Harbortouch Introduces the Industry's First Free Point-of-Sale (POS) System Placement Program
Harbortouch, a division of one of the largest payment processors in the United States, United Bank Card, Inc. a leading supplier of POS point of sale systems for the retail and hospitality/restaurant industries has introduced an innovative new program providing free point-of-sale (POS) systems. POS systems offer sophisticated time and money saving features for business owners that have often been cost prohibitive for many small and mid-sized businesses. Harbortouch’s launch of this innovative free POS system program will allow many smaller local merchants, shops, restaurants, bars, coffee shops and night clubs to affordably gain these cost savings advantages that many national restaurant chains and big box retailers currently benefit from with POS systems.
United Bank Card, Inc. has long been known for being the industry leader for pioneering programs similar to the free POS system program it is currently introducing. UBC launched the first free credit card processors in 2004 in partnership with Casio. That improvement is now industry standard procedure for credit card terminals.
At a time when many small and mid-sized business are struggling to contain costs and increase profits, this free POS system program provides a solution whereby they benefit from the more advanced technology their larger competitors have to streamline overall operations, speed up transactions and automate many aspects of their daily business operations. POS systems offer many benefits including employee management and advanced reporting functions that allow restaurant and retail shop owners greater control and better information to make decisions on as well as save on accounting and bookkeeping time and costs.
Harbortouch’s POS systems are offered to the merchant for free but still offer the superior quality POS hardware and POS software providing the same features and functionality as systems costing tens of thousands of dollars. Although housed in a sleek package offering a very small footprint, Harbortouch’s PC based POS system offers double the industry standard for speed and storage capacities and is the first dual core processor POS system on the market. The program is open to new merchants as well as those looking to upgrade from their current system. There is no limit to the number of systems that can be requested. Only an approved merchant account and monthly service agreement are required for the merchant to participate in the free POS system program.
Harbortouch POS system software offers countless industry specific features including graphical table maps, easy menu editing, inventory tracking, splitting checks and an integrated time clock for monitoring employees for hospitality businesses. Harbortouch Retail offers barcode scanning, invoices and purchase orders tracking. Both options include a detailed customer database, multiple employee security access levels and integrated credit/debit card processing. A wide range of over 80 helpful reports including financial and sales reports, employee productivity, labor reports, discounts, voids and refunds are offered as standard features. Harbortouch offers a full range of accessories to extend the systems abilities and capabilities. The Lighthouse Feature software allows business owners to access all system capabilities from any computer anywhere via the internet.
The Harbortouch full service support POS system package is included with this new program and includes free onsite installation and training, 24/7 customer service and technical support, onsite maintenance and daily remote backup. An extremely intuitive user interface and streamlined set up process allow merchants to easily transition to the Harbortouch system. A step-by-step wizard guides business owners through the setup process and technical support is readily available every step of the way streamlining and simplifying the entire procedure. Restaurant owners submit their menu with their order to have Harbortouch technicians customize the system for their business.
Merchants also benefit from a lifetime warranty program which provides replacement of the non-functioning equipment due to normal wear and tear or defect..
Ranked by the Nilson Report as one of the largest payment processors in the United States, UBC currently handles merchant accounts in excess of 9 billion dollars annually. United Bank Card is a five-time consecutive Inc. 500/5000 honoree and was ranked on Deloitte’s 2008 “Technology Fast 50” list for its leadership and innovation. |
