Compete

Point of sale for hardware stores

A typical checkout is about thirty seconds.

Compete is built behind the counter: inventory, house accounts, lumber tickets, and House-Hasson orders with one button. When you call, a person answers.

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Compete

Hardware-store checkout

About thirty seconds. Then the next customer.

A typical Compete checkout takes about 30 seconds. Other systems we have timed run about two minutes.

Compete ~30s
Other systems we've timed ~2 min

Built for the hardware counter.

Checkout

Scan a barcode or enter a SKU, then take cash, a card, or a house account on the same ticket. Card payments run through Worldpay. That ticket can include fasteners and a special-order door.

Customer accounts

Keep house accounts, credit limits, purchase history, loyalty, and statements.

Inventory

Track what is on hand, reorder points, and cycle counts. Fasteners, paint, and long goods stay in the same inventory.

Price monitoring

Check a price next to a browser window, and watch a vendor page while you change a SKU.

Reporting

Review sales, profit, and how each employee performed.

Email invoices

Send invoices and statements by email. That is $15 a month per 10,000 emails.

Scale

Run up to 25 computers at one location, and more than one store.

Support and updates

Support and updates are $250 a month. If you stop paying, they stop. The system still runs.

Receive your orders with 1 button.

You send the order, pull the invoices, update the catalog, and bring in the new prices from the counter.

  • House-Hasson
  • Orgill
  • And Other Suppliers

What sits on the counter.

The software, the stations, and the people who keep them running. We send the hardware list and the links, or we order it and bill you. We do not mark up the price.

  • 1–3 users

    Small

    One building, a short counter, a few clerks.

  • 4–9 users

    Medium

    More departments, more inventory on hand, and more people on the floor.

  • Up to 25

    Larger

    Run up to 25 computers at one location, and more than one store.

Three-user example

Point of sale stations

  • Two POS computers
  • Two handheld barcode scanners
  • Two cash-sale receipt printers
  • Two cash drawers
  • Two customer signature pads

Back office

  • One back-office computer
  • One POS laser printer
  • One back-office laser printer
  • Wireless router
  • High-speed internet

With setup

  • On-site install and training, $1,000 plus travel and expenses
  • Online install and training, $500

Every month

  • 24/7 support on a direct cell
  • Updates

Custom software since 1984.
Hardware store integration since 1999.

What started as a point of sale solution to Sales/Teller in 1998 turned into Complete Retail Management Software for Windows (CRMSWin). With a background in custom software and hardware store integration, Associated Business Concepts went into the hardware store point of sale industry by building what employees use in the stores and learning how the day-to-day works. After 25 years of maintaining this system, the time has come to rewrite with Asset Based Consulting in order to leave the legacy software era and move into the future. While still family-owned, with a personal touch, the staff has been expanded in order to serve more customers nationwide. So we are making the leap from CRMSWin to Compete Point of Sale.

  • 1984 Custom software
  • 1999 Hardware store integration
  • $250 A month
  • 24/7 Support

One license. One monthly fee.

A $5,000 software license per store. You own the software. You do not lease it. Then $250 a month for support and updates. A one-user license is waived. Support still applies.

Pay once

Software license

$5,000

You own the software. You do not lease it.

One user

Waived

The license fee is waived. Support still applies.

Each month

Support and updates

$250 / month

Same price no matter the number of users or computers. If you stop paying, support and updates stop. The system still runs.

Other charges

Conversion from existing software

$2,000

Spreadsheet conversion

$100

On-site install and training

$1,000

Plus travel and expenses.

Online install and training

$500

Custom reports, up to

$250

Email statements and invoices

$15

A month, per 10,000 emails.

Carbonite backup

$100

Not included in the $250.

  • Hardware is not included. We send the list and the links, or we order it and bill you. We do not mark up the price.
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A few of the stores.

Independent hardware, lumber, building supply, and other stores.

  • Anders Hardware, Northport, AL
  • Boyle Lumber, Boyle, MS
  • Carolina Millwork & Truss, Andalusia, AL
  • Cecil’s Package Store, Cleveland, MS
  • Duncan General Merchandise, Jasper, AL
  • JD’s Mercantile, Atkins, AR
  • Lassiter’s Hardware, Hope Hull, AL
  • S&H Building Supply, Hamilton, AL
  • Windham Lumber, Elba, AL
  • Wall Lake Hardware, Wall Lake, IA

And many other independent stores.

Book a demo.

Tell us about your store. We’ll call you back and demo the system on your PC.

  1. 1 Tell us about your store.
  2. 2 We call you back.
  3. 3 We demo the system on your PC.

Name, email, phone, and store are required. A demo is a phone call, not an order. This opens an email to Brian.