Sizes, colours, unlabelled stock, layaway and orders coming in on WhatsApp and Instagram. Here is what a boutique or clothing store POS in Guyana needs to handle, and what to ask before you buy.
Running a boutique in Guyana is not like running a general shop. One style comes in several sizes and colours. Stock often arrives without barcodes. Customers "put it down" and pay it off over weeks. And a lot of your sales happen on WhatsApp and Instagram, not just across the counter.
A generic cash register can take payment for a dress. It cannot tell you whether you still have the medium in red. This guide explains what a boutique or clothing store POS should do, the questions to ask, and what it costs in Guyana.
Sizes and Colours: Why Variant Tracking Matters
One dress in three sizes and four colours is not one stock item. It is twelve. If your system counts it as "dress, 12 in stock", you will not know you are out of the small in black until a customer asks for it.
A boutique POS needs size and colour variant inventory, with each combination counted as its own stock item. Then you always know exactly what is on the rail, and your reorders are based on what actually sold.
Printing Barcode Labels for Unlabelled Stock
One of the problems boutique owners bring us is stock that arrives without barcodes. That does not have to slow down checkout.
Look for a POS that prints barcode labels for new stock as it comes in. Label everything once when it arrives, then scan it at checkout. Prices are right, the correct variant comes off stock, and your counter moves faster.
Layaway Without the Copybook
Layaway, or "putting it down", is how a lot of boutique customers buy. The trouble is that it usually lives in a copybook: deposits written on one page, payments on another, and a pickup date nobody remembers.
A boutique POS should let you record the deposit, track the balance and the pickup date, and see all outstanding layaways in one report. The same goes for regular credit customers. Layaway, deposits and customer credit accounts belong in the system, not on loose paper.
Spotting Slow Movers Before They Tie Up Cash
In fashion, stock that does not sell is cash sitting on a hanger. The longer it sits, the harder it is to move.
Best-seller and slow-mover reports by style show you what is not selling by style, size and season. That lets you mark down early instead of storing dead stock, and buy more of what your customers actually want next time.
Selling on WhatsApp and Instagram Too
Most Guyanese boutiques sell as much through WhatsApp and Instagram as they do across the counter. That is where overselling happens: a size gets promised in a chat after it was already sold in the shop.
The fix is one accurate stock count behind all of it. When counter sales and social sales come out of the same POS stock, you never promise a size you already sold, and you can see which styles actually make you money. When you are ready for a real online store, we build e-commerce websites that can connect to the same inventory.
Staff Logins and a Second Branch
Individual staff logins and sales tracking show who sold what, and keep discounts and voids tied to a name. If you want deeper protection, Computing Core's loss prevention flags suspicious discounts, edited or voided sales, refund abuse and register discrepancies using the data your POS already records. The loss prevention module is included in the Enterprise plan.
When the business grows, the POS should grow with it. Multi-location stock lets you run a second branch and still see what is on every rail.
Blackout-Proof Checkout and GRA VAT Receipts
Power and internet outages should not stop a sale. With Computing Core, sales keep recording offline during power or internet outages, then sync automatically when you are back online. Our offline POS guide explains how.
Every sale also produces an automatic GRA-compliant VAT receipt, with the VAT shown as its own line. If you are not sure what your receipt must show, read our GRA VAT receipt guide.
Boutique POS Vendor Checklist
Before you sign with any provider, ask to see these working with your own kind of stock:
Does it track every size and colour as its own stock item?
Can it print barcode labels for stock that arrives unlabelled?
How does layaway work: deposit, balance, pickup date, and a report of everything outstanding?
Can I see slow movers by style, size and season?
Does it keep working during a blackout or when the internet drops?
Can I see a sample GRA VAT receipt?
Who sets up all my styles and variants, and who trains my staff?
Who Sets Up Your Stock
Loading a boutique is fiddly work: every style, every size, every colour, every price. At Computing Core it is done by our Implementation Specialist Loreena De Cunha, an inventory manager with over a decade of retail experience running multiple stores at once. She structures your styles, variants and pricing on-site and trains your staff on the system.
What a Boutique POS Costs with Computing Core
Computing Core POS plans are billed once a year, work online and offline, and include tech support. One-time setup is separate.
| Plan | Annual price | One-time setup | Key additions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | GYD 36,000 / year | GYD 40,000 | Core POS online and offline: sales, receipts, customer accounts, inventory, barcode, reports, users |
| Standard | GYD 60,000 / year | GYD 60,000 | Everything in Basic, plus advanced inventory and advanced reporting |
| Premium | GYD 103,680 / year | GYD 90,000 | Everything in Standard, plus multi-location management and advanced business management |
| Enterprise | GYD 144,000 / year | GYD 120,000 | Everything in Premium, plus priority support, loss prevention and the full accounting package |
Basic covers cloud POS online and offline, sales and checkout, receipts and invoices, customer accounts, purchases and expenses, inventory, barcode, reports, users and permissions, plus backups, updates and support. Standard adds advanced inventory and advanced reporting. Premium adds multi-location management and advanced business management. Enterprise adds priority support, the loss prevention module, the full accounting package and connecting the POS to other business tools. The accounting package is included in Enterprise, not sold as a separate add-on. Custom API work is quoted separately.
If you plan to open a second branch, multi-location management starts at Premium. Call us and we will recommend the right plan for your shop size.
Hardware is separate. The full hardware package is GYD 285,000 one-time and includes a Lenovo Tiny desktop computer, monitor, barcode scanner, receipt printer, cash drawer and on-site installation. See POS hardware for Guyana businesses for what is in the box.
For help comparing quotes, see our POS software pricing guide.
Run Your Boutique Like a Business
Computing Core POS already runs in Guyanese clothing stores and boutiques, with setup and support from a real local team. Computing Core is Guyanese-owned and has been serving businesses from the East Coast Demerara since 2014.
Call or WhatsApp +592 600-1096 or email service@computingcore.net for a free on-site demo, and see your stock, sizes and layaways in one system.
Written by Carlos De Cunha
Co-founder of Computing Core, Guyana's local POS software specialists since 2014. Full profile →