7 Automotive POS Systems Compared
There are many options for an automotive POS system (automotive “point of sale” software) to help you run your auto parts business. Some POS systems branch out into managing inventory, customer records or managing multiple retail locations. Automotive POS systems usually come with an overwhelming list of features to integrate with credit card payment gateways, barcode scanners, printers, Android tables or iPads, cash drawers and other devices.
We thought we’d take a quick look at this important category of auto parts software. Here we compare some of the top POS (point of sale) systems available in the automotive aftermarket. We’re publishing this article because our article on auto parts eCommerce platforms is so popular.
GoDaddy Smart Terminal Point of Sale System
New to the automotive POS field is GoDaddy. They exhibited at the SEMA Show for the first time in 2024, demoing their new POS system to auto shop owners.
Their new system offers fees as low as 2.3% + 0¢ per transaction, the ability to sell unlimited products on your POS, inventory stock alerts, buy online, pickup in store (BOPIS), and the ability to manage roles and permissions. Their Smart Terminals integrate with dozens of apps.
They have many options for their terminals and they’re designed for the counter or to be hand-held. For more, visit the GoDaddy website. If you sell over $100,000 per year, call (855) 681-6213 for a custom quote.
Shopify POS System
Shopify is a widely-used eCommerce platform in the automotive aftermarket, but also has a POS option for brick and mortar stores.
For any type of business as well as automotive, Shopify offers both software and hardware for its POS solution. Or, you can bypass the hardware and use the option to download Tap to Pay to accept payments on your own iPhone. If you opt to use Shopify’s hardware you can get a tap or chip reader device (currently just $49), a counter top retail kit ($219), or you can use their mobile POS Go device (currently $299).
Shopify POS cost
The Shopify POS Lite plan is included with Shopify eCommerce plans at no extra cost. Shopify POS Pro is $89/month per location and gets you advanced inventory reporting and more staff access.
Shopify uses Shopify Payments to process credit cards, accepting VISA, Mastercard, American Express and Discover, as well as Apply Pay and Google Pay. Shopify Payments has a $29/month option for smaller businesses and goes up to $299/month for larger businesses, but their plans all offer the first three months at just $1. Shopify credit card fees for in-person transactions start at 2.7% per transaction for their Basic plan, and drop to 2.4% per transaction for the Advanced Plan. There are no additional fees per in-person transaction, unlike when Shopify Payments is used for online transactions.
One advantage with Shopify is that if you run a Shopify eCommerce store and you have one or more brick and mortar locations you can integrate your online store with your physical store.
Starting with Shopify
If you’re interested in using Shopify it’s best to start with their online help center. They don’t have a phone number or email address to contact.
Automotive POS system from Magestore
Magestore offers an open source automotive point of sale software solution and it’s web-based. Magestore’s automotive Open Source POS software is free to download and use. It requires Magento version 2.4 or greater. Magestore has options with a paid version for code customization and payment methods. If you use Magento for an online store this lets you expand your current Magento eCommerce site to your physical brick & mortar stores. They also have other options with the paid version, including modules to help you manage your warehouse or your store’s enterprise resource planning (ERP).
Magestore: Streamlined order management
Like with many automotive POS systems, you no longer need to use Excel files to create and store order information. You can edit product info and customer orders with Magestore’s automotive Open Source POS software. Sales records are easy to check out directly on the POS screen. You can track or manage orders of various parts faster and easier.
Magstore: POS code customization
You have the choice to customize this free version of their auto parts POS software yourself, or you can use Magestore’s execution and customization services.
Magestore: Payment methods
This point of sale system is flexible in many ways, including setting up payment methods. Magestore now includes integration for Square payment devices. Square is a popular form of payment in retail stores. It’s also worth mentioning that Magestore POS accepts every order paid by debit card, credit card, or cash. If your auto parts retail store participates in car shows, cruise-ins, or has a remote location at the local race track, you can accept payment through Square.
Magestore: POS support for PCs and Macs and other peripherals
Magestore can run on PCs, Macs, Android tables, iPads, and integrates with most barcode scanners, receipt printers, cash drawers, and payment terminals.
Contact Magestore here.
Rev Parts automotive POS system
Thanks to the intuitive dashboards, features, and customer service, Rev is a highly-regarded automotive POS system. In fact, automotive is the only market segment they serve. Rev Parts also has options for other software including customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), managing the back office, inventory management, shop management and warehouse management.
Rev offers POS solutions for WDs, repair shops, jobbers, installers, car stereo shops, and other automotive businesses.
Rev Parts: Automotive parts inventory management
Aside from tracking parts inventory levels, this POS system delivers a cutting-edge solution for pricing. With it, you enter your discounts and jobber prices, enter your Cost of Goods, and you can track average cost and much more. You and your accountant can decide if you want to track average landed cost, first-in-first-out (FIFO) or last-in-first-out (LIFO).
Rev Parts: Customer CRM
Here, the CRM (customer relationship management) functions are desirable. You gather potential customer data as leads and convert customers into accounts in the customer database the second they make a purchase from you. Likewise, setting up promotions is simple. Promotions get distributed depending on preferences. For example, to every customer who purchases a particular manufacturer’s parts. Email is built-in.
Rev Parts: Switching over to a new POS
The Rev Parts software is also great to run along with your current modules when you slowly transfer operations. It is worth addressing that the firm’s transition support employees are always ready to help you through every step.
Contact Rev at (319) 383-0155 or visit them here.
Windward Software repair shop POS system
Windward’s claim is “auto repair shop management made simple.” Windward System Five software manages POS terminals, inventory, customer data and the accounting back office. Windward Software has been in business since 1984.
Windward Software: POS software features
Windward Software POS solution has features for point of sale, multiple locations, barcoding, credit card processing and eCommerce. And that’s just the selling side. It also offers financial reporting including managing a general ledger, customer data reporting and customizable reports for the auto repair business owner.
For eCommerce or multiple store locations, Windward Software calculates taxes for any tax jurisdiction. This is important with states legislating and monitoring sales tax for out-of-state sales.
Windward Software: Inventory tracking
With Windward manage your parts inventory and optimize stock levels in real time. Use barcodes to additional inventory control and search inventory using multiple fields.
Windward Software: Customer management (CRM)
This point of sale system includes CRM features. View customer history, create new customers and search for and edit existing customer data.
Contact Windward Software at 1 (800) 663-5750 or visit them here.
Fuse5 automotive POS system
Fuse5 offers auto parts POS software and hardware to help run your store. Fuse5 is specifically designed for automotive businesses and is based in the UK. However, Fuse5 specifically mentions the endorsement of major US buying groups. Fuse5 offers point of sale, inventory management, back office accounting, and a customer CRM. It is cloud-based software and uses servers on Rackspace.
Fuse5: Point of sale
Fuse5 supports multiple auto parts store locations with a full-featured POS system including sales support, customer credit, warranties and surcharges. Their system searches for products by name, part number, description, OEM part number or barcode. Pricing is set by gross profit percentage, markup or markdown. In addition, you can make other pricing settings based on your contracted cost. It’s possible to automatically update costs from your suppliers.
Fuse5: Electronic catalog integration
Fuse5 POS software integrates with the TecDoc catalog dataset which covers over 67,000 passenger cars and 61,000 commercial vehicles. Fitment can be verified by VIN or by year/make/model.
Contact Fuse5 for more information. You can reach them on their website or by phone at +44 (0) 1604 212754.
MAM Software automotive POS system
MAM Software, like Fuse5 is based in the UK. They offer a solution for auto parts POS software, known as Autopart. This POS platform claims to be versatile and able to integrate sales, inventory, accounting and reporting. Their software is Microsoft Windows-based.
MAM Software: Managing quotes
MAM Software also offers Autowork Online, a solution to track quotes and invoices. Designed for automotive repair shops, it maintains service records and lets you order parts online from your first-call suppliers. Their site doesn’t specifically mention if they link to WDs based in North America. If you’re an automotive business based in the UK you should be fine.
MAM Software: Retail or wholesale
MAM Software claims to offer the flexibility to support retail auto parts businesses as well as wholesale businesses. They also claim to support tire stores.
Contact MAM Software in the UK at +44 (0) 1226 352900 or visit their website.
Lightspeed POS system
Lightspeed POS offers many features, although it is not specifically designed as auto parts POS software or for auto repair businesses. Lightspeed specifically caters to small retail businesses. They specialize in apparel, bicycle shops, golf courses and restaurants. They also have Lightspeed motorcycle software for adding point of sale to your motorcycle repair or parts business. Even though Lightspeed has a broad coverage of business types, you may find the features appealing for your automotive parts business. Lightspeed POS is publicly-traded on the NYSE.
Lightspeed: Inventory
Lightspeed software lets you transfer data from other platforms into Lightspeed, using .csv or Excel files. You create multiple product variants, which is important for managing auto parts and the unique requirements for variants in the automotive industry. Lightspeed promotes the ability to order from big vendors using their pre-loaded catalogs but they don’t specify the vendors so we don’t know if your first-call or second-call WD would be included.
Lightspeed: Payment integration
Lightspeed lets you take payments behind the sales counter or directly on the floor and is fully PCI-compliant. It supports omnichannel commerce to facilitate payments for eCommerce or brick and mortar retail.
Lightspeed: Multiple locations of auto parts stores
Lightspeed POS helps handle operations for multiple stores or warehouses. It supports centralized purchasing, inventory tracking and inventory transfers.
Auto parts POS software wrap up
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