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Cutting edge point of sale package from $199 per month
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CSA +
Premium tools for growing your comic shop
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Comic Shop Assistant's basic package does everything you need to run your shop, and that's never going to change. But if your shop is growing and you want even more out of your point of sale system, check out CSA+.
CSA+ adds premium tools to your shop: an in-store kiosk, Store TV displays, transaction add-ons, extended profit reporting, and more. The chart below starts with everything that's included in every plan, then shows what CSA+ adds on top.
Don’t want the whole upgrade? Pay for just the improvements you want with our “à la carte” pricing options.
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| Feature | Basic ($199/mo) | CSA+ (+$125/mo) |
|---|---|---|
| Included in every plan | ||
| Customer, item, order & invoice managementThe everyday core: manage your customers, catalog items, distributor orders, and invoices all in one place. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Customer subscriptions & special ordersSet up pull lists, subscriptions, and one-off special orders for your customers. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Customers manage their subscriptions onlineYour customers can review and adjust their own subscriptions through an online portal branded for your business. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Streamlined FOC & Initial Order interfacesComic stores have to place FOC and Initial orders, which are different from most industry orders. Our special FOC/Initial Order interface gives you the information you need to make the best decision. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Back issue search, inventory & warehouse toolsSearch, inventory, and warehouse tools for managing your back issue stock. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Built-in inventory stock takeRun a full inventory stock take right inside CSA. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Overstock managementTrack and manage your overstock inventory. | ✓ | ✓ |
| In-transaction prepaymentsTake prepayments on items right inside a transaction. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delinquent customer detectionAutomatically flags customers who've fallen behind on their pulls. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Combined check-in & pull sheets for multiple distributorsCheck in and pull from multiple distributors on one combined pull sheet. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Internal messaging systemBuilt-in messaging to keep your staff on the same page. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Staff time clock & hours reportingClock staff in and out and generate hours reports for payroll. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Nightly register reconciliationReconcile each register's drawer at the end of the night. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sell & tender gift certificatesSell gift certificates and accept them as tender at checkout. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Collection purchasing moduleQuickly evaluate and buy collections from your customers, and track your profit on each one. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Buy X, get 1 free rewards programReward your customers with a buy-X-get-one-free loyalty program. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bulk edit itemsUpdate many catalog items at once instead of one at a time. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Staff projectsCreate projects for staff to take care of when the store is slow. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Distributor import templatesTake the hassle out of importing invoices and orders from any distributor with our import templates. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automated store salesAutomate store discounts by item, category, tag, and more. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-store toolsIf you have multiple locations, you can see inventory across stores, transfer product between shops, and more. Add a CSA warehouse account to be able to create FOC and initial orders in one place and distribute the products and orders down to all of your stores. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Runs in your web browserNo extra software to install. CSA runs in any modern web browser, so you can work from anywhere without special programs. | ✓ | ✓ |
| What CSA+ adds | ||
| Push products to ShopifySend your catalog items and back issues straight to your Shopify store. Also get comic store-specific tools to help gather shopify orders. | $35/mo + $300 setup | $35/mo + $200 setup |
| Emailed receiptsEmail receipts to your customers at checkout. | $20/month | ✓ |
| Main catalog item image limitHow many images you can show on a catalog item. Carries over to Shopify items. | 1 | 3 |
| Custom images on back issuesAdd your own images to back issue inventory. Carries over to Shopify items. | 0 | 3 |
| Back issue kioskAn iPad interface for customers to browse your back issues in the shop. (Coming soon: catalog items like games or other inventory) | $20 per month | ✓ |
| Store TVIn-store screens that rotate through top sellers, new arrivals, staff picks, and more. | $20/screen per month | 2 screens included, $15 each after |
| Transaction add-ons (CC surcharge, round up for charity)Charity round-ups, credit card surcharges, and other add-on line items at checkout. | $10 per month | ✓ |
| Messages 2.0Premium internal messaging with threaded comments, read receipts, image uploads, emoji reactions, and PIN-gated identity. | $20 per month | ✓ |
| Reorder builder (coming soon)A faster way to build distributor reorders. Instead of starting a distributor order and adding items to it, the reorder builder lets you gather a list of items and select the distributor you want to order them from. Super time saver for shops that do a lot of ordering from multiple distributors. | $40 per month | ✓ |
| Track your customer's back issue want listKeep a want list of the back issues each customer is hunting for. | $10 per month | ✓ |
| Automatically honor a quoted price for pulled itemsSave a quoted price and apply it automatically when the item is added to a transaction. Better for the ol' "Sure, I'll give you a dollar off when you come in tomorrow" promise. | $10 per month | ✓ |
| Cast images to customer-facing displayCast item images to an in-store customer-facing display. | $10 per month | ✓ |
| Change order calculatorPlan your bank runs. Compare each register's drawer against par levels and get a per-register change order plus one combined list to take to the bank. | Not available | ✓ |
| Detailed profit reports for transactions, invoices and buying collectionsGet easier details about how much profit you're making on transactions, invoices and collections you buy. The more you know... | Not available | ✓ |
| ConsignmentTrack consignment inventory and payouts. | $20 per month | ✓ |
| Page presence notificationsSee when other staff are viewing the same contact, invoice, item, or transaction. | Not available | ✓ |
| QR code labelsPrint QR code labels for items. Each label has a scannable QR code that opens the item's online product page, with customizable text beside it. | $5 per month | ✓ |
| Max staff accounts (haven't been enforced, but will be soon)How many staff logins your shop can have. | 5 (add more for $10/month or $40 for 5 staff accounts) | 10 (add more for $10/month or $20 for 5 staff accounts) |
| Non-register terminalsDevices that aren't tied to a register. | unlimited | unlimited |
| Maximum registers (haven't been enforced, but will be soon)How many point-of-sale registers your shop can run (you can always have as many non-transaction terminals as you need for no extra cost). | 2 (add more for $20/month per register) | 4 (add more for $20/month per register) |
Coming soon: more helpful features only available in CSA+
Also coming soon: CSA PRO for shops that need even more business-building features than CSA+ offers.