We’ve worked hard to develop the best portfolio of point of sale system features to start, grow and maintain your business. From a basic set-up to the most advanced options, Dodson POS offers features that help you simply, securely, and successfully run your business.
At its core, the Dodson POS System is a sales tool. From management and reporting to tracking and inventory, the power to drive sales, optimize stock, and make data-driven decisions will be at your fingertips.
Whether you have one location or many, the Dodson POS system enables you to streamline business operations, build customer loyalty, and implement robust marketing programs.
With cyber threats, viruses, and malware always evolving, you need a POS that can stay one step ahead. Count on Dodson POS to keep your customer and business information secure with frequent updates, a fully managed server, and powerful fraud protection.
Featuring a time clock, video training, payroll, and more, our POS offers labor administration from a single console. Less paperwork and filing lets you keep the focus on what’s important: facilitating employee success and satisfaction.
Grow sales by doing business wherever you and your customers are with mobile POS.
Cloud-Based
Sales, inventory, and reports are securely backed up, whether you’re on WiFi or are using a 3G/4G connection.
Print or Email Receipts
Customers can sign and email their receipts from an iPad, or you can print them one from a Bluetooth printer.
Maintain Customer Loyalty
Keep your customers happy by letting them view, earn, and redeem points all through the mobile POS.
Offer a seamless customer experience by using multiple registers and/or devices.
Split and Transfer Tickets
Transfer tickets between employees or easily split tickets from any of your connected devices.
Universal Saved Ticket
Create and edit orders across multiple devices, without losing ticket details between them.
Printer Queue
Printed in the order in which they are received, prep tickets and receipts stay organized.
Table-side Ordering
Drive sales, improve service, and maximize efficiency with table-side ordering.
Make ordering food and drinks easier to improve efficiency and table turn times.
Ordering Formats
Improve order taking efficiency with a default order type, customize orders by activating/deactivating options, and modify settings to include inventory items and tax rates based on order type.
Run Reports
Better manage your business with multiple order reporting features, including:
CRM
Build loyalty by easily adding customers to your database while taking orders. Include notes about birthdays and anniversaries, view their order history, quickly reorder favorite items, add multiple addresses, and let them earn, view, and redeem points for purchases.
Create a variety of menus to fit the various needs of your foodservice operation.
Create Multiple Menus
Make Modifications
Increase revenue and take the guesswork out of tipping for your guests.
Pre-Set Tip Options
Pre-set tips let customers show their appreciation with a simple tap of a button — no math required.
Custom Tip Options
Set specific tip amounts appropriate for your business, let customers enter their own amount, or print a receipt and have them write out a tip.
Easier Shift Checkout
The Settle Tip feature lets employees speed through the end of shift checkout. They enter their tip amounts from printed receipts, view/settle any open tickets and then overall sales are calculated. Supervisors can view/edit employee tips and everyone knows what’s owed with a shift summary report.
Maintain and monitor cash flow and transactions.
Balance
Enter your register’s start and ending amounts to track and balance cash.
Accept Multiple Tenders
Accept multiple payment types in a single transaction and track sales by tender type.
Open Tab
Start, save, and edit tickets so your customers can checkout when they want to.
No Sale
Access your cash drawer as needed without having to do a cash transaction.
Split Tickets
Divide tickets evenly or create custom splits. Drag and drop items to move them to other tickets.
Refunds
Smoothly process refunds with searchable ticket numbers and history.
Security
Your customer’s sensitive payment information is secure when using the Dodson POS System.
Make it easy for your customers to buy from you.
Meet your customers’ needs with a simple return process.
Provide proof of purchase in a way your customers prefer and that makes sense for your business.
Create a program that covers your merchant account fees or incentivizes cash purchases with a cash discount or credit card surcharge.
Create and manage invoices to grow your business.
Incentivize sales to drive purchases.
Scan and pay frees up servers to cover more tables or employees more area, and reduces the labor required to manage guest billing.
Simplify your day-to-day operations.
Maintain Pricing
Price items, set up tax rates, and enable discounts in bulk or item-by-item, for one or multiple locations.
Manage Employees
Modify employee permissions, track their hours, and monitor their sales.
Get Real-Time Updates
Make updates in your web management tool. The changes sync in real-time to all your iPads.
Utilize Virtual Office
Build menus, manage employees, set up hardware, view reports, create customer loyalty programs, and more.
Monitor Orders
View current, past, and future orders from all of your locations. Get a breakdown of best-selling items and items that could bring you more revenue.
Set Taxes
Set up multiple tax codes for a single item. Use “tax inclusive” to have the assigned tax rate covered in the cost of the product.
A full suite of web-based back office tools that help you work smarter. Changes sync in real-time.
POS
Time Clock
Marketing
Inventory
Z Reports
Multi-Location
Operate multiple locations with more ease than effort.
Benefit From a Central Database
Easily check inventory, transfer data, and pull reports for multiple locations.
Manage Taxes
Create tax rates per item and/or per location.
Get Sales Insights
Compare sales by location, date, department, category, or by the hour.
Staff Appropriately
Enable employees to work in multiple locations. Set employee permissions per location and track hours worked at each.
View Reports
See what you need — run one report for all locations, or pull a report on a specific location.
Build lasting relationships with your customers and drive repeat business.
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Grow your customer relationships through a robust database and management platform.
Offer Rewards
Create a points program and/or reward customers for specific items purchased.
Use Email Marketing
Keep your business top-of-mind by emailing customers about sales, specials, and/or events.
Digital Program
Points are saved online and redeemable at checkout — no worries about forgotten or lost rewards cards.
Administer with Ease
Activate rewards points or programs, save the promotions you want, and reactivate them as desired. Add or subtract points from an iPad or the virtual office.
Take care of inventory in record time without having to lock yourself in the office.
Sku/UPC Codes
Import or create over 500,000 barcode SKUs. Track items based on the UPC using an iPad or virtual office.
Barcode Scanner
Quickly look up or ring up items with the integrated Bluetooth scanner.
Bulk Adjustments
Add thousands of new items, modify prices, or update quantities in bulk.
Receive Inventory
Add new items to your inventory without replacing existing ones.
Data-Driven Decisions
Know your best-sellers and least popular items so you can make better purchasing decisions.
Reorder Notifications
Get low inventory alerts so you always know when it’s time to reorder.
Multi-Location
View inventory levels, transfer data, and run reports for one or several locations.
Manage Anywhere
Wherever you have Wi-Fi you can check inventory levels, update quantities, or change prices, so there’s no need to be in the office or back room.
Improve your bottom line with a clearer picture of the interplay between your menu and inventory.
Reduce Raw Materials Waste
Add details like name, purchase date, open date, and expiration date to the database to reduce waste, spoilage, and overstocking.
Simple Subtraction
With raw goods linked to modifiers, Dodson POS automatically subtracts the units when an item is ordered.
Supplier Catalog
Store the contact information for all of your suppliers — no more lost business cards or misplaced sticky notes.
Run reports and monitor sales wherever you are, thanks to cloud-based analytics.
Real-Time Reporting
The real-time matrix continuously updates throughout the day, so reports reflect current information.
Get the Full Picture
See relevant sales details, including returns, discounts, adjustments, voids, and tax exempt purchases.
Big Data
Dodson POS can process large data volumes and simplify the information, so you can be more agile with making business decisions.
Extend your reach, build your business, and create stronger customer relationships.
Breeze through scheduling and labor management.
Easy for Employees
Each employee gets a unique pin number that they use on an iPad to:
Practical for You
Handle permissions based on employee level and location.
Register Permissions
Supervisor Permissions
Multi-Location Permissions
Master Dodson POS and quickly get new employees up to speed.
Get the right hardware for your business type and needs.
All-in-One Systems
Elo Paypoint and Star mPop
Apple Tablets
iPad Air, Pro, and Mini
Cash Drawers
Star, APG, and many others
Card Readers
Castle MP200, c&i Dynamo, Vega 3000
Scales
Most brands
Barcode Scanners
Socket
Stands and Cases
Vault, Windfall, and many others
Dodson POS equipment and technology work together to safeguard customer’s information and protect against data breaches.
Safeguards keep customer, company, and employee information secure.
Secure Passwords
Set and reset unique passwords for Virtual Office. Never get locked out with our password recovery feature.
Unique Pins
Each employee is assigned a unique 4-digit PIN to securely access the POS.
Confirm Manual Batch
If auto-batch is disabled, employees must confirm before manually batching out.
Override Permissions
Grant managers permanent or temporary access to user permissions.
Help with your Dodson POS is available in many forms.
Dedicated Support Specialists
Get the answers you need from our experts who know the system.
Video Library
Watch any of the training videos for step-by-step instructions. You’ll find them in Virtual Office.
FAQs
Quickly search our database of commonly asked questions to see if the answer already exists.
In-Person Support
For more hands-on issues, we can schedule a time for a technician to come to you.
At Dodson Payment Solutions, we pride ourselves on being 100% committed and transparent with our clients. We’re here for our clients whenever they need it. Here are some of the benefits you’ll receive when working with Dodson.
When we say we are available for our clients 24/7/365, we mean it. Need help fixing a broken machine on a Sunday? We’ll be there. Have a support question? Our customer service teams picks up the phone within 30 seconds.
It’s your business, so you should know exactly how things are performing. We offer comprehensive reporting so you are never out of the loop and can always make the most informed decision for your business.
We never want our clients to feel like they are being nickel-and-dimed, which is why we have a transparent fee structure. There will be no questions about what you are paying for when partnering with Dodson Payment Solutions.