7 | Charity Donations (Round Up)

This article showcases the "Round Up" Till Extension which is used for accepting charity donations from SmartPOS by rounding the transaction total to the nearest whole number and marking that amount for donation. To facilitate a growing market in 'Thrift' and 'Goodwill' stores, this feature allows customers who are socially conscious to contribute the rounded amount to a charity.

This article showcases the "Round Up" Till Extension which is used for accepting charity donations from SmartPOS by rounding the transaction total to the nearest whole number and marking that amount for donation.

To facilitate a growing market in 'Thrift' and 'Goodwill' stores, this feature allows customers who are socially conscious to contribute the rounded amount to a charity.

Till Extension Step-by-step Guide

A device is required to be added to the Workstation/Till for this functionality to prompt at SmartPOS
Device Type: Till Extension
External DLL Name: Tillx_donations.dll
Class Name: Round Up

Device Options

Always Print Receipt: (This overrides any other Print Flag options and forces a Printed Receipt after every Tender)
POS Prompt Msg: (Allows for a custom message to prompt at SmartPOS)
POS Prod Select Header: ()
Round Up Tax: (Options for Tax and Tax-Free and Product Settings)

Setup Rules

Products (Allows you to specify a product within Bepoz that you want to associate the donation too for reporting purposes)
Payments (Allows you to specify which tender types you want the roundup to trigger on)

SmartPOS Workflow

Any item sold that is not a whole amount will result in the prompt asking the user if they would like to donate to charity

Rounding values within Venue setups do not have to be altered