Internet-based – Links remote retail locations to the head office over the Internet (dial-up or dedicated connection). Single installation of Sage Accpac ePOS server connects multiple ePOS tills at remote locations.

Real-Time or Offline Processing – Provides real-time validations and updates to and from the centralized inventory and customer database. Alternately, store-and-forward methodology can be used to accumulate transactions at the remote end, which can be uploaded to the central location using an Internet connection.

Integrated Receivables – Allows selling to on-account AR customers utilizing their price lists and pricing levels. Checks customers' credit limits and active/inactive status. Prohibits sales to on-hold customers. New customers can be defined in ePOS and will be auto-created in the Accounts Receivable module.

Integrated Order Entry – Utilizes special item pricing. Creates orders, invoices, credit notes, and receipts in the Order Entry module. Provides item discounts based on the discount pricing structure in the Inventory Control module. Supports the maximum tax allowable and tax base settings for point-of-sale transactions, as those settings are defined in Sage Accpac ERP.

Intuitive User Interface – The browser-based interface allows simple point-and-click and full keystroke navigation. Clients may use one of the three built-in user interface skins. Customizable user interface language and even field names let sales staff from different geographic locations work in their comfort zones. Clients may also customize the application’s look and feel by changing its color scheme and font size, or even adding a corporate logo to the purchase list page.

Speed in Completing Transactions – Allows single-step returns and exchanges. Single keystroke options are available for many common operations such as sale completion, payment, item return, suspend sale, quotation, and cash drawer opening.

Summarized Transactions – Offline transactions can now be summarized by customer, register, and day for fewer order entry transactions. These summarized transactions can then be processed at a considerably faster speed while, at the same time, all the supporting transaction details are retained in ePOS tables in the Advantage Series database for future management reporting.

Quick and Easy Data Entry – Allows users to find and add items to a transaction by name, item code, or by scanning bar code. Users may also find and add customers to a transaction by name or by customer code. Fewer data entry fields, most of which are pre-filled with default information from the customer and item records, speed the process. Users can customize the application’s user experience by configuring shortcut keys for various retail functions.

Support for POS Hardware and Peripherals – Supports PC-based POS workstations, receipt printers, bar code scanners, customer displays, programmable keyboards, touch screen monitors, weigh scales, and credit card readers.

Multi-register/Multi-store Operations – Supports multiple registers connected over a local area network, which in turn is connected to the head office over the Internet. Similarly, other multi-register locations can be connected to the same central location over the Internet. This means real-time item availability can be viewed across retail stores.

Security – Allows user access security to be defined at a detailed POS function level. ePOS encrypts the data going to and coming from the Server for secured transmission over the Internet.

ACCPAC Logic – Utilizes XAPI interface to connect to Sage Accpac for creating transactions. Thus, each transaction gets validated by Sage Accpac business logic before data is written to the central database.

Centralized Administration – A single-server installation provides centralized administration of customers, items, prices, discounts, price lists, and so on. Any changes done at the central location are available to all connected remote locations in real time.

Item Entry – Item codes can be entered either by typing directly onto the keyboard, by scanning a bar code, or by touching preset keys on a programmable keyboard. Items can also be selected from the results of the item search function.

Item Search – Products or categories may be searched using all or part of their codes or descriptions. The item search function also returns the unit of measure, base price, and selling price information for an item. Further inquiry on a selected item returns its quantity on hand and quantity on order for a particular location.

Item Corrections – While entering a transaction, an authorized user can change an item’s quantity, price, etc. and can also remove items from the current transaction.

Item Pricing – Item pricing can be customer-dependent. That is, pricing may be based on the customer selected and may reflect that customer’s price list, price level, and special item pricing. An authorized user can edit prices. Supports markup pricing on markup and standard prices, as defined in the Inventory Control module.

Discounts – Supports item and customer level discounts by either value or percentage. Supports volume discounts for quantity purchases.

Promotional Grouping – Empowers sales staff at the register level to group SKUs, for promotional sales such as “sell item A and B, and take 10% off on item C.”

Exchange/Refunds – Enables authorized users to exchange or refund items. Return transactions are posted as credit notes in the Order Entry system.

Reprint Receipts – Allows authorized users to reprint sales transactions when required.

Layaways – Enables authorized users to save transactions and recall them for later completion. To retrieve previous layaways, the reference can be entered directly or searched for by number, customer ID, customer telephone, or customer name. Layaway transactions are posted as an order confirmation in the Order Entry system.

Sales – Allows authorized users to enter retail sales transactions. These transactions are posted as an order/invoice in the Order Entry system, and are either cash customer sales or on-account sales.

Payment – The ‘finalize sale’ key updates the bill total and balance due. Payment can be made in a number of different preset tender types including cash, check, on-account, and credit card. A subtotal of each tender type is printed on the customer's receipt. Payment transactions get posted against the order/invoice in the Order Entry system.

Customer Loyalty – Tracks and accumulates purchase points per item or invoice value. These loyalty points can be redeemed for future purchases.

Gift Card/Gift Certificate Tracking – Tracks and validates purchases made through gift cards and gift certificates. Customers can choose to update value of gift cards in their future visits.

Credit Card Approval – Using the built-in interface for the PCCharge Payment Server or IC Verify* Debit/Credit Card processing applications, payments made by credit card can be authorized in real time.

Reports – By virtue of its real-time link to Sage Accpac, all sales and customer-related reporting can be generated from the central database and will reflect ePOS transactions in real time.

Post to Accounting – For connected locations, transactions are posted to the central location as they are finalized in the system. For offline remote sites, transactions can be transmitted at any time. In either case, the End of Day Report include:

* Requires separate purchase of third-party applications.