Hardware and DIY on iVendNext

Hardware and DIY · checked 2026-10-24

The hardware stack: Set-up and extensions by a partner or your own team surround everything. On the left, your own ERP and your web store, both connected to iVendNext. Inside iVendNext, the stock and back office at the bottom, the one till in the middle, and six hardware apps on top.

Hardware and DIY on iVendNext is for a hardware retailer: home improvement and DIY, specialty hardware, garden and outdoor, or building supply. It runs on the iVendNext POS, the same till every store uses. Items are sold by the piece, the box, the bag or the meter. Trade customers have their own price lists and their own rules, and tools carry warranties. Your own ERP keeps the books beside iVendNext. This section lists the apps for the industry, links each app's guide, and shows how a store is set up.

Apps a hardware store turns on

App	What it does	Get it	Page
Bin locations	Keeps locations, aisles and bins inside a store, and shows the cashier or the floor staff which bin an item is in.	Free	Guide
Customers by store	Sets at which stores each customer group may buy, such as trade customers at the trade counter only.	Free	Guide
Payment method rules	Sets which payment methods each customer group may use at the till.	Free	Guide
Price-checker kiosk	A tablet on the shop floor where a customer scans an item and sees its name, picture and price.	Free	Guide
Warranty terms	Keeps each item's warranty term in months, for a till key or a service you connect.	Free	Guide
Click and collect	Lists the web orders a store must pick, and records who collected each one.	Free	Guide

Library apps a hardware store often adds

App	What it does	Get it	Page
Till guard rules	Checks at the till: no line at a placeholder price, a most per line, a manager for a large sale, and a question when a flagged item is scanned.	Free	Guide
Coupon rules	Rules for your own coupons, such as a first purchase only or one customer group only, checked when the cashier presses Pay.	Free	Guide

The till, the handheld and forecasts

App	What it does	Get it	Page
iVendNext POS	The till for your stores, in the browser on a phone, a tablet or the counter.	Needs a key	Guide
iVendNext Handheld	Stock work by barcode on a rugged handheld or a phone: receive goods, move stock between stores, count and look up items.	Needs a key	App library card
Counter hardware	Connects the counter's cash drawer, receipt printer and customer display to the till.	Needs a key	Guide
Foresight	Forecasts for stock, sales and cash flow from your own data, with suggested actions drafted for your team to review.	Needs a key	Guide

Your ERP and your web store

App	What it does	Get it	Page
SAP Business One	Keeps iVendNext and SAP Business One in step: master data comes across, and your stores' sales, returns and transfers post back.	Needs a key	App library card
Acumatica	Acumatica stays your system of record. Items, prices and customers come from it, and your stores' sales, returns and payments go back to it.	Needs a key	Guide
WooCommerce	Links your web shop: products, prices and stock go to the shop, and paid web orders, payments and refunds come back.	Needs a key	Guide

Each app has its own card in the App library. Apps marked Free you install yourself. Apps marked Needs a key come with a key from iVendNext, which your partner adds. Apps marked Through your partner are installed and hosted for you by your partner. Your iVendNext partner can set up and host any of them and extend the free ones, or your own team can.

Being built

These parts are being built and have no guide yet: M-Pesa and Paystack payments.

Where to start

Open Setting up a hardware store. It follows the order a store is set up in, from the first check of your needs to going live.