Trade accounts · 2 min ·
Contractor Charge Accounts: Credit Limits and Net 30 Terms
How hardware stores run contractor charge accounts: setting credit limits and pay terms, trade pricing, statements, and keeping overdue balances small.
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Hardware store management guides from the counter
Practical, in-depth guides for independent hardware and building-supply owners: organising big catalogues, selling by the box and the foot, running contractor accounts, quoting builders, switching systems and setting up tax in the USA, the UAE and Pakistan.
Trade accounts · 2 min ·
Contractor Quotes to Invoices: A Faster Quoting Workflow
How hardware stores and supply yards can quote builders faster: live prices, trade groups, units per line, PDF quotes, follow-ups and one-click conversion.
Switching · 3 min ·
How to Import 30,000 SKUs Into a New POS Without Chaos
A step-by-step plan for moving a big hardware item file into a new POS: cleaning, units, categories, batches, opening stock, and checking it before go-live.
Inventory · 4 min ·
How to Organize Hardware Store Inventory With Bin Locations
A practical system for rack, row and position bin locations in a hardware store: naming, labelling, importing and keeping 30,000 items findable.
Inventory · 3 min ·
Selling by the Box, Piece and Foot: Units of Measure in a POS
How base units and sub-units let one hardware item sell by the box, piece, foot or metre, keep stock right, and price packs deliberately. With examples.
Tax & markets · 3 min ·
VAT and Sales Tax for Hardware Stores: UAE, USA, Pakistan
How tax works at a hardware counter in the UAE (5% VAT), the USA (state and local sales tax) and Pakistan (sales tax), and how to set it up in a POS.
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About these guides
- Who writes these guides?
- The Hardware Store POS editorial team, from the software's real settings and owners' questions on demos. See the author page.
- How often are new guides published?
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- Can I suggest a topic?
- Yes, through the form on this page or the contact page.
- Are the guides tax or legal advice?
- No. Tax articles explain how to set up the software and link official sources; your accountant files your returns.
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- English for now; localized versions may follow.