Moneris Go Retail - Processing Transactions
Learn how to perform purchases and refunds, apply discounts, and print/email/text itemized receipts.
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Purchase / Point of sale
Purchase / Point of sale
When a customer is ready to check out, follow these steps to process a sale / purchase transaction in the web application.
Note: Before performing your first purchase, make sure you have configured the sales taxes for your province, if applicable. Refer to Tax settings. Also make sure your Moneris terminal is set up and placed in integrated mode.
- On the main menu, click Point of Sale.
Add a product from your Go Retail inventory
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Add a custom item (an item that is not in your Go Retail inventory)
You can sell items using the Go Retail solution even if they are not part of your standard Go Retail inventory. These are referred to as custom items—products that are not pre-listed in your catalogue but can still be added to a transaction manually. To add a custom item to the customer's cart, follow these steps:
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Cart options
- Continue adding products to the cart as requested by the customer. To access the options for the cart, click the options
icon beside "Cart" and choose an option as required:
- Apply a discount to the cart (or remove a discount): To apply a discount to the cart (i.e. the whole order), click Apply discount, enter a percentage or dollar value, and click Apply. The discount is applied to each product in the cart. If you made an error on the discount, click the options icon again, then click Remove discount.
- Remove all items from the cart and start over: To remove all items, including any discounts, from the cart, click Clear order. At the confirmation prompt, click Yes. The cart is now empty. You can begin adding products again.
- Confirm with the customer that the order is correct. To make changes to a particular item, click on the item under Cart. The Product Details panel appears.
- Change the quantity, color, size, or other attribute, as needed, then click Update.
- To apply a discount to the item, click Apply discount. Enter the percentage or dollar value. Click Update.
- To remove a discount from an item, click the x on the discount that appears below the price. Click Update.
- To remove the item from the cart, click the trash can icon. At the confirmation prompt, click Yes.
Process payment
- When you are ready to process payment, click Checkout at the top of the page.
- The Checkout page appears showing the total amount due and the payment options. Select a payment option (debit/credit or cash) based on how the customer wants to pay.
- Continue the appropriate steps in the table below based on the payment type: debit/credit or cash.
Debit or credit card | Cash |
Make sure there is a terminal identified under "Selected terminal." Moneris Go Retail will automatically select the last terminal that was used. If you see the message "All terminals are offline," make sure your terminal is powered on, then click Refresh. If you have more than one terminal, and you wish to use a different terminal than the one displayed, click Select another terminal, choose an available terminal from the list, and click Confirm. To continue with the purchase, click Charge. Pass the terminal to the customer to enter their card and respond to any prompts. |
Enter the amount of cash received from the customer and click Confirm. Note: Dollar values will be rounded to the nearest $0.05. |
If the customer offers split payments (for example, $100 in cash and the remaining balance on their debit card), refer to Multiple payments for an order (split tender).
- The Payment complete screen appears showing the total paid, the method of payment, and receipt options, as well as an order summary.
- If the customer paid by cash, provide any change due to them.
- If the customer would like an itemized receipt, choose one of the following:
- To print a receipt on the terminal, make sure the terminal is powered on and connected, then click Print receipt.
- To send a receipt by email or text, click Email/SMS receipt. Choose Email or SMS. Enter the customer's email address or cellular phone number. Click Send.
- The order is complete. If needed, you can start a return of one or more items from the order; for example, the customer changed their mind about an item.
- Click on the Order number.
- Click Initiate a return.
- Follow the steps under the Refund topic.
Multiple payments for an order (split tender)
Processing an order with multiple payments (split tender)
Go Retail allows you to accept more than one payment for a single order. This is commonly called split tender. For example, a customer can pay a portion of the balance using cash and the rest of the balance using one or more credit cards, or any combination of the payments types you accept (for example, cash, debit card, and credit card). Go Retail supports up to 5 payments for a single order.
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Resuming an order that was interrupted
If an order is interrupted or incomplete, you can resume the order by following these steps.
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When the order opens, click Resume. |
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Apply a Discount to an Order - Instructional Video
Refunds
Single payment
Follow this procedure to perform a refund for orders with a single payment (vs multiple payments or split tender).
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Multiple payments (split tender)
Refund an order with multiple payments (split tender)
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Resume a refund that was interrupted
If a refund is interrupted or incomplete, you can resume the refund by following these steps.
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Transactions not supported
Transactions not supported
Moneris Go Retail POS does not currently support these transactions.
- Independent refund
- Preauthorization / Completion
- Void (Perform a refund instead of a void.)
While these transactions are not part of current release of Go Retail, they are available within the broader functions of the Go portal depending on your permissions. You may perform them using the virtual terminal by clicking Payment on the main menu. The virtual terminal allows you to process transactions using manual card entry. Transactions processed on the virtual terminal will not be reflected in your Go Retail inventory. For example, if you perform a purchase on the virtual terminal, the purchased product will not be deducted from your inventory, nor will the taxes be calculated. Similarly, a refund transaction on the virtual terminal will not return the product back to inventory or calculate appropriate taxes.
Note: The virtual terminal does not support voids.
For help with the virtual terminal, refer to the Moneris Go portal support page.
Receipts
Receipts
During each transaction, Go Retail allows you to print a receipt or send an e-receipt to the customer, by email or SMS (text). This detailed receipt includes the items purchased, any discounts applied, as well as payment details (credit card / debit card / cash).
If you need to reprint or resend a receipt, refer to Managing Orders - View order details, reprint/resend a receipt, and initiate a return.
Sample receipt and description
Item | Description |
A | Merchant name. Your merchant name followed by your address. |
B | Order #. This is the Moneris Go Retail POS order number. |
C | Item quantity. The quantity of each item purchased. |
D | Item price. This is the full price of the item. |
E | Variant. If the item purchased is a variant, such as size, color, or style, it is shown here. |
F | Discounted price. The price of an item after a discount was applied. |
G | Order discount. The percentage value of all discounts applied to the order. |
H | Total discounts. The dollar value of all discounts applied to the order. |
I | Subtotal. The full price of the items purchased minus all discounts. |
J | Taxes. The type of tax and the amount of tax payable. |
K | Total. The total amount due for the order. |
L | Type. The type of transaction (purchase, refund) |
M | Acct. The card brand (for example, Visa, Mastercard). Not applicable to cash. |
N | Order No. The order number of the payment. |
Card masking
When shown on receipts, all card numbers are masked except for the last 4 digits. Masking replaces a card’s numbers with asterisks (example, ************1234). The expiry date is not printed on any copy of any receipt. These measures help to prevent fraud.
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