Top Firearm-Friendly POS Softwares

AXIS™ Point of Sale

AXIS™ Point of Sale is a comprehensive firearm retail management system that caters to the specific needs of FFL holders. It offers a range of features and functionalities that make it a suitable choice for businesses in the firearms industry.

Key Features

1. Seamless Integration: AXIS™ Point of Sale seamlessly integrates with leading eCommerce platforms, including Gearfire eCommerce Pro & Classic, Magento, and BigCommerce, allowing firearm retailers to offer a unified shopping experience across online and in-store channels.
2. ATF Compliance: AXIS™ Point of Sale diligently updates with the latest regulations, ensuring unwavering ATF compliance for firearm retailers.
3. eSuite Solutions: The system offers a built-in ATF-compliant eBound Book, eNICS, e4473, and other essential tools for firearm-specific operations.
4. Firearm-Specific Services: AXIS™ Point of Sale includes add-ons to manage shooting range and gunsmith operations, catering to the unique requirements of firearm businesses.
5. Pricing and Promotions: The system allows firearm retailers to set prices, manage special customer orders, and offer promotions to drive customer loyalty.
6. Dedicated Customer Support: AXIS™ Point of Sale provides U.S.-based tech support and free AXIS™ Academy video training to assist firearm retailers with

Integration with Flxpoint

Flxpoint, a leading firearm ecommerce integration platform, has a pre-built integration with AXIS™ Point of Sale. This integration enables firearm retailers to seamlessly connect their online sales channels with AXIS™ in-store payment acceptance solutions, providing a comprehensive omnichannel experience.

Benefits for Firearm Retailers

1. Multi-Channel Sales: The Flxpoint-AXIS integration allows firearm retailers to offer a unified shopping experience across their online store, marketplace platforms, and physical storefronts.
2. Streamlined Distributed Inventory Management: The integration synchronizes inventory levels across all sales channels, ensuring real-time stock visibility and preventing overselling.
3. Improved Payment Processing: AXIS™ POS solutions provide secure and reliable payment processing capabilities, including support for credit/debit cards, mobile wallets, and other payment methods.
4. Enhanced Customer Experience: The seamless integration between Flxpoint and AXIS™ POS enables a smooth and consistent customer experience, leading to increased customer satisfaction and loyalty.
5. Comprehensive Reporting: The integration allows firearm retailers to access detailed sales, inventory, and payment data through a single, unified platform, simplifying business management and decision-making.

AXIS™ Point of Sale integration with Flxpoint’s ecommerce platform further enhances the capabilities of the system, providing firearm retailers with a powerful set of tools to streamline their omnichannel operations, including integrated shipping solutions, 3PL integrations, and dropshipping capabilities, all while delivering an exceptional customer experience.

Orchid POS™

Orchid POS™ is a powerful point-of-sale software designed specifically for Federal Firearms License (FFL) holders. With its native integrations and extensive features, Orchid POS™ simplifies gun shop and range operations while ensuring compliance with ATF regulations.

Seamless Integrations and Compliance

• Orchid POS™ natively integrates with bound book / 4473, ecommerce, digital storage, and more, eliminating the need for third-party integrations.
• The software automates ATF compliance processes and reduces errors with built-in features like ATF FFL EZ check.
• Retailers can access live distributor feeds, dropshipping capabilities, and bulk import distributor catalogs.

Advanced Features

• Orchid POS™ offers essential features to help manage inventory, employees, gunsmithing, consignments, accounting, membership billing, and more.
• The software simplifies gun shop and range operations, streamlining various aspects of the business.
• Orchid POS™ provides premier customer support to help with all FFL technology and compliance questions.

• The company’s FFL Expert support team is dedicated to assisting retailers with their specific needs.

Limitations

• While Orchid POS™ provides “Compliance Services” to help verify the legality of certain firearms, it does not guarantee 100% compliance with all applicable laws. The retailer remains responsible for legal and regulatory compliance.
• Orchid’s “Pricing Services” allow retailers to customize pricing, but all legal and regulatory compliance obligations are the retailer’s sole responsibility.
• The cost of POS hardware is separate from the software subscription, which may be a drawback for stores already equipped with POS hardware.

Rapid Gun Systems

Rapid Gun Systems is another point-of-sale (POS) solution designed specifically for firearm retailers. It offers a wide range of features to streamline various aspects of running a gun store, including:

Inventory Management & Labor Management

Rapid Gun Systems provides advanced inventory tracking and management capabilities to help gun shop owners stay on top of their stock levels, orders, and sales. Also, they provide features that help automates time tracking and payroll calculations, eliminating the need for manual timekeeping and simplifying the process of managing employee hours.

Accounting Integration & Reporting

The POS system seamlessly integrates with third-party accounting software, making it easier to manage the financial aspects of the business. Also, the platform offers real-time access to critical business data, such as sales figures, costs, and inventory levels, allowing owners to make informed decisions.

Limitation

The main drawback of Rapid Gun Systems is its perceived lack of user-friendliness and difficulty in troubleshooting when issues arise. The interface is described as complicated and hard to navigate, especially for those who are not tech-savvy.

Additionally, when problems occur with the system, it can be challenging to resolve them and get the system back up and running smoothly, with some users reporting unsatisfactory tech support.

While Rapid Gun Systems offers impressive features, such as shooting range support and ATF compliance, the user experience and troubleshooting challenges may outweigh these benefits for some firearm retailers, especially those that do not operate a shooting range.

ConnectPOS

ConnectPOS offers several features specifically tailored to the needs of firearm stores, ensuring efficient operations, compliance with regulations, and enhanced customer service.

Here are the key POS-related features:

• The POS system ensures compliance with ATF regulations, which is crucial for firearm stores.
• Protects customer information and transactional data with advanced security measures.
• Robust tools for managing inventory, including tracking stock levels, sales, and orders in real-time.
• Flexible options for fulfilling orders, whether in-store, online, or remotely.
• Enhances security and customer experience by incorporating facial recognition for transactions.
• Integrates seamlessly with tools like A&D background checks, e4473 electronic forms, and Smart waivers for legal compliance.
• Allows management of the POS system from anywhere, even without Wi-Fi, streamlining the management process.
• Syncs inventory and payments across websites, POS, and remote sales points for a unified shopping experience.

These features make ConnectPOS a comprehensive solution for managing firearm stores efficiently and securely.

Cervelle POS Software

Compliance and Regulatory Features

Cervelle POS software offers robust compliance and regulatory features for firearm retailers. It is fully integrated with ATF-compliant 4473 forms and bound book tracking. The software automatically generates 3310.4 forms for multiple gun sales. It provides dealer-side error checking and double-sided printing for legible 4473 forms. Cervelle POS also automatically connects 4473 forms to the bound book and 3310.4 reports.

Inventory and Operations Management

Cervelle POS handles a variety of firearm-related transactions, including trades, layaways, special orders, and FFL transfers. The software provides detailed sales reports, reorder reports, and performance analytics. It includes a complete gunsmithing module and the ability to retire inventory. Cervelle POS also supports mobile inventory scanning with handheld devices.

Ecommerce Integration

Cervelle POS seamlessly integrates with the Cervelle eCommerce solution. It automatically downloads online orders into the POS system and enables easy upload of in-store inventory to the website. The software also supports real-time syncing between online and in-store inventory.

Potential Cons

While Cervelle POS offers comprehensive features, there are a few potential cons to consider. The monthly costs may be higher for more advanced features like range management. There could be challenges with offline data capture for mobile processing at gun shows.

Conclusion

While the POS systems discussed offer comprehensive features for firearm retailers, integrating with a robust platform like Flxpoint can further enhance your operations. Flxpoint’s firearm-specific ecommerce integration provides benefits such as streamlined omnichannel management, automated inventory synchronization, dropshipping capabilities, compliance support, and comprehensive reporting.

By combining a leading POS system with Flxpoint’s platform, you can streamline your firearm retail business, deliver an exceptional customer experience, and stay ahead of the competition.

To learn more about how Flxpoint can benefit your firearm retail business, book a demo today.