Switching to Rundoo
Switch from not having a POS
Plenty of independent supply stores still run the way they always have: handwritten invoices, paper ledgers, and a bookkeeper typing receipts into the books at the end of the week. That setup has carried stores for decades. The shift usually comes the day a buying group rolls out a rewards program, ecommerce, or gift cards, none of which can run on paper. Rundoo is built for first-time POS adopters, with onboarding designed for stores making this leap for the first time.
Why stores switch
What stores switching from not having a POS love
Stores making the jump from paper invoices to a real point of sale are not behind. They are usually running tight, profitable, deeply relationship-driven businesses that simply never needed software to keep working. Here is what changes when they go live on Rundoo.
A point of sale that respects the way you already work. Your staff knows your customers by name. They know which contractors pay by the 15th and which ones run a tab. Rundoo is built around that reality. Charge accounts, contractor pricing, and house terms are native, so your team is not learning a new business model alongside a new register. They are just doing what they already did, faster.
Transaction time cut roughly in half. Damascus Hardware in Ohio moved off handwritten invoices and onto Rundoo with the team on-site. By noon on day one the staff was ringing transactions, and within a week the owner was already estimating that counter time had been cut in half. Lines on a paper invoice, written by hand, replaced by a barcode scanner.
Inventory you can actually see. Paper systems make it difficult for store owners to keep track of everything in real time. Rundoo gives you live counts, cost tracking by vendor, automatic reorder suggestions, and AI that flags anomalies the moment they show up.
You can take part in your buying group's newer programs. Rewards programs, ecommerce, gift cards, and EDI ordering all require a real point of sale to run. Rundoo integrates with the major buying groups, including Do It Best, True Value, and Orgill, so the programs your buying group offers are programs you can actually use.
Implementation built for first-time POS users. Your implementation manager has worked in supply stores. They are not going to hand you a setup wizard and wish you luck. They sit with you, work from your paper records, build the catalog with you, and stay on-site through go-live so the first transaction your team rings is the first one they had to think about.
Data migration
What we bring over from not having a POS
Stores coming from paper-based systems do not have a digital export ready to run through a parser, so this part of the process looks different. Our data team pulls whatever lives in QuickBooks, spreadsheets, or vendor product lists into Rundoo, and your implementation manager coaches you through the parts only you can do, like reaching out to your vendors for full product catalogs in Excel. Here is what gets stood up before go-live.
Success stories
Stores that switched from not having a POS
Damascus Hardware
Damascus, Ohio
"It was absolutely seamless. By noon the first day all the employees were getting the hang of it. I would say it has cut the time of a transaction in half."Read their story →
Franklin and Lennon
Harlem, New York City
"We started as an old-school, pen-and-paper operation. Rundoo helped us modernize without losing the personal touch that has kept us successful for nearly a century."Read their story →
Rundoo is purpose-built for hardware stores. See the ROI of switching.
The process
How switching works
You get a person
As soon as you sign, you're paired with a dedicated implementation manager who has real experience working in supply stores.
We migrate your data
Our data team handles the migration, pulling whatever exists from not having a POS into Rundoo. Your implementation manager walks you through reviewing it, and we fine-tune from there.
Training and go-live
Your team gets hands-on training sessions before go-live day, and your implementation manager stays with you through the first weeks to make sure everything runs smoothly.
Want the full story? Read our deep dive on what happens when you switch, or the ROI of switching.
Frequently asked questions
Is Rundoo a good alternative to not having a POS?
How long does it take to switch from not having a POS to Rundoo?
Will my charge balances and accounts come over from not having a POS?
Does Rundoo work with my vendor catalog?
Ready to make the switch?
Book a demo and we'll walk you through exactly what the transition from not having a POS looks like for your store.
