Ringing your first sale

By the end of this article, you have rung up and completed one full sale on the register.

Before you start

A drawer session has to be open before the register will let you charge a sale. If you see a message saying no cash drawer is open, follow the Open one link it shows, or see Opening a drawer session with a starting float.

Add items to the cart

There are three ways to add an item on the register screen:

• Scan it. Click into the Scan barcode field at the top and scan the item. A matching product adds itself to the cart.
• Tap it. Use the category tabs to find the item in the product grid, then tap its tile.
• Type a custom price. Click + Custom Price, enter a name and a price, and click Add to cart. This is for anything not already in your product list.

Each line in the cart shows its quantity with - and + buttons, so you can adjust it without removing and re-adding the item.

Attach a customer (optional)

To attach a regular to the sale, search for them by name, phone or email in the Customer field above the cart and select them from the results. Leave it blank for a walk-in sale.

Take payment

1. Once the cart has what the customer is buying, click Charge.
2. In the payment window, choose Cash, Card or Store Credit.
   • For cash, enter the amount tendered.
   • For card, enter the card details in the field shown. This runs through your connected Accept.blue account; see Taking a card payment.
   • Store Credit is only selectable once a customer with a credit balance is attached to the sale.
3. Click Charge again to complete it.

The screen switches to a completed-sale view showing the receipt. If Automatically print a receipt after every sale is turned on in Receipt settings, it also prints at this point.

A sale cannot be charged with an empty cart, and cash needs an amount typed in before the Charge button in the payment window becomes clickable.