Opening day is the easiest moment you’ll ever have to get your inventory right. Nothing has piled up in the back room yet, and every habit you set now carries forward for years. Here’s the order we recommend for setting up a new store.
1. Start from the integrated catalog
Don’t build product listings from scratch. GameSnapPOS includes a catalog of 600,000+ items — video games, trading cards, Funko Pops, and more — with new releases added automatically. Search for what you stock, add it, and only create custom items for pieces that are truly one of a kind.
2. Set your pricing rules
Decide how you’ll price shelf items and trade offers before your first customer walks in. Use live market data as your starting point, then apply your own rules so every employee prices the same way.
3. Add your team with the right roles
Give each person an Employee, Manager, or Admin role. The register stays open for everyone, while settings and sensitive actions stay with the people you trust with them.
4. Turn on rewards from day one
Your first customers are your most important ones. Start your rewards program on opening day so every early purchase earns points and store credit is tracked from the start.
5. Connect your online channels
If you sell on Shopify or online marketplaces, connect them before you open so what sells in store comes off your listings automatically.
6. Automate restocks
Set reorder alerts on your best sellers. GameSnapPOS can draft purchase orders based on stock levels and sales trends, so you catch low stock before the shelf is empty.
Before you open the doors
Catalog loaded and priced
Staff added with the right roles
Rewards program turned on
Online channels connected
Reorder alerts set on key items
A test sale and a test trade run end to end
