As a business owner, you have many decisions to make: What items should you offer? Which items should you discount? Which items should you discontinue?
Figuring this out on your own without proper inventory purchasing software will lead to decision fatigue, or worse: uninformed decisions made only on gut instinct. If you want to run your electronics repair shop efficiently for your team and your customers, you need the right tools in place.
In this blog, we’ll compare three maintenance inventory purchasing software programs, highlight their features, benefits, and pricing, and share customer feedback. Use our quick guide to help you choose the software that’s right for your electronics repair shop.
Inventory purchasing software helps you track inventory so you can make informed decisions about stocking your warehouse. It guarantees accurate stock counts, better demand forecasting, a pulse on sales, and so much more.
Here’s the catch: not just any inventory purchasing software will do. As an electronics repair shop, you need a system with industry-specific features. It should be able to handle everything from complex inventory to day-to-day sales.
As you begin your search for the right inventory solution, here are a few criteria to keep in mind:
If you still use spreadsheets to track your inventory, it’s only a matter of time before a critical error disrupts business. Switching to inventory purchasing software has several advantages, many of which you will see immediately.
Here are a few questions to ask as you begin searching for the right inventory purchasing software for your electronics repair shop.
With RepairDesk, users can customize intake forms, schedule appointments, monitor repair ticket progress, and efficiently handle sales and inventory. It also supports mail-in repair services to help extend business reach.
“Software is affordable for new start-ups. Easy to learn. The built-in SMS system is awesome for updating customers on service tickets. Decent inventory tracking.” — Customer review
RepairShopr caters to small electronics repair shops that focus on computers and cell phones. It offers a robust ticketing system and comprehensive repair management tools. Additional features include email marketing, accounting integrations, and more.
“What I was doing before worked for me at the time, but once I got RepairShopr I realized how much time I was wasting, and how "broken" my system of doing things really was.” — Customer review
CellSmart POS is a specialized POS and repair management system tailored for electronics repair shops. This alternative to RepairShopr and RepairDesk combines essential features to seamlessly optimize your repair and retail operations.
CellSmart POS simplifies the process of creating personalized repair quotes, monitoring repair progress, and providing customers with real-time text updates about their devices. One standout feature is its loaner device management, which lets you offer temporary devices to customers during the repair service period.
“Sincerely the best POS system for cell phone-related stores! We recently opened our doors and thanks to CellSmart POS we have had a flawless experience. Their technical support is WORLD CLASS! RECOMMEND!” — Juan Munoz, CellSmart customer
When choosing your new inventory purchasing software consider the features you need most, your budget, and ease of use. Your selection should make life easier, not harder! The right software system will help you manage your inventory, save you time, prevent costly losses, and delight your customers.
Upgrading to CellSmart POS will help you do all this and more. Track repair tickets and progress, keep your customers informed, track employee and product performance, and so much more.
Schedule your demo today to learn how CellSmart POS scales with you.
