Vintro Pro
NL · FR · EN
Vintro Pro
NL · FR · EN
There are four kinds of software for a shop. Here you read what each kind does, and who it suits. Even when that is not Vintro Pro.
Written by Griet Coussement, founder of Vintro Pro and Vintiques Export
We make software. Even so, we tell you honestly when you do not need it.
First you see what Vintro Pro does. Then you see the four kinds of software side by side, and when you do not need us.
You enter a piece once. After that you use it everywhere.
What it doesYou make your own list, with the columns you choose.
Who it is forAnyone who wants to keep it simple. It is free.
What it doesSells at the counter and counts quantities: ten identical chairs are one article.
Who it is forA shop that sells series.
What it doesShows your pieces online. The customer pays online, you ship.
Who it is forAnyone who mostly sells online.
What it doesCounts pieces: every piece has its own card, with photo, purchase price and margin.
Who it is forAnyone who sells unique pieces.
This is us| Notebook or spreadsheet | Till system | Web shop | Vintro Pro | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Counts per piece | sometimes | no | sometimes | yes |
| Photo per piece | no | sometimes | yes | yes |
| Till at the counter | no | yes | sometimes | yes |
| Margin scheme | work it out yourself | sometimes | sometimes | yes |
| Link to your accounting | no | sometimes | sometimes | yes |
| Make invoices | make them yourself | yes | yes | yes |
| Print labels | no | yes | sometimes | yes |
| Export documents | no | no | sometimes | yes |
| Online catalogue | no | sometimes | yes | yes |
| Link to social media | no | sometimes | yes | yes |
| The customer pays online | no | sometimes | yes | no |
Slide the table sideways to see everything.
The Vintro Pro till is not connected to your card terminal: you key in the amount yourself. In France it is switched off.
Answer three questions. Then you know which kind of software fits you. It is about the kind, not a brand. For four of the six answers, that is not Vintro Pro.
These questions only work on your own screen. Nothing is sent to us. We store nothing and we measure nothing.
Which software fits also depends on your country. Not because of VAT. Because of the register your country asks for, and what already exists there:
only ordinary till systems. We found no package for unique pieces and the margin scheme.
there is till software that fills in the opkopersregister itself. The stolen-goods check is built in.
the most choice of the four. There are packages with the registre des objets mobiliers and TVA sur marge built in.
there is software for the stock book HMRC asks for per item. Also for the global accounting variant.
What your country asks for in your register, you can read country by country in what belongs in your stock list. There we checked each register with that country’s government.
Vintro Pro fits you if this is true:
Working piece by piece: that is the only thing we do better. Is that your work? Then that is enough.
This is a guide to choosing, not tax advice. Which VAT scheme applies to your business is a question for your accountant.
Vintro Pro keeps your purchase price, your selling price and your margin per piece, and prints your labels. If within the thirty free days you see it is not your kind of work, you will have paid nothing. No card number needed.
30 days free, no card number.
Not always. A spreadsheet is often enough for a long time. It is free, you know it, and at the start it can do everything you need. Ask yourself: what costs me the most time right now? Does keeping track of your purchase price piece by piece cost you no effort? Then you do not need to change anything.
An ordinary till system counts quantities. Ten identical chairs are one article with a stock of ten. Each sale takes one off. Stock control for unique pieces counts pieces. Ten chairs are ten cards, each with its own photo, its own purchase price and its own margin. Vintro Pro works that way, at the counter too: the Vintro Pro till sells piece by piece. Do you sell series? Then an ordinary till system fits better. Do you sell unique pieces? Then per-piece stock control fits better.
In four cases. One: you sell series, not unique pieces. Then take an ordinary till system. Two: your till has to be connected to your card terminal, or your business is in France. Vintro Pro does have a till for the counter, with a receipt and a day closing. But you key the amount into your terminal yourself. And it is not a certified till, as France requires. Three: your country's legal register is most of your work. In the Netherlands, France and the United Kingdom there are packages with that register built in. Vintro Pro is not linked to any register. Four: your web shop and your stock have drifted apart. Then you are missing a connection, not an extra system.
Often, but not always. The problem is usually not the number of pieces. The problem is the evidence. Your photo is in a folder on your phone. Your purchase price is in column C. At an inspection or when a customer asks, you have to find the two together. Does that not bother you? Then switching gains you nothing.