Why switch
Switching your restaurant POS, and what really moves across
Whether you bill on a desktop POS, a billing app or a register, here is what changes with CountStand, what comes across and what stays behind, and how the switch fits in one weekend.
01Where you are coming from
Every way of billing gets something right.
Three ways restaurants bill today, what each one does well, and how its menu comes across.
- A desktop POS at the counterIt bills fast and the staff know it by heart. If it can export the menu as a spreadsheet, that is how the menu comes across. On CountStand the till runs in a browser on any screen, and billing goes on when the internet drops.
- A billing app on a tabletQuick to start and clean to read. An export of its menu comes across the same way. On CountStand the kitchen screen, stock by recipe and the month’s GSTR-1 file sit in one system, at the two prices on the pricing page.
- A register and a spreadsheetFree, and completely yours. A photo of the printed menu is enough to start. CountStand keeps the record, adds up the GST as you bill, and lets you export everything you put in.
02What moves across
What comes with you, and what stays behind.
The menu is the work, and we do it with you. The order history is the one thing that does not move.
- Your menu comes acrossItems, prices and categories, from a spreadsheet, a photo of the printed menu or a PetPooja export. We set it up with you. An import only ever adds: nothing already on the menu is changed.
- Two things to check after an importAnything not clearly marked non-veg comes in as veg, and pork, beef, lamb and crab are among those. A row with no tax column comes in at 5% GST.
- Tables and the printer, with youTables by zone in one step, and thermal printers on your network, added by their address, printing through the print agent on the counter computer.
- A login and a PIN for each personEach person gets a role and a PIN of their own. A PIN two people share is refused, so every approval names one person.
- Your order history stays behindHistorical orders from your old system are not imported, and CountStand’s reports start with your first bill on it. Export what you need from the old system before you switch.
- Delivery-app orders: not at launchCountStand covers dine-in and takeaway. Orders from the delivery apps are not open at launch, and nothing is charged for them.
03The switch
One weekend, planned.
A plan with no closed day in it: the menu in the week before, the rest at the weekend, the first service on Monday.
Questions
Switching, answered.
Yes. The menu goes in during the week before, the rest is set up at the weekend, and Monday’s first service is on CountStand. The plan has no closed day in it.
Your menu: items, prices and categories, from a spreadsheet, a photo of your printed menu or a PetPooja export, set up with you. Historical orders from your old system are not imported.
The till runs in a browser on any screen. Bills and kitchen tickets print on thermal printers on your network, through the print agent on the counter computer. USB and Bluetooth printers are not supported in this version.
Yes. Billing, cash and settling carry on. Kitchen tickets and bills wait in the till’s queue and print, in order and exactly once, when the line returns.
Not at launch. CountStand covers dine-in and takeaway today. If delivery apps are most of your business, it is better to know that now.
For one outlet, Single: ₹2,999 a month per outlet, plus GST, with the till, the kitchen screen, stock, GST and the agents’ briefs. A chain or a group moves to Multi or Group. One outlet’s first 30 days are free, by invitation.
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