<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Hardware Store POS guides</title><link>https://gethardwarestorepos.com/blog</link><description>Guides for hardware and building-supply store owners.</description><language>en</language><item><title>Contractor Charge Accounts: Credit Limits and Net 30 Terms</title><link>https://gethardwarestorepos.com/blog/contractor-charge-accounts-credit-limits</link><guid>https://gethardwarestorepos.com/blog/contractor-charge-accounts-credit-limits</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>How hardware stores run contractor charge accounts: setting credit limits and pay terms, trade pricing, statements, and keeping overdue balances small.</description><category>Trade accounts</category></item><item><title>Contractor Quotes to Invoices: A Faster Quoting Workflow</title><link>https://gethardwarestorepos.com/blog/contractor-quotes-to-invoices</link><guid>https://gethardwarestorepos.com/blog/contractor-quotes-to-invoices</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>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.</description><category>Trade accounts</category></item><item><title>How to Import 30,000 SKUs Into a New POS Without Chaos</title><link>https://gethardwarestorepos.com/blog/import-30000-skus-new-pos</link><guid>https://gethardwarestorepos.com/blog/import-30000-skus-new-pos</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>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.</description><category>Switching</category></item><item><title>How to Organize Hardware Store Inventory With Bin Locations</title><link>https://gethardwarestorepos.com/blog/hardware-store-bin-locations</link><guid>https://gethardwarestorepos.com/blog/hardware-store-bin-locations</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A practical system for rack, row and position bin locations in a hardware store: naming, labelling, importing and keeping 30,000 items findable.</description><category>Inventory</category></item><item><title>Selling by the Box, Piece and Foot: Units of Measure in a POS</title><link>https://gethardwarestorepos.com/blog/units-of-measure-box-piece-foot</link><guid>https://gethardwarestorepos.com/blog/units-of-measure-box-piece-foot</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>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.</description><category>Inventory</category></item><item><title>VAT and Sales Tax for Hardware Stores: UAE, USA, Pakistan</title><link>https://gethardwarestorepos.com/blog/vat-sales-tax-hardware-stores-uae-us-pakistan</link><guid>https://gethardwarestorepos.com/blog/vat-sales-tax-hardware-stores-uae-us-pakistan</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>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.</description><category>Tax &amp; markets</category></item></channel></rss>