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Selling with Amateta
Every step at the till with screenshots: signing in, opening the shift, cash, card, EFT, change, tips, split bills, refunds, restaurant tables and the cash-up.
5.4 MB · updated 30 Oct 2026
Help centre
Set up and use Amateta POS
Choose a topic or download a guide for your team.
Getting started
Create your business account
Sign up, confirm your email, set up the business and invite staff.
Read guide →Getting started: your first day with Amateta
Create the account, set up the business, add products and staff, and make the first sale.
Read guide →Adding products, categories and barcodes
Add products one at a time or import a price list; categories, barcodes, variants and the Bin.
Read guide →Staff, roles and who can sell
Add cashiers, managers and supervisors; what each role can do; PINs; who may take payment.
Read guide →Desktop till
Using the desktop till each day
Sign in, sync, open a shift, sell offline and close the drawer.
Read guide →Installing the Windows desktop till
Download, install and activate the till that keeps selling without internet.
Read guide →Licence keys and computers (tills)
How one key works on several computers, moving to a new PC, and what the plan allows.
Read guide →Selling
Shifts, cash-up and the Z-report
Open a shift with a float, take payments, close the shift, count the drawer and print the Z-report.
Read guide →Returns, refunds and voiding a sale
Take back goods, refund by the original method, and void a sale made in error.
Read guide →Tips and card change: how they work at the till
Switch tips on or off for every till, give change when the card machine charged more, and keep the cash-up right.
Read guide →Cash-up slip: print less, save the paper roll
Choose whether the X / Z report prints the totals only, the products sold, or every sale.
Read guide →Restaurant
Stock
Stock control: purchases, counts and write-offs
Receive deliveries, count stock, write off damaged goods and see every movement.
Read guide →Branches, warehouses and stock transfers
Run several shops and warehouses from one account: stock per branch, transfers with delivery notes.
Read guide →Import products and prices from another system
Bring in your product list, update prices or add delivered stock from Excel, CSV, Text or HTML exports.
Read guide →Stock: see when it came in, and why it is never counted twice
Where to see every delivery, stock in and transfer in, and how the system keeps stock right.
Read guide →Customers & documents
Hardware & printing
Account & billing
Plans, payment and renewal
Choose a plan, pay by EFT, upload proof of payment, and how renewal works.
Read guide →Backups, updates and getting help
How your data is kept safe, and what to do when something does not work.
Read guide →When the plan ends: grace period and offline tills
What happens on the website and on desktop tills when a paid period or trial ends.
Read guide →Download and print
Keep a guide at the till
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Stock with Amateta
How stock works and every step with screenshots: products, suppliers, deliveries, corrections, wastage, stock counts, recipes, processing and branches.
6.5 MB · updated 30 Oct 2026PDF
Multi-branch & main shop setup
Set up a head office, branches, a warehouse and every till from A to Z: licence keys, computers, staff, stock and transfers.
3.6 MB · updated 30 Oct 2026