Full Trial Versions of Retail Management Hero & Cloud Retailer

Update 7/12/2017: Wow!  Many of you have taken advantage of both of these options!  This is not a limited time promo or anything like that. Right now its is taking 3-4 days the setup the free Cloud Retailer demo and around a week to setup the Retail Management Hero demo. Note that this is only for retailers in the US and Canada.

Whether you are looking to replace your Microsoft Dynamics RMS point of sale software or are searching for a new POS system for your retail store, I wanted to pass along some information on full trial versions of a couple of direct RMS replacement point of sale software programs for retailers in the US and Canada:

Retail Management Hero (discounted licensing for RMS users & competitive pricing for new users)
$549 for a 30 day version of Retail Management Hero. This includes basic installation on one computer as well as some general overview training.

Cloud Retailer (discounted licensing for RMS users & competitive pricing for new users)
Free test instance to try out Cloud Retailer. Installation and training depends on your specific circumstances

Note that both programs offer data migration from Microsoft RMS. This means that you are saving money via the discounted licensing for RMS users plus saving time by not having to start from scratch with a new POS system!

These are also great POS systems for retailers searching for a new point of sale system and are located in the US.

Please contact me directly at kevinantosh@gmail.com or 208-340-5632 for more information.

How to obtain a 30 day trial license of the Retail Management Hero (RMH) point of sale software

Whether you call it an evaluation copy or trial version, I have a process in place for retailers to receive 30 day trial versions of the Retail Management Hero point of sale software. This is somewhat different from the days of endless evaluation CD's of Dynamics RMS being handed out in the mid 2000's (I still have a stack of them in my office) but the end result is similar - it allows retailers to take RMH for a "test drive".

A few requirements need to be met in order to obtain the 30 trial version of RMH so use the following as a check list (note that this applies to the retailers that I work with or new retailers that contact me and that this has been approved by both Retail Realm and RITE):

1. Your store must be located in the US or Canada as we are not equipped to provide RMH trials outside of these countries plus Retail Realm has set up RMH Partners in most countries across the globe anyway.
2. The trial license of RMH is free and includes a single "lane" license that is valid for 30 days.
3. You must be a past, present, or future RITE customers as RMH can only be provided by trained Partners like RITE - there is a simple form that can be completed to accomplish this if you are not presently assigned to RITE.
4. It has already been determined that RMH is a good fit for your business meaning that you have been shown a RMH demo and had pricing explained to you. You are also aware of any limitations in RMH. No sense spending time evaluating software if it is not a good match for your business!
5. A signed proposal is required which will include the 30 day free trial version of RMH along with 3-5 hours of pre-paid support ($375 - $549). Here is the reasoning for having to purchase the support:
• In my 18 years of working with over 4700 businesses, I've never had even one that required no support at all.
• Comfort in knowing that a RITE tech will perform a basic install of RMH for you.
• Not feeling stuck if you run in to a technical issue - assistance is just a toll free call away.
• Some basic overview or "ad hoc" training is included so you do not miss key features or functions.
• The investment will carry forward should you choose to actually implement RMH - in other words, you are not "out" anything if a full licensed copy of RMH is purchased within 30 days.

To learn more, please contact me at 208-340-5632 or kevinantosh@gmail.com

Demo Videos and Downloads

A quick reminder that several companies offer 30 day free trial periods and/or demo versions of the software.  If you are interested here are the various solutions that I have access to for demo purposes:

• NCR CounterPoint
• Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management Systems Store Operations (RMS)
• QuickBooks Point of Sale
• Aldelo 
• NCR Silver (back office only - POS pending)
• Bindo POS

I am also working on some demo videos that show some of the high level aspects of each point of sale solution. that should be ready yet this week. Since there isn't a lot of point of sale news (normally) during the summer, I figured that now would be a great time to upload some video demos of point of sale solutions.  Note that a video can only cover the general highlights unless you really want a 45 minute long video (have some popcorn ready).

Same goes for my workshop presentation videos - the actual workshop scales from 45 minutes to three hours depending on the audience. I doubt that any of you want to watch that long of a video!  Let me know if I am wrong tho!

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