and beyond.

Tower Systems offers a Shopify POS software solution that facilitates easy selling in-store as well as online while maintaining efficiency, accuracy and insights to help you drive a more successful and enjoyable business.

The Tower Systems POS software is stand alone POS software. retailers can run it in the cloud or on their desktop. This POS software was an early integrator with Shopify, Tower Systems is a Shopify partner.

We bring a sophisticated and deep POS solution to the Shopify online sales platform community, enabling Shopify businesses to sell in store with maturity depth and value beyond basic POS. This is especially useful for specialty retailers who have needs beyond the basic POS that is the standard for low cost solutions.

The Shopify integration offered by Tower Systems is free, there is ho extra cost. This makes it cost-effective, and loved by small business retailers.

By having the best of both worlds, local small business retailers can thrive online and thrive in their physical store. Given the different needs of these different business settings, leveraging the best fit for the setting is core to thriving.

Jewellers, garden centres, bike shops, to shops, pet shops, music shops, fabric stores, sewing businesses, newsagents, antique shops … they all have specialty needs that are unique to their businesses. The basic nature of what you have in POS solutions like that offered by Shopify itself will not, we think, serve specialty needs of these and other businesses.

Tower Systems makes specialty POS software for local specialty small business retailers. We dive deep into the needs of a retail channel to serve them and the needs of those who supply them. We are grateful to serve more than 3,000 local small business retailers in our mission. And, we bring this to the Shopify integrated experience, helping our retailer partners to make the most of physical store and online selling.

POS software can be complex and confusing. A quick phone call with a human can easily answer any questions. It’s when you can’t reach someone that it can be frustrating. This is why we say call Square POS with a question or two. see how they respond and factor that into your consideration as to the right POS software solution for your local retail business.

Tower Systems is a human driven business. We provide personal service. see for yourself: 1300 662 957.

We are grateful to welcome Kounta POS software customers to our community of local small business retailers. Our specialty retail POS software appears to serve needs these retailers are keen for, and for that we are truly grateful.

Kounta POS software has served retailers well, especially in the hospitality space. We know retailers who have used it for years. But when asked about switching from Kounta to our Tower Systems POS software, all we can do is show what we do, and let these business owners make o their own mind.

Unlike Kounta, our Tower Systems POS software has not been built for hospitality. No, our focus is specialty retail. Physical product retail in specialty retail channels like jewellers, garden centres, bike shops, toy shops, bookshops, newsagencies, pet stores, firearms dealers, sewing shops, knitting shops, produce businesses, camping goods shops, bait and tackle businesses.

Specialty retail is our mojo, not hospitality like has been the focus for Kounta POS software.

If a Kounta customer wants to look at switching, we demonstrate our software, and we record the demonstration so they can ensure everyone involved on their team gets to see the demonstration for their business. We want people to make informed decisions. Once we have demonstrated our POS software, we answer any questions and leave it up to the business owner to decide what’s next. No pressure. No hassling. No sales push.

We are keen for long term customers and they do not come about through pressure. Our no pressure approach has served us well over the years.

So, if you are using Kounta in your retail business and you are not keen for hospitality specific facilities in your POS software, Tower Systems may be worth considering. Let us know, take your time and see if we can serve your business needs.

Specialty business needs like serial number tracking, selling by fractions, scale integration, fuel integration, dispatch management, visual business performance reporting, theft management and more are part of the specialty retail business solutions in our Tower Systems POS software that has been made solely for local small business retail.

You can reach us at 1300 662 957 or by email at sales@towersystems.com.au.

sons people choose Tower Systems POS software

Retailers installing any new POS system often find that they need a new receipt printer and a new barcode scanner. These two hard working devices bear the brunt of physical activity at the sales counter in any store.

To help retailers who need to upgrade, Tower Systems early this month launched a November special.

If you sign up for our specialty retail POS software for gift shops, jewellers, bike shops, toy shops, garden centres, produce stores, sewing shops, bookshops, firearms dealers, doll shops, newsagents, fishing and outdoors shops, pet shops, music shops and more in November, we will give you a Honeywell 1472g 2D Scanner and a Element RW973 MKII Thermal Receipt Printer FREE.

This offer runs to November 30, 2022. Call 1300 662 957 to speak to one of our specialty retail specialists or email sales@towersystems.com.au. Or, visit our YouTube channel for demonstrations of the various POS software solutions we offer.

Here’s more about the two free gifts we have for you:

Honeywell 1472g 2D Scanner

Durable, Highly Accurate 2D Cordless Scanner. Designed for in-store retail environments requiring a highly accurate 2D scanning solution in a durable form factor the Voyager™ Extreme Performance (XP) 1472g cordless scanner delivers industry-leading scanning capability on traditional barcodes and digital screens – even on damaged and difficult-to-read codes. It works with regular barcodes and QR codes.

Element RW973 MKII Thermal Receipt Printer
High printing speed up to 300mm/s. Default USB interface, with RS232 and Ethernet. Supports 80mm wide thermal paper.

If you sign up before November 30, 2022 and install by December 31, 2022, these two pieces of new hardware are yours free. This is a Tower Systems exclusive opportunity. This offer cannot be used with any other discount offer.

The other point of this offer is top draw attention to the importance of fit for purpose peripheral devices to enable you to get the most out of your POS software. And even though there is a transition to digital receipts, printed receipts still play a vital role in plenty of retail businesses.

This special offer has been out now for ten days and already we can declare it a hit with retailers telling us they appreciate the opportunity.

While retailers choose Tower Systems for the POS software and the support it comes with, it’s offers like this that provide an icing on the cake opportunity.

We are grateful to our hardware supplier friends for partnering with us on offers that enable us to help local small business retailers save money on quality hardware.