We have a video guide on configuring departments for department sales and adding them as a button to your point of sale screen - ðŸŽ¬ Department Sales

Retailer allows you to perform sales to a particular department without scanning a specific item's barcode. When a department sale is used, it will bring up a keypad for you to enter in the price of the product.

While convenient and useful, our recommendation is to avoid performing these types of sales as they can cause problems in the following ways:

  • It is impossible to track the actual stock items sold
  • Without any tracking, it can make returns and warranties difficult to account for
  • Discrepancies will also appear during stocktakes

Allowing Sales to a Department

  1. On the top menu bar of Retailer, click on Stock Maintenance -> Suppliers and Departments.
  2. Click on the magnifying glass icon to search for the particular department. If the department does not exist, click on Add to create a new one. Click HERE for instructions on adding a new department.
  3. In Department Barcode, press [Alt]+[G] to generate a barcode.
  4. In PLU, type in a short code for the department.
    For example, you could type MAGS for MAGAZINES.
  5. Press [Tab] on your keyboard.
  6. Click Save and Close.

Performing Department Sales

  1. On the Point of Sale screen, enter the tilde (~) key followed by the barcode/PLU of the department. Alternatively, press [Enter] to search for it in the Find Stock Screen.
  2. In the keypad that appears, type in the amount.
  3. When finished, tender the sale as normal.

(Optional) Creating a Touch Screen Button

Click HERE for more help with altering the POS screen
  1. Create a new button
  2. In Button Type, select Barcode
  3. In the barcode field, enter the tilde (~) key followed by the barcode/PLU of the department. Alternatively, press [Enter] to search for it in the Find Stock Screen.