A hardware store sells the same item by the piece, the box and the metre.
iVendNext already does that at the till, along with kits, variants and stock in every store and warehouse. A few free apps add what a hardware counter asks for: bins, the trade counter, a price checker on the floor and warranty terms. You keep the ERP you already own and take only the parts your stores need.
The till already sells the way hardware sells. Small apps add the counter's habits.
Your ERP knows what your stock is worth and what you have ordered. A customer buying two and a half metres of chain, a box of screws and a tiling kit at the trade counter on account happens at the till and in the aisle, so that record belongs with the till. iVendNext is the retail layer beside your ERP, and the hardware apps plug into its till and its back office.
Around it all is the work that makes it yours: setting it up, loading your items and units, and building what your chain needs on top of our apps. An iVendNext partner can do that for you, or your own team can. Everything on this page is available today.
Your ERP and your web store stay where they are. The till sits on the stock and back office, and the hardware apps plug into both. Inside the dashed line is what your iVendNext partner, or your own team, sets up and extends.
A menu, not a bundle
What follows is the till's own hardware work, then the apps. Each app is its own card in the App library, with its own consent. Take the ones your stores need and leave the rest. The hardware apps are free, and there is no separate price for hardware: you pay your iVendNext subscription as usual.
Built into the till
Units and packs
The same item sells as one, a pack or a box.
- The cashier changes a line's unit, for example from each to a box of 100.
- Each unit can carry its own price; without one, the price follows the unit's size.
- Stock always comes off in the unit you count, so a box of 100 takes 100 off the shelf.
- Who uses it
- Cashiers; the buyer who sets the units and prices.
Project kits
One kit on the sale, every part out of stock.
- A kit of tools, materials and consumables sells as one line.
- Each component leaves stock when the kit is sold.
- A component with a serial or lot is asked for at the till.
- Who uses it
- Cashiers; the category manager who builds the kits.
Sell from another store or the yard
Not on this shelf is not a lost sale.
- The cashier sees which stores and warehouses hold the item.
- The sale is taken here and fulfilled from there, for pickup or home delivery.
- Stock moves when the goods are delivered or collected.
- Who uses it
- Cashiers; the warehouse or yard team that hands over.
Cut to length and by weight
Rope, chain, cable and loose nails sell in part units.
- An item measured in metres or kilos sells as 2.5 m or 0.75 kg.
- Items counted in whole units, such as boxes, refuse a part quantity.
- Who uses it
- Cashiers at the counter and the cutting bench.
Trade prices and related items
The trade customer's own price, and what goes with the job.
- A customer on a trade price list buys at that list's prices.
- An item can suggest or add related products and services, such as fixings with a shelf or fitting with a door.
- Who uses it
- Cashiers; the trade sales team.
Variants and specifications
The right colour, size, material or thread, scanned.
- Each variant has its own barcode, price and stock, grouped under one product.
- Paints and sealants can carry lots and expiry dates.
- Who uses it
- Cashiers; buyers who keep the range.
Apps from the App library
Bin locations
The cashier asks the till where an item sits.
- Keep your back-room and floor locations, their aisles, the bins in each aisle and what each bin holds.
- A till key, Where is it?, names the bin of each item on the sale, floor bins first.
- It is a record of where things are; stock moves and counts stay in your stock records.
- Who uses it
- Retail and stock managers keep the bins; cashiers ask.
- Runs on
- A service iVendNext hosts, which reads your bins and writes nothing.
Also serves electronics, grocery, distribution
Customers by store
Trade accounts at the trade counter, retail customers on the floor.
- One rule per customer group: the stores or tills where its customers may buy.
- Anywhere else the till takes the customer off the sale and shows your reason.
- The walk-in customer is never asked.
- Who uses it
- Retail and store managers set the rules; cashiers see them.
- Runs on
- A service iVendNext hosts in the United States, which reads your rules and writes nothing.
Serves every industry
Till guard rules
No sale at a placeholder price, and a check on large sales.
- A line at or below your placeholder price, or above your most per line, is refused at Pay.
- A sale above your approval amount is confirmed by the cashier or approved by a manager.
- A flagged item, such as a gas canister, asks your question when scanned.
- Who uses it
- Retail and store managers; cashiers at the scan and at Pay.
- Runs on
- A service iVendNext hosts, which reads your settings and writes nothing.
Serves every industry
Price-checker kiosk
A customer in the aisle checks a price without finding staff.
- A tablet on the floor: scan an item, see its name, picture and price.
- The price is your store's price for one of the unit scanned.
- Switch a kiosk off in the back office and it stops within a minute.
- Who uses it
- Customers on the floor; store managers set up each screen.
- Runs on
- A service iVendNext hosts, which asks your prices for each scan and writes nothing.
Also serves grocery
Payment method rules
On account only for the customers who hold an account.
- One rule per customer group: only these payment methods, or every method but these.
- At Pay the methods left out are dimmed, with your reason.
- Who uses it
- Retail managers and the finance team; cashiers at Pay.
- Runs on
- A service iVendNext hosts in the United States, which reads your rules and writes nothing.
Serves every industry
Coupon rules
A first-purchase coupon used once, and a trade coupon only by trade.
- A coupon for a customer's first purchase only, or only for one customer group.
- The cashier sees why a coupon is refused, removes it and takes the payment.
- Who uses it
- Retail and marketing managers; cashiers at Pay.
- Runs on
- A service iVendNext hosts, which reads your rules and writes nothing.
Serves every industry
Warranty terms
Each power tool's warranty, kept in one place.
- A warranty in months for one item or a whole item group; the item's own term wins.
- The terms are ready for a till key or service you connect.
- Who uses it
- Retail managers.
- Runs on
- Your own iVendNext. Nothing leaves it.
Also serves electronics
Click and collect
Web orders picked and handed over at the store.
- A back-office list of web orders still to pick, filtered to your store.
- A list of orders waiting for collection, and on each who collected it and when.
- Who uses it
- Store managers and stock clerks.
- Runs on
- Your own iVendNext. Nothing leaves it.
Serves every industry
The app map: each app joined to the moment it acts. Most of them serve every industry; bins, the price checker and warranty terms are shared with electronics and grocery.
What your stores use with no app at all
Most of a hardware chain runs on what every iVendNext retailer has. These parts are set up, not rebuilt.
- Stock in every store and warehouseAt item level, with transfers between them.
- Reorder levelsPer item and store, with a transfer or purchase request when stock runs low.
- Central purchasingPurchase orders for every store, goods received at each one, and returns to the supplier.
- Goods-in on the handheldReceive, transfer and count by barcode; queue shelf labels to print.
- Lots and expiryFor paints, sealants and adhesives; an expired lot is never offered at an online till.
- Barcodes that carry moreA barcode can carry the lot, the expiry or the price.
- Promotions and couponsOn the item, the group or the whole sale.
- ReportsSales and stock by item group and store, and slow movers.
- ForecastsForesight predicts stock use per warehouse and drafts a purchase order for your team to review.
Four hardware retailers, four starting points
No store needs every part. Start from the one closest to yours, then add or drop apps against your own list of requirements.
| A home improvement and DIY chain | A specialist with a trade counter | A garden and outdoor centre | A building supply yard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| At the till | ||||
| Units and packs | Yes. Fixings by the piece and the box | Yes. Trade packs and loose parts | Yes. Seed packs, compost bags | Yes. Bags, pallets and lengths |
| Cut to length or weight | Yes. Chain, rope, cable | Yes. Cable, hose, loose nails | Yes. Hose, netting, loose stone | Yes. Timber and pipe by the metre |
| Project kits | Yes. Bathroom, tiling and painting kits | Where you sell sets | Yes. Planting and irrigation kits | Where you sell sets |
| Sell from another store or the yard | Yes | Where you have more than one store | Yes. Bulky goods from the warehouse | Yes. Most sales go from the yard, for pickup or delivery |
| Apps | ||||
| Bin locations | Yes | Yes. Thousands of small parts | Optional | Yes. Yard bays as locations |
| Customers by store | Where trade buys at one store | Yes. Trade at the trade counter | Usually not | Yes. Account customers at the trade desk |
| Payment method rules | Optional | Yes. On account for trade only | Usually not | Yes. On account for builders |
| Price-checker kiosk | Yes. Large floors | Optional | Yes | Usually not |
| Warranty terms | Yes. Power tools | Yes. Power tools | Yes. Mowers and machinery | Where you sell tools |
| Click and collect | Yes | Where you sell online | Yes | Where you sell online |
| Settings in the back office | ||||
| Trade price lists | Where trade buys | Yes | Usually not | Yes. One per account where needed |
| Lots and expiry | Yes. Paints and sealants | Adhesives and chemicals | Yes. Seed, feed and treatments | Cement and adhesives |
| Reorder levels | Yes | Yes | Yes. Set for the season | Yes |
| What your partner, or your team, adds | ||||
| Set-up and extensions | Range and unit data, kits, labels, training | Trade accounts and price lists, the counter's rules | Seasonal ranges and reorder levels | Delivery planning, project quotes for builders |
From the first conversation to a live store
An iVendNext partner in your region usually runs these steps with you; a team with its own developers can run them itself. iVendNext gives the product, the apps and the guides at every step.
- Fit check. Put your own list of requirements against the menu in section 2. What the till and the apps meet unchanged is ready; the rest is set-up or an extension.
- Set up the stores. Stores, warehouses and yards, tills and their profiles, users and roles, and the price lists for retail and trade.
- Link your ERP and web store. iVendNext connects to SAP Business One, SAP S/4HANA, Acumatica, NetSuite and Sage X3, and to WooCommerce for your web store; any other ERP, including a regional one, your partner connects with the iVendNext partner kit. Purchasing and goods-in can stay in the ERP.
- Load the range. Items and their variants, each item's units and pack sizes, the items sold by length or weight, your project kits, and lots for paints and sealants.
- Install the apps your stores need: bin locations, the trade counter's rules, the price checker, warranty terms, click and collect.
- Counter hardware. Scanners, cash drawers, receipt printers and pole displays at each counter; handhelds for goods-in and counts; a tablet for each price checker.
- Train and go live, store by store: cashiers at the counter, staff on the floor and in the yard, the stock team and the back office.
- Day to day. Your partner supports what it delivers. We support the product.
Make it yours
Our apps are the version most hardware stores need. When yours works differently, your iVendNext partner, or your own developers, can copy any app in our library, change it and build what your chain needs on top. What is built for you is yours.
Delivery slots
Delivery and pickup windows customers choose, and routing an order to the best store or yard.
Curbside hand-over
Orders brought to the customer's vehicle, with the hand-over recorded.
Project quotes for builders
One quote for a whole job, delivered in stages as the work goes on.
Picking by aisle
Pick lists ordered by your bins and aisles, for the floor and the yard.
Kit labels
Labels that list a kit's contents, its safety notes and how to fit it.
Paint mixing and tool hire
Tint formulas kept per customer, and tools hired out by the day and returned.
Three developer samples are a head start for the most common ones:
Trade price lists kept in step
A trade or wholesale list worked out from the retail list, updated when a retail price changes.
The recipe, for your partner or your own developersInvoices and price lists for trade
A layout for each trade customer's invoice, and a price list with a photo of every item.
The recipe, for your partner or your own developersStock alerts with a draft transfer
Low-stock alerts per store, and a transfer request drafted for a person to check and send.
The recipe, for your partner or your own developersWhy hardware retailers choose iVendNext
Each reason carries its evidence.
Units done in the till, not by hand
The cashier picks the unit and the till prices it, from the unit's own price or the item's size. Stock comes off in the unit you count, so a box sold at the counter and a single sold on the floor leave the same shelf right.
The till's unit rules, which follow the back office's own pricing.
Trade and retail in one system
Trade accounts keep their own prices, their own counter and their own ways to pay, set in the back office, with no second system for the trade desk.
The trade price list; the Customers by store and Payment method rules apps.
Keep your ERP
iVendNext is the retail layer beside your ERP, and connects to SAP Business One, SAP S/4HANA, Acumatica, NetSuite and Sage X3. Any other ERP, including a regional one, your partner connects with the iVendNext partner kit. Purchasing and goods-in can stay in the ERP.
Our ERP connectors and the iVendNext partner kit.
One till for every industry
A hardware store needs no screen of its own. The trade counter, a tablet in the aisle and a phone in the yard run the same till, so staff train once.
iVendNext POS, one app for counter, tablet and phone.
Free apps, open to build on
The hardware apps are free, and there is no separate price for hardware. Their code is open: your partner, or your own developers, can copy and extend them for the way your chain works.
Our App library and kit terms.
The till keeps selling offline
When the connection drops, the counter keeps ringing up sales, and they are booked when it comes back.
The till's offline mode.
Talk to us about your hardware stores
Tell us how your stores sell, at the trade counter, on the floor and from the yard. We will show you the till, the apps for your stores and the iVendNext partner who can set it up near you.
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The App library for hardware stores
As of 24 October 2026.
