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Point of Success Pizzeria was the name of Point of Success version 1. In version 2 we split the software into two versions, Standard and Premium. Premium is the equivalent of version 1, in that it does things like customer database management, marketing and is more tailored to pizza ordering...

The startup funding has been pretty well covered, but you also need to think about the time after you open. You really need to have about 12 months of personal income saved to cover your startup period. There is nothing worse than to have a new business with amazing potential and worry every day...

Nick, thank you for trying to inject some civility into this thread. POS is definitely not a one-size-fits-all proposition. I have always believed that there is plenty of room in the segment for all the competitors. Competition benefits buyers most of all. Compare pizzeria POS options now to...

Signature Systems: Installing software, setting up a menu and connecting network cables isn’t quite like putting together a car. A better analogy for today would be comparing roasting your own turkey, mashing your own potatoes and candying your own yams to buying a prepackaged Thanksgiving...

Smallest footprint is related to the computer hardware you choose. All-in-one POS computers (computer and touch screen in one box) take the least space but cost the most from a price/performance perspective. In general, the smaller the hardware the higher the price premium. There is a wide...

Leave my brother-in-law out of the equation LISTEN to and DO all of the recommendations of the industry experts sooner!

“My pizza just got here and there’s a fire truck behind him…” Excellent idea! You get exposure, your customers get educated. The television coverage is priceless.

Integraoligist: Why would the crowd fall silent? There are plenty of DiamondTouch users 'round here. If you have a sample of the gift cards you need with DiamondTouch you should be able to have them manufactured almost anywhere. They should cost you $1.25 to $1.50 to have them printed and you...

Just about any supplier of gift cards should be able to do this. Search Google for “gift card printing.” The list of companies is huge! If you tell us the name of the POS system you use there is a good chance that someone here could recommend a supplier.

Alessandro: I don’t like sounding like a salesman, but here goes: A few things Point of Success can do to help your marketing include customer database management, coupon redemption tracking, analysis of sources of new customers, report for the lifetime value of a customer, good customer...

NicksPizza: No POS system can manage your promotions for you, but any good one can give you the information you need to analyze promotions and make decisions for future promotions. You need this information from your POS system to analyze the effectiveness of the campaign: Get the comparable...

Point of Success doesn’t do customer billing, but I have seen some restaurants put something together that will work for them. One user i spoke with last year had done something that looks like an invoice that included a summary of the orders the customer had that month. Others just keep copies...

Patriot’s is right on all accounts – that’s exactly what I would recommend. Greasy fingers will usually make printing disappear on the thermal ticket. This is a much bigger worry than heat in my opinion. If you do it right, greasy fingers usually won’t be much of a problem though. Make a...

The best deal I’ve seen in a long time on new thermal printers is the new Star TSP-100. POSWorld has them for about $200. As far as thermal printing technology, the only time you have a choice between direct thermal and thermal transfer is with label printers. All the thermal receipt printers...

brad randall: Is the up-front cost high enough that the ongoing percentage seems to be a ripoff? If your software acquisition cost is reduced by paying over time with the order percentage, that’s probably OK. If, on the other hand, the developer is charging the percentage because everyone else...

Scott Hack: Is FireFly’s price in line with Brad’s supplier? Even though the technology seems incredibly simple, it is not. The development on both the client and server side is very expensive. With technology this new and so few adopters, there’s just no way to make it cheaply. Listen to me...

Daddio: Yes it can be done and it’s easy to do! http://pointofsuccess.mykb.com/Article_67665.aspx

It’s hard to imagine a mailing services provider not being interested in your business! Have you searched for “houston lettershop” when you are looking? Here are two past TT threads that have lots of mailing information: http://www.pmq.com/tt/viewtopic.php?t=352 and...

VOIP telephones work great, but you should think of them as another way to do what you are already doing. VOIP systems digitize your voice and send it over a computer network, in this case the Internet. To talk to someone on the other end, you need another VOIP system, a computer, or a way to...

The two most important things advertising can do is get a buyer’s attention and influence immediate action. The Papa John’s promotion would do both of these things very well. The other matter is one of building relationships. Think of your own behavior – When you find a supplier of a particular...