For comprehensive automation of a pet store using the Torgsoft software complex, it is necessary to select the right license, a set of additional options for the specifics of pet goods (weighed feed, small items), and appropriate trade equipment. Below is a detailed list of necessities, formed based on the company's documentation and recommendations.
1. Torgsoft Licenses
The choice of license depends on the scale of your business (one store or a chain) and the need for remote management.
Torgsoft-Start: basic version for one store (one workplace). Suitable for starting accounting if you have one store and do not need complex loyalty systems or wholesale operations. Includes warehouse and financial accounting, work with a scanner and printers.
Torgsoft-Ultra: extended version for one store or a store with several cash registers in a local network. Recommended for pet stores as it allows using marketing tools (promotions, bonuses, VIP clients), managing supplier orders, and working with invoices. This is the optimal option for full automation of a single point with wide functionality.
Torgsoft-Terminal: version for a retail chain or for working via the Internet. Allows managing the store remotely (e.g., from home) and combining several stores into a single database in real-time.
2. Recommended additional options
For a pet store, options for working with weighed goods (feed, fillers) and fast service are critically important.
Connection of electronic scales for weighing goods during sale: allows connecting trade scales to a computer. When placing goods (e.g., feed) on the scales, the weight is automatically transmitted to the program, and the cost is calculated instantly. This eliminates seller errors and speeds up sales.
Packing of weighed goods and marking them with a barcode: if you pack feed or treats in advance, this option allows printing labels with a barcode containing the weight. At the checkout, such an item is scanned as a regular unit item.
Software ECR (pRRO): necessary for fiscalization of sales according to legislation. Allows issuing fiscal receipts (printed or electronic) without purchasing a classic cash register.
Bank terminal connection: integration of a POS terminal with the program. The amount to be paid is automatically transmitted to the terminal, which excludes errors during manual entry by the cashier and speeds up service.
Torgsoft mobile app: allows the owner to control the business from a smartphone, and staff to conduct inventory (stocktaking) right at the shelves using the phone camera as a scanner, or check product availability.
Bonus system or Mass mailing (SMS/Viber): for retaining customers (pet owners). Allows accumulating bonuses for purchases or congratulating pets on their birthday, reminding about the need to buy feed.
3. Trade equipment
For complex work, you will need the following set (prices are not indicated, according to your request):
Barcode scanner: the main tool for sales. For a pet store, a wireless scanner is recommended to easily scan heavy bags of feed or bulky cages without lifting them onto the counter.
Label printer: necessary for printing price tags and barcodes for goods that do not have them (unpackaged toys, bones, packed goods). Allows creating your own marking system.
Receipt printer: used for printing non-fiscal receipts, and when using pRRO — for printing fiscal receipts with a QR code.
Electronic scales: models supporting connection to a PC (via COM port or USB adapter) are needed for direct weight transmission to the program.
Computer or laptop: must be based on Windows OS. This is the "heart" of the system to which all equipment is connected.
4. Main features of the program for a pet store
Implementing Torgsoft allows solving specific tasks of the pet business:
Weighed goods accounting: the program allows easily selling feed by weight, automatically writing off grams/kilograms from the warehouse. You will see the exact balances of an open bag.
Expiration date control: important for feed and veterinary drugs. The program allows tracking batches of goods and their realization terms to make discounts or returns to the supplier in time.
Client base and loyalty: you can keep records of clients, record data about their animals (e.g., breed, pet's birthday) for personalized offers and discounts.
Assortment analysis: you will be able to see which groups of goods (feed, accessories, fillers) bring the most profit, and which "stagnate", and form correct orders to suppliers.
Warehouse accounting: full cycle — from the arrival of goods and printing labels to inventory (stocktaking) and write-off.
For a start, you can download a free demo version for 30 days to test all these functions, including equipment connection.
