Gun stores, in general, have gigantic workflows which entail various critical processes such as eCommerce, online range management, mobile checkout, live inventory management, sales and ATF compliance. One of the reasons firearm retail stores and shooting range operators are struggling to manage their business efficiently is due to the point solutions and manual processes in use, which are often inefficient, and become hurdles to profitable growth. To carry out all the operations smoothly and efficiently, these organizations need a dynamic and robust POS system. But, many POS solutions available in the market are expensive and not industry-specific. It requires workarounds and a support team with an in-depth understanding of a gun store’s daily operations or range. The lack of robust technology like cloud platforms and integrated systems has been a headache for in the shooting sports retail operators over the last couple of decades. Also, while some POS systems may meet some of their customers needs, most have relied on third-party applications and partner relationships to fulfill the most meaningful of state and federal government’s complex regulatory requirements.

Having recognized this shortcoming, Orchid Solutions set out to create Orchid POS, the most relevant and thoughtfully-engineered POS, eCommerce and payment processing platform in the industry. “Being in this industry for over 10 years, we’ve observed that most of the POS solutions deployed are costly on-premise solutions and none that we’ve seen satisfy all of a gun store’s needs from one legal entity and at a fair price,” states Michelle Rydberg, COO and Co-Founder. To fill this gap, Rydberg and the team decided to build unique feature-rich Point-of-Sale (POS) software, allowing single and multi-location gun stores to manage all their processes from a single portal. This includes native applications such as an eCommerce storefront, an eBound Book / 4473 module, gunsmithing, online firearm safety class registration, firearm rentals, payment processing engine and more. Along with retailers, the company also delivers its industry-specific payment processing solution, Orchid Pay, to manufacturers and distributors of firearms worldwide. “Our ultimate mission is to help the shooting sports industry profitably manufacture, distribute and sell products with great efficiency and the utmost compliance,” says Rydberg.

The company offers a wide range of lightweight, in-store and mobile POS hardware that is priced affordably for gun stores of any size. “Depending on the nature of their retail firearm store or physical presence, customers can choose between an allin-one unit or separate components,” explains Rydberg. For those Gun store retailers that prefer operating their business through mobile, Orchid Solutions provides a mobile smart-phone driven POS app. The company’s software and hardware are both backed by the attorneys at FFL Law.

Another exciting aspect of the company’s software is its plug-and-play integration capability. Together with our modern API-technology and non-affiliated partners, the software easily allows the presentation of an endless isle of live inventory from industry distributors to the fingertips of an Orchid POS user and their online shoppers.