Getting started: your first day with Amateta

This guide takes a new shop from sign-up to the first sale. Most shops finish it in under an hour.

1. Create your account

1. Go to Get Started and enter your name, business name, email and a password.
2. We email you a code. Type it in to confirm your email address.
3. You start on a 14-day free trial with every feature switched on. No card is needed.

2. Set up the business

Open Settings in the menu and fill in Business Information:

• Business name, address and phone — these print on every receipt.
• VAT number and VAT rate. With a VAT number your A4 documents say "TAX INVOICE".
• Business Logo — prints on receipts, tax invoices and quotations.
• Bank Details — shown on invoices so customers can pay by EFT.

3. Add your products

See Adding products. You can add them one by one, or import a whole price list from a spreadsheet.

4. Add your staff

See Staff, roles and who can sell. Each person gets their own sign-in, so every sale shows who made it.

5. Open a shift and sell

1. Open Cash Register and start a shift with the float in the drawer.
2. Open Point of Sale, scan or tap products, and press Pay.
3. At closing time, close the shift and count the drawer — see Shifts and cash-up.

6. Install the till on your counter computer

For a counter that must keep selling when the internet drops, install the Windows desktop till — see Installing the desktop till.