Consignment POS: what the shop actually needs

When shops search for a consignment POS they want two things in one query. A certified cash register that takes cards. And a system that knows whose garment it is when it sells.

Most results are full tills. Crona Kommission leads that category: till, stock and consignment in one. That is right if you have no till and want to replace everything. It is wrong if Zettle already takes payment every day and the pain sits in Excel, sticky notes and calls from sellers.

A consignment POS is not always a new till. It is the chain from bag to payout.

What a consignment POS means in practice

Three jobs, every time something sells:

• Take payment (card, Swish, cash where allowed)
• Link the purchase to the right seller and split
• Show a balance and pay out without a manual list

A regular till does point one. Excel does two and three until you grow. Then Excel dies – on a Saturday, when the queue is long and someone calls about the jacket.

When the chain works, the money is already split in the same second the sale goes through. That is the difference between a POS and a consignment POS.

From bag to payout

A day in a consignment shop that has it under control looks like this.

The bag becomes items. You or the seller register one item or a hundred. Price and commission are set. A label is printed. You do not need a barcode scanner to start.

The till already knows whose it is. The buyer pays in Zettle or Express Retail. The purchase comes back to the consignment system and is linked to the right seller. Commission is already calculated.

The seller sees it first. The balance updates immediately. They follow their items in the portal and request Swish or an in-store payout – before anyone has time to call.

Unsold is a decision, not a pile. You set the period, for example 60 days. When it ends the seller gets an email: pick up, extend or the copy you write.

Three paths – Excel, a full POS, or consignment on top of the till

1. Excel and a cash book

Works with five sellers. Dies at fifty.

2. A full consignment POS, for example Crona

One vendor. New till, often new hardware, new training. You get consignment built in. The price is often well over a thousand a month, plus install.

Pick this if you have no cash register and want everything from one party.

3. Keep the till, add consignment on top

Zettle or Express Retail keeps taking payment. The consignment system registers sellers, syncs sales, shows balances and handles Swish.

Pick this if the till already works. Then a till swap is waste. What you lack is ownership per item, a portal and payouts.

Serculate is built for path three. SEK 0 until you sell. Then 699/month. No lock-in. No fees per item or seller.

What to compare before you buy

Do not only look at the word POS. Ask:

• Do I need a new till, or only to leave Excel?
• Does the till know whose item it is, or only the amount?
• Do sellers see the balance themselves, or do they call you?
• How do you pay out – Swish, bank, store credit?
• What happens to unsold goods after 30 or 60 days?
• Is migration of sellers and balances included?
• Is there a lock-in? What does it cost at ten items a week versus a thousand?

Equipment and the Tax Agency

The cash register must be certified. Zettle and Express Retail are. A consignment layer on top is not the cash register – it is the ledger of who should get paid.

To start, the till you have is enough. A label printer helps. A barcode scanner is not required on day one. If everything sits in Excel, we load it before you sell the first Saturday.

A consignment POS does not have to be a till swap. It has to be the end of admin – from bag to payout.