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Product
Overview
What rental titles to buy?
Do you purchase too many
copies?
Do you purchase too few?
Video Rental Plus
knows.
Video Rental Plus is NOT
just another point of sale
software.
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It
is a total video store management solution
for the changing needs of the video rental
industry.
Whether
you have just one computerized checkout
station or a multiple station network
system, Video Rental Plus is the smart
choice for running your entire video store
business.
Point of Sale Features:
...all at your Fingertip
Instant access
to a customer's information
Do rental, sales
and returns with or without the mouse
Check
availability of title with a few
keystrokes
Rental items can
be entered into the invoice either by code
or by description
Scans and prints
barcodes (please note that a barcode
scanner is not required to use the
program)
Declare
different due dates for individual rental
items
Process general
merchandise and rental items on the same
invoice
Customer photos
can be added and displayed at the time of
rental for extra security
Multiple payment
options: Accept cash or credit cards. You can also "charge" a rental or
sale on the customer's House Account
Automatic
calculation of customer change for the
clerk while invoicing
Customer balance
including late fee due is tracked and
displayed automatically at rental time
Warn you that a
customer's credit card is expired
Previously
rented item alert - A warning if customer
has already rented a title leading to
improved customer service
Customer
birthday alert - A message is given when a
customer visits on his or her birthday
Integrated
reservations - Full reservation
functionality is provided - including
features such as warnings if a customer
tries to rent a title that will overlap
with an existing reservation and
notification when a title is returned that
another customer has reserved for later
that day
Invoices can be
configured to print in virtually any
language
Flexible tax
setup
Sell pre-paid
rental plans
Full suite of
functionalities to complement your cash
register operations (refunds, voids, pay
outs, etc.)
Standard Features:
Simplify Daily Management
Unlimited
customer entries
Unlimited number
of rentals and inventory items
Unlimited number
sales groups or revenue centers
Quick add
feature to add multiple copies of a tape
at once
Auto number
generation for customer ID's
Employee file
maintenance
Password
security configurable for each employee
(to restrict their access to sensitive
information)
Sell general
merchandise
Tracks payments
and purchases
View tapes out
by customer
Maintains a
history of all returns
Overdue rentals
are tracked and reports sorted by date or
customer name are available, allowing you
to follow up late returns with minimum
administration
Lock accounts
with balance due, tapes overdue, etc.
Ability to print
a fully customizable Overdue Letter or
Final Notice to prompt a particular
customer to return overdue rentals
Easy to read
shift end report
Rentals Returned: Maximize
Efficiency
One click access
to the rental return screen from the
program's main screen
While processing
a return, bring all of a customer's
outstanding items onto the screen by
entering just one of the items
Full and partial
rental returns
Late fee amount
is automatically suggested when a rental
is returned late
Late fees can be
paid in full, partially, put onto the
customer's account or forgiven
Forgiven late
fees are tracked
Return receipts
can be printed for those customers who
require one
Remind clerk
when "reserved" titles are returned
Customer Management:
Improve Customer Service
Identify
regulars and VIPs
Instant customer
rental history: There is now an answer to
the question "have I seen this movie?"
Automatic
tracking of remaining balance and
credit
Gift Certificate
management with complete control over your
gift certificate issuing, tracking, &
redemption
Allow your
customer to pay any amount toward their
balance owed (any over payment will be
returned to the customer as change
due)
Phone order
processing
See the caller
information before you even pickup the
telephone by using the advanced Caller ID
interface
Call your
customers from the program with just the
click of a button (by using the Modem
Support capability)
Membership forms
may be printed for new customers to
complete. The form may be customized to
collect any data appropriate to your
situation
Default city,
state, zip automatically entered in
customer form (easy data entry encourages
clerks to keep customer information up to
date)
Two additional
family members per account
Ability for
adding a rental agreement or a custom
message at bottom of the printed
receipt
Marketing Management:
Increase Repeat Business
Conduct powerful
e-mail marketing campaigns from within the
program to increase repeat business
(e-mails may be sent to customers who have
an upcoming birthday, to inform of new
releases or special promotions, etc.)
Track customer
preferences to meet and anticipate special
requests
Track special
occasions such as customer birthdays
Print mailing
labels to reach select target
audiences
Improve customer
service by allowing customers to query
movie availability on the sales floor by
using a public terminal
Print customer
membership cards which (if desired)
include a barcode representing the
customer number
'Suggest a
Movie' feature: Provides you with a list
of the currently available top titles,
taking into account the customer's
category preferences and rental history
(no more leaving the counter to go to the
shelves to pick a movie for a
customer)
Inventory Control: Track
your Retail Sales
Sell any kind of
inventory item, popcorn, candy, drinks,
party goods, etc.
Specify reorder
levels for each sales item in your
database
Inventory
depletion based on sales
Automatic
reorder needed alert when stock inventory
hits the reorder level, removing the need
for time consuming manual stock checks
View inventory
status instantly
Predictive
ordering
Inventory sales
reports for any period
Sales margin
report
Promotions and Special
Offers: Increase Productivity
Flexible
pricing: Assign different rent amounts,
rent days, etc.
Discounts for
multiple rentals: X titles for x days for
x dollar
Rentals can be
returned at a specific time or anytime
during a specific day
Offer rental
discounts using prepaid coupon feature
(Example: $40 of store rental credit can
be given for a prepaid price of $30)
Information Module: Know
more about your store and be more
competitive
Video Rental Plus provides you with a whole host of
reports designed to give you not only
total control of your store but also
powerful information for planning
promotions, rental stock management, and
staff management.
Daily summary of
rentals & sales
Weekly, monthly,
quarterly and yearly financial
transactions
Detailed void
reporting
Sales tax
report
Unlimited
customer history - including all detail on
all transactions (sales, rentals, voids,
returns)
Display rental
history of a title (shows from last to
first all customers to have tape)
Top renting
titles and slow titles
Sales
performance by sales/rental category
Rentals,
inventory items, customers and sales data
may be imported into Excel, Ms Access,
Dbase, Lotus, etc.
Ability to
export sales reports to text file for
further processing
Backup files can
be used as a bridge between the point of
sale system and the home office accounting
system
Numerous Back
Office reports to present your overall
video store operation results
Misc.
Features:
100% graphical
operated Point of Sale
100% 32-bit
Windows based (runs on Windows 95, 98,
98SE, ME, NT 4, W2K, XP)
Single and
multi-users (true client-server software)
to share data
Your clerks do
not need prior computer knowledge
Easy pull down
menus
Fast and easy
lookups
Customizable
main screen- Select images stored on your
computer to use as the background for the
program's main screen
Built-in backup
and restore functions
Compact database
support directly from software
Automatic
database repair capability
Support for
various Point of Sale peripherals (receipt
printers, cash drawers, barcode scanners,
digital camera for customer photo capture,
etc.)
Print bar code
labels directly from the software
(optional)
Peer to peer
Windows networking support (saves you the
cost of expensive dedicated database
server and the server operating
system)
Administration
(price changes, inventory additions, etc.)
from remote location with 'on the fly'
update to each station's database
Separate free
utility (Video Rental Plus Database Functions) to
allow you to purge test orders from the
sales database
Import existing
data - Video Rental Plus has a data import module
which allows you to import customer and
rental title data from a variety of
existing programs databases
Anything
missing? The above describes the
general features & capabilities of
Video Rental Plus© that will allow to save you
time & money. There are much more
features that are not discussed in the
above feature list. We strongly suggest
that you download our fully
working demo version to see what our
software can do for you first hand!
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