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One linen sundress, six sizes, three colours — eighteen SKUs in a single visual grid. See at a glance that cream sold out in size L before navy. Sell-through reports by size and colour. Wishlist a piece for a client; text them when it's back in stock.
What's in the Boutique starter
- •4 departments: Tops, Bottoms, Dresses, Footwear.
- •12 styles pre-loaded with sizes and colours laid out in a grid — every cell is its own stockable item.
- •~180 size-and-colour combinations ready to receive and sell.
- •Brand and season tags already on each style so you can sort by “SS26”, “Linen capsule”, or “Evening”.
Linen Sundress — size × colour
| Cream | Navy | Sage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| XS | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| S | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| M | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| L | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| XL | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| XXL | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Out of size L in cream — colour-coded so the buyer sees it before the client asks.
Built for buyers
- •Size matrix at a glance. See which sizes sold first, where to deepen the buy next season.
- •Sell-through by size, colour, brand. “Cream sold 80%, navy 40% — order more cream next time.”
- •Wishlist with back-in-stock texts. Client saves an out-of-stock size; we text them when it lands.
- •Consignment ledger. Vendor consigns 10 pieces; sells 7; one-tap settlement with their share.
- •30-day returns policy by department. Customer past the window gets store credit, not original tender.
- •Gift wrap as a service. Add $5 to the bill at the till, prints “Gift wrapped by [staff]” on the receipt.
Why not the cheap option?
- vs Lightspeed Retail (~$89-189/mo)Strong matrix support, but every adjacent feature (loyalty, e-commerce, reporting) is an add-on with its own monthly fee. Sticker price hides the real bill.
- vs Shopify POS Pro (~$89/mo/location)Web-first thinking. The in-store size-matrix flow works but feels stitched on top of the online catalogue model. Customer texts for back-in-stock are SMS credits, billed separately.
- vs Square for Retail (~$60/mo per location)Adequate basic POS; size/colour grids work but sell-through by dimension is buried in CSV exports. Wishlist + back-in-stock texts aren't there at all.
Moving from Lightspeed Retail or Shopify POS?
- →Styles + variants import via CSV. The size × colour grid translates 1:1 — each cell becomes a stockable item, same shape as your existing matrix.
- →Customer list with wishlist preferences imports cleanly. Past sales stay on Lightspeed / Shopify — they're yours to keep there.
- →Brother QL-810W tag printer works for shelf tags + size labels. The barcode formats you already print stay valid.
- →Consignment ledger gets set up vendor-by-vendor — usually an afternoon for 5-10 vendors.
Frequently asked questions
- How does the size × colour grid actually work at the till?
- Scan the barcode, the till loads the specific size × colour cell — no menu drill-down. The buyer's back-office grid shows on-hand per cell with red zeros for sold-out; sell-through % per dimension drives the next buy.
- Wishlist + back-in-stock — how do customers get notified?
- Customer at the till asks for a size 8 you're out of; staff adds the wishlist. When that size lands at receive time, a templated SMS goes out — bring your own Twilio account (one-time setup), or use email at no extra cost.
- Can it handle consignment vendors?
- Yes. Each consigned piece is its own item flagged with a vendor; the ledger tracks pieces in, pieces sold, vendor's share. One-tap settlement at month-end.
- What about returns past 30 days?
- Per-department return policy: 30 days fresh, then store credit only. Configurable. The customer gets store credit on their loyalty record (or a printable code) instead of original-tender refund.
- Do you do e-commerce too?
- Not directly — we're a point-of-sale system. The roadmap shows a Shopify connector landing post-V1 so you can keep one inventory across in-store and online. Today, treat us as your in-store source-of-truth and sync to Shopify nightly via CSV export.
Recommended hardware
- •Till: laptop or iPad on the counter (boutique aesthetic matters).
- •Receipt printer: Star TSP143IIIBI (Bluetooth).
- •Tag printer: Brother QL-810W (Wi-Fi) for price tags and size labels.
- •Card terminal: Stripe Reader M2 (BYO Stripe account).
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