{"id":9136,"date":"2022-11-24T14:11:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T08:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swindia.com\/swil-blog\/?p=9136"},"modified":"2023-07-31T15:28:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T09:58:16","slug":"how-does-counter-sale-help-to-handle-your-stores-sudden-customer-rush-and-billing-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swindia.com\/swil-blog\/how-does-counter-sale-help-to-handle-your-stores-sudden-customer-rush-and-billing-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"How does Counter Sale help to Handle Your Store’s Sudden Customer Rush And Billing Chaos?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Counter sales is a procedure in which a salesperson simplifies the retail counter rush and delights customers with quick billing. Let’s have a look at the blog and learn more about it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s understand with a scenario.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You are a retail shop owner and have used the software for the last 5 years in your business for sales, accounts, inventory, and billing. But still, whenever more customers come to the billing counter, you need help dealing with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can’t handle the sudden rush and cannot even make a bill for the customer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your business software should solve this situation. If the software doesn’t do this, you need to upgrade your software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does SWIL Software’s Counter Sale feature work in different over-the-counter sales scenarios?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The “Counter Sales” feature helps store owners with faster billing and smarter operations where there is a huge customer footfall. It allows them to sell items in loose to customers but allows them to generate sales invoices and update inventories later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It converts the transactions done by you throughout the day into consolidated transactions. And save the data by maintaining a record of the transactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This way, it is a time-saving option and eliminates the situation in which you are afraid about how you will manage and update the inventory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Counter Sales Features Work in SWIL Software<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Step 1- You need to create the transaction series in the software.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Go to the Masters-> Others-> Transaction Series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Enter the details as mentioned in the below image and Untick the Generate Entry Number option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3. In the Additional Details section, Tick-Mark on Walk in Customer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 Click Save.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 2- Now to create Counter Sales entries.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Go to Sales -> Counter Sales. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Select the Product from the drop-down list. Add details like Product’s Qty and Save.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 3- The next step is creating a sales invoice for the entries.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. In the Counter sales window, tick-mark the products you want to create a sales invoice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Select the Sales Invoice Series, Payment method, and Save.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Benefits of the Counter sales Feature<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Counter Sales is packed with all the capabilities you\u2019d expect from a powerful Point of Sale system but in a simple, cost-effective package. In this contrast, brick-and-mortar businesses are now more interested in software solutions that can handle over-the-counter sales smartly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n