The Pain of Balancing POS & eCommerce Inventory
If you’re in the retail game, you are used to day-to-day challenges, and often wear lots of hats while trying to manage multiple systems to run operations. We hear you loud and clear and have some good news. With Square and SKU IQ you can simplify your retail operations and inventory management across multiple sales channels, including connecting with your eCommerce site.
You probably already know that Square is one of the most powerful POS solutions for small business owners. Square gives you a lot of tools to help your business grow, but keeping track of inventory between your Square for Retail account and your eCommerce store can be a pain if you don’t choose the right integration solution.
What your business needs is software that can seamlessly integrate your website inventory with your Square POS, creating a single source of truth for all of your inventory data.
Meet SKU IQ, an app that allows you to connect your Square POS with industry leading eCommerce platforms. Control all of your inventory in one easy-to-use dashboard. You can track orders, inventory, set up stock alerts, and more.
Let’s look at how Square and SKU IQ combine to provide a unique solution to common pain points experienced by merchants like you.
Manual Inventory Counts Are A Time-Suck
Trying to grow a business is hard enough without spending precious hours entering row after row of manual inventory counts. Entering and reviewing data from a brick-and-mortar store and cross referencing it with eCommerce inventory to maintain accurate stock can be a complex and time-consuming commitment for retail managers. Not to mention, manually entering inventory data can lead to inaccuracy or costly errors.
To save effort, money, and time you can connect your Square POS with your eCommerce site. SKU IQ provides real-time automation that eliminates the need for manual data entry and gives you greater accuracy for better inventory management. It does all the work for you. The SKU IQ app enables you to manage your product catalog, stock counts, and more with a fraction of the effort. You’ll have more time to spend on more important activities that could make a bigger difference for your growing company.
As an entrepreneur, you know every minute counts and SKU IQ gives you back hours so you can focus on what matters most to you. Don’t take it from us, here is what one of our customers has to say in a review about using SKU IQ with their Square POS to connect with their eCommerce site.
“Before SKU IQ, we had to manually update our inventory between our e-commerce site and our POS. Thank goodness we found SKU IQ. And unlike other apps, customer support is responsive and virtual meetings can be scheduled–that’s right, convenient for you!” – Glissant
You Wish You Had More Helpful Retail Sales Analytics
Square makes reporting easy. From the Square app, you can simply generate, print and email sales reports. No need to wait until the end of the day for your reports, run your business in real time with Square Analytics. Having the ability to check your reports when needed allows business owners to make more informed business decisions. Once you connect your Square POS to SKU IQ, reporting only gets easier.
The user-friendly charts and dashboards inside SKU IQ are simple to understand and identify your inventory needs at a quick glance. You’ll have a comprehensive snapshot of the number of orders split between your eCommerce and in-person sales, your total sales and your most recent orders. Once you connect your Square and eCommerce platform the dashboard automatically updates with new information for every order.
No more searching through endless spreadsheets or working with multiple third-party apps to see the full picture. Seamlessly connect SKU IQ with your current systems and you’ll get fully connected retail with better inventory management.
The best part? We’d love to tell you. You can use the mobile app to monitor your daily sales and inventory management while on the go. You can make informed decisions about your inventory even while running other errands for your business.
Wouldn’t It Be Nice If Your Software Was Easier to Use
As a business owner, the focus on your energy should be spent on running your business, not learning new tech. That’s why it’s so great that SKU IQ is as easy to integrate with Square as it could possibly be.
SKU IQ is incredibly intuitive to work with and even if you don’t have a lot of experience with integrations, you’ll be able to quickly set up superior inventory management with a few clicks without needing an IT background to connect everything. In less than an hour you can run through their simple setup process that is outlined for you in a nice onboarding wizard and enjoy your newfound freedom from inventory woes.
Or if you feel anxious about setting it all up on your own, an onboarding call is only a click away and they can get everything connected for you. Plus, they provide ongoing dedicated customer support to help you or show you how to use your dashboard if you get stuck anywhere along the way.
So what kind of data does SKU IQ update? The product quantity, name, description, price, SKU, photos, and more can seamlessly pass through SKU IQ from your Square POS to your current eCommerce site.
During the setup process, they include a link report that helps you find any duplicated items between your POS and eCommerce inventory, saving you tons of time identifying potential inaccuracies as you synchronize your data for the first time.
You have full control over your data and how it is linked and updated between systems. You can choose a source of truth – and then it will automatically update the other system when there is a change. You can update products in one system and then SKU IQ can push them to the other, or you can edit your product catalog within your SKU IQ dashboard directly, so rather than entering the same product into multiple systems, you enter it once and you’re done!
Both Square and SKU IQ are Risk Free to Get Started
As a growing business it’s important to keep your expenses in control and not get caught in long-term contracts when trying to find new solutions for your business.
You can start using SKU IQ for free to test drive how it works for up to 30 days. There is no credit card required to start your trial and they provide different options to fit your preference for billing with monthly and annual plans to fit any budget.
Square also offers a free account startup, so you can test both inventory management tools without any upfront costs.
To get started, create a free account on SKU IQ and follow the simple steps to connect your eCommerce platform with your Square POS. You can have better inventory management in no time!
Square and SKU IQ Can also Grow with Your Business
It’s the entrepreneur’s ideal scenario to work with platforms that can grow with your business so you don’t have to constantly switch everything up just when things are going well. As your small business expands you’ll be able to take advantage of more features and integrations that come with the demand of managing higher order volume for both Square and SKU IQ.
Some of the largest companies in the world use Square for their POS systems, so you know it’s big enough to scale with your business. SKU IQ can also accommodate merchants with a single store to 100 locations or more. The app offers a variety of features, such as advanced syncing options that allow small businesses to compete with more developed companies – don’t let technology hold your store back!
Experience effortless inventory management! Connect with SKU IQ today and start syncing your Square POS with your eCommerce site. Why wait? It’s risk FREE!
