When St. Vincent de Paul outgrew their cash register, they turned to ThriftCart
St. Vincent de Paul’s grand opening was a huge success. In fact, their biggest challenge wasn’t soliciting donations or attracting customers — it was keeping up with their rapid growth.
Like many thrift stores, St. Vincent de Paul didn’t start with a point of sale (POS) system, relying instead on a simple cash register. They quickly outgrew this solution as customers and cashiers became frustrated with long lines, clunky manual discounts, and handwritten ledgers.
“From a technology standpoint, we were bottlenecked.”
That’s when Robert Moore, St. Vincent de Paul’s Executive Director, started looking for a solution. He wanted a POS system that was easy to use, capable of keeping up with the store’s high turnover, and able to grow with his organization.
ThriftCart quickly rose to the top of the list.
“The onboarding and training process was very simple. We were able to schedule a lot of these things on our own time so that we could work around business and employee scheduling. The overall process was very easy to understand — everything was laid out very, very easily for us.”
The St. Vincent de Paul team loved the simple onboarding process, customers loved the shorter lines, and leaders like Robert loved having access to real-time analytics about the thrift store’s performance.
“I definitely recommend ThriftCart. Just the ease of use, the fact that it was built specifically for thrift store use, is evident in how it operates.”
