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QuickBooks Point-of-Sale Features List by Year
Below are some of the new features added in the various versions of QuickBooks Point-of-Sale software:
Version 9.0 New Features this year (Fall 2009)
Customer Center
· Snapshot of customer data
o new customers
o returning customers
o average daily receipts
o average receipt total
o average receipt items
· Compare sales and customer activity over periods of time
· See customer trends and data with graphs
· Create customer lists based on customer data for email, mailing labels, etc.
· Easily create targeted email lists based on purchase history and preferences
Coupons and Promotions Acceptance
- Apply coupons and discounts and track promotions
- Define and ring up coupons at point of sale
- Option to automatically print coupons on receipts for repeat business
- Control discounts applied by employees and see improved discounting reports
- See effectiveness of promotions by comparing sales before and after with promotion reports
- Track more than 8 manual discount types
Other new features:
· Email marketing feature (part of the Customer Center)
o allows filtering of email lists based on customer sales history
o integrates with Constant Contact
· Simple receipt screen with a cashier’s view
· Assign customers and customer-related workflows (rewards, charge accounts, etc)
· Can prompt to email receipts
· Track companies as customers (Pro and Multi-Store only)
· Track business to business sales by recording customer PO #s when making a sale
· Create custom tag designs to fit any Avery label
Version 8.0 (Fall 2008)
- Increased number of workstations from 10 to 20 in each store
- New simple receipt view (great for touchscreen monitors)
- New signature capture for credit card signing
- Inventory turn statistics
- Web sales through Intuit Storefront
- Suggested reorder quantities based on sales activity
- Reorder points by store – multi-store version
- Increased number of stores from 10 to 20 when using multi-store
Version 7.0 (Fall 2007)
- Merge similar inventory items
- Add longer item descriptions
- Easily reconcile credit card deposits
- View merchant account activity reports online
- Track & reward loyal customers
- Add pictures to inventory items
- Employee time clock records transfer to QuickBooks financial for payroll
- Shipping integration
- Automatic store exchange for multi-store version
Version 6.0 (Fall 2006)
- Improved navigator and dashboard
- Improved working with lists – items, customers, vendors
- Accept tips
- Ratings & Trends ranks items and customers
- Time clock to track employee’s hours
- Multiple units of measure
Version 5.0 (Fall 2005)
- Sell and redeem gift cards
- Track item history
- More flexibility to customize
- Other improvements for printing, reports, etc.