The BCSS program is tiered, starting with BCSS Intro at $159 and graduating to Deluxe at $395, Diamond at $595 and Virtual at $795.

This structure makes shop computerization more affordable and it provides a gradual development of skills needed to take advantage of more sophisticated software features.

The full purchase price of any BCSS Edition will be applied toward the purchase of a higher edition.

About BCSS Editions - Intro, Deluxe, Diamond and Virtual

BCSS Intro is a starter program that records and manages consignor, sales, settlements and disbursements information It processes sales (including auto-computation of sales tax(es), change due buyer and settlements due consignors). It prints address labels and price labels. It auto-fills and prints consignment agreements with Consignor and shop information. Basic important sales and Consignor reports are included.

Inventory and discounts are entered at the point of sale, saving a considerable amount data entry (time, effort and money) for items that never sell and/or for shops that don't need or want to track inventory.

Intro is a simple program that does a whole lot for 3 low annual installment payments. With the 3rd payment (after 2 years) BCSS is auto-upgraded from Intro to Deluxe.

BCSS Deluxe prints a wide variety of labels and hang tags with or without bar codes. It reads bar codes. It 'batches' many functions so processes like settlements, label and check printing can be done at the flick of a button. Deluxe can auto-discount or manually discount aged inventory. Each inventory category can have its own discount rate. The number of reports jump from a few essentials to over 300. Deluxe handles buy outright, layaway, house-account, rentals and special sales promotions. Consignor and Buyer records may be imported/exported in .csv (comma-separated values) format. Changes and new records added to the spreadsheet will update BCSS records.

BCSS Diamond is in a class all its own. What's better than Deluxe? Thermal tag printing (with Zebra Thermal Printers), including price tags (with or without bar codes) - Complete management of buyers (in addition to consignors), and employees (each with a different commission schedule, a different level of access to areas of store information). Each employee's cash drawer can be audited at any time. Networking (multiple computers sharing the same data) - Mall space rental management - Wish Lists...

BCSS Virtual Phase I has been completed. Consignors can have access to account information online. In Phase II consignors will be able to add items online. Store owners will have an online store later in where items may be sold accepting various forms of payment including credit cards.

Here's a chart comparing Intro, Deluxe, Diamond and Virtual. (Virtual has the same features as Diamond plus the online capabilities mentioned above.)

Features (Mouse over features for explanations.)	Intro	Deluxe	Diamond	Virtual
Change Due Buyer Auto-Computed, Auto-Entered
Checks, Print
Credit Memo (Full or Partial Refund)
Data Backup/Export/Restore/Refresh
Invoices, Professional
Inventory List for 1 Consignor
Labels, Address and Price
Reports - Consignor and Sales
Sales Taxes, 2 Types, Auto Computed and Entered
Bar Codes, Print and Scan
Bonus Consignors for Store Credit Settlements
Buyer Fee
Cash Drawer/Receipt Printer
Checks, Bad Check List
Checks, Print in Batch
Consignor % - Selective Batch Change
Credit Balance Auto-Entered at POS
Data Import
Disbursements, Records and Reports
Discounts, Automatic Aged
Hang Tags
House Accounts Inventory. Auto Transfer of Aged Items
Inventory Balances, Dynamic Tracking
Inventory, Batch Enter/Edit/Delete - Automate Processes
Inventory, Batch Delete by Consignor or Category
Inventory Categories w/User-Definitions
Inventory, Discount by Category
Inventory, Discount Single Item on Invoice
Inventory, Transfer to Shop
Inventory Pictures
Inventory Reports Detailed
Inventory, Return to Consignor
Inventory Undelete
Invoice, Discount Disclosure
Invoice, Split Payment 6 Types
Invoices Tabbed
Invoice, Tax Per Item
Layaways
QuickBooks, Export Data
Receipt Printing - multi-ply 3" (hardware not included)
Rental Sales
Sale on Hold
Sales Promotions
Sales Taxes, Multiple, Auto Computed and Entered
Settlements, Batch Processing
Settlement Payments to 1 Consignor
User Text Fields
Bar Codes on Non-Adhesive Thermal Labels
Buyer Records
Buyer Demographics
Discount by Category
Employee Cash-Drawer Audit
Employee Information Access Control
Employee Variable Commission Schedules
Inventory, Storage
Mall Floor Space Rental
Networking, Multiple Locations & Stations
Wish Lists
Zebra 2824/2844/TLP Thermal Printer Support
Your Own Internet Account
Consignors View Accounts Online
Consignors Add Inventory Online
Online Store
Pricing - The final cost of BCSS is less than its initial price for 2 very important reasons: There are no fees after purchase and you can sell BCSS when you no longer need it.
	Intro	Deluxe	Diamond	Virtual
BCSS Software (One License)	$ 159	$ 395	$  595	$  795
Tethered Scanner/Stand		218	218	218
Cordless Scanner		699	699	699
Cash Drawer		188	188	188
Receipt Printer		313	313	313
Total Cost w/Tethered Scanner/Stand		603	803	1083
Shipping	n/a	0	0	0
Total for Software, Scanner, Cash Drawer, Receipt Printer	$ 159	$ 1140	$ 1340	$ 1540
Package Software, Scanner, Drawer, Printer	n/a	$ 879	$ 999	$ 1299
Before you get locked into a software program, consider: Networking - As your business grows, you will need more computers. A copy of the consignment software must be purchased for each computer. Liberty and Consignpro charge $1,475 for 5 additional copies and they raise the annual support fee as high as $250 to $2,339.40 (not a typo). Email Support (Add the domain name mm.st to your email program's Approved Senders List or White List to lessen the chance that spam filters will block our emails to you. (Instructions) For phone and remote PC help, contact: Joy Archer, enJoy Consigning Services, 972-898-7921 (NY), Email, or Computer Mechanics, 800-448-1436 (MI), email.