Marketplace

Mariner offers several enterprise tools and integrations that work with our POS solutions to help you run your business more efficiently and securely.

 

These include tools for Marketing, Operations, and Management.

 

Our single-vendor solutions allow you to spend more time growing your business and less time sourcing and tracking down support from multiple suppliers.

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Marketing

Email Marketing

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NCR Customer Connect App

Integrated POS email marketing tool. Segment your customers based on purchase history, customer category, preferences, and other data attached to their customer record.

Detail

  • Create automated recurring email campaigns - welcome new customers, acknowledge birthdays, send loyalty program statements, offer special discounts/flash sales
  • Target emails to specific customer segments
  • Completely integrated with your Counterpoint/GreenPoint/CannaPoint POS system
  • Decrease advertising spending while increasing its effectiveness

Pricing from $15.75/month
No contracts, no set up fees
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Text Marketing

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Mariner Mobile Messaging App

Integrates with your Counterpoint/GreenPoint/CannaPoint customer database. Includes scheduling, targeting, analytics reporting, and other useful features. 

Detail

AUTO SEND TEXT

Put your marketing on auto pilot with triggered text messages. For example:

  • Text your customers after their purchase, thanking them and inviting them to post a review.
  • Text your customers when they haven't shopped with you in awhile.
  • Text your customers for birthdays and anniversaries.

USE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL LISTS

Communicate to your loyal customers and market to prospects.

BOUNCE BACK REPORTS

Measure your text message results to drive decisions about future campaigns.

OPT OUT OPTION

Give your customer the choice to opt in or out of your text messaging program.

Gift Cards

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Gift Cards from Mariner

Gift card programs are affordable and easy to implement. They also provide a great shopping experience for customers and generate more revenue for your business.

Detail

  • Build brand awareness with both physical and virtual cards
  • Safer and more convenient than paper gift certificates
  • Generate revenue in advance of providing goods or services
  • Offers engagement to new customers
  • Capture more holiday sales
  • Proven higher average check
  • 72% of users who redeem spend more than the value of the card

Loyalty and Rewards

Mariner Loyalty Program

 Drive repeat business and build long-term relationships with your customers online and in-store with various options from points to freebies and more.

Detail

  • Build brand awareness with your logo on custom manufactured cards
  • Segment customer purchasing habits for efficient allocation of resources and staffing
  • Understand consumer’s purchases to fine tune product development 
  • Measure redemption, participation and active engagement rates for analytics
  • Customer surveys for marketing feedback

Operations

Mobile Operations

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Secure WiFi Products

Improve efficiencies with WiFi devices that facilitate operations like curbside check-in, touchless payments, physical inventory, receiving, and more.

Detail

WIRELESS TABLETS

  • To make sales on-site, in-store, or curbside
  • Line busting
  • Access internet to assist in product selection
  • Inventory receiving, transfers, purchasing
  • Cellular option in case of faulty wifi
  • 2D scanner built-in
  • Drivers license scanning
  • Docking station included for use as a register

PORTABLE CHIP READERS

  • Connects via bluetooth
  • No signature required
  • Connects to credit card payment gateway
  • Attaches to tablet or handheld
  • Secure and touchless

WIRELESS SCAN GUNS

  • Create hold tickets for sales orders, line busting, etc.
  • Receiving and purchasing
  • Transfers
  • Physical Inventory
  • Long Range Scanning

MERAKI ACCESS POINT

  • Guest WIFI and corporate network WIFI
  • PCI DSS Level 1 certified cloud networking platform with built-in compliance checking to validate network configuration. Cloud data fully encrypted with SSL and securely stored
  • PCI DSS reporting
  • WPA2 encryption for wireless traffic
  • Wireless health notifications
  • Simple setup - no onsite technician required
  • Built in firewall
  • Powerful analysis and visualizations, heat maps
  • Utilize Facebook check-in to collect customer demographics

MERAKI FIREWALL

  • Protect your data from malicious attacks
  • Easy to implement and setup remote workers (3 clicks)
  • Content filtering protects network from inappropriate/harmful content
  • Ensures PCI compliancy
  • Failover system to cellular connection for continuous internet access for data transfer and credit card authorizations

OTHER

  • Various devices for mobility, security and touchless environments

SECURITY OPTIONS

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Mariner Security Hardware and Service

Smart cameras, managed firewalls and access points, and employee security cards. Mariner partners with Cisco Meraki, Microsoft, and Webroot to provide a secure environment for your business. 

Detail

Mariner partners with Cisco Meraki, Microsoft, Webroot, WatchGuard and other vendors to provide a secure and compliant environment for your business. 

SMART CAMERAS

  • Centralized cloud management
  • Simple setup from a single box
  • Bandwidth-conscious high definition video
  • Advanced on-board mobile processor
  • SSL security and data encryption]

MANAGED FIREWALLS

  • Centralized cloud management
  • Intrusion detection engine
  • Layer 7 traffic classification and control
  • Identity-based and device-aware security
  • 3G/4G cellular and dual uplink support

ACCESS POINTS

  • Centralized cloud management
  • Zero touch provisioning
  • Multi-site management
  • Smart analytics dashboard
  • Faster connections and capacity

EMPLOYEE CARDS

  • Reduce buddy punching
  • Eliminate comp and void fraud
  • Speed up system access
  • Restrict and manage access
  • Promote accountability/productivity

For product specifics, see our catalog of security hardware.

PAYMENT PROCESSING

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Mariner Payment Solutions

Mariner offers several affordable, secure payment processing options for your business including cashless ATMs, Credit, PIN debit, and CBD processing. Built with security in mind, Mariner provides a seamless setup between your POS and processing platform.

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Mariner Payment Solutions is your gateway to simple, inexpensive payment processing for all types of operations.

GENERAL RETAIL:

  • Fully integrated to POS
  • PCI-DSS compliant
  • Competitive rates
  • Transparent pricing with no hidden fees
  • Expert support team
  • Mobile and contactless options
  • eCommerce solutions
  • Price comparison and analysis

DISPENSARIES:

Increase revenue by up to 25% by accepting payments by card.

  • Cashless ATM fees starting at $3.25 per transaction (paid by consumer)
  • PIN Debit starting at 2.95%
  • PCI-DSS compliant
  • Access to industry-friendly banks and credit unions
  • Secure, fast, compliant transactions
  • Integrated and non-integrated options available
  • Price comparison and analysis

ECOMMERCE

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 Mariner eCommerce

We combine the best of breed eCommerce software platforms and your Counterpoint/GreenPoint/CannaPoint POS into one solution. Easily manage your eCommerce store and retail store from one common interface.

Detail

  • Fully integrated with eCommerce site utilizing one inventory system
  • Easy to use and maintain without needing a full-time web person
  • Order online—pick up at store
  • Integrated gift cards for in-store shopping and online purchases
  • Eliminate charges for 3rd party gift cards
  • Integrations available for Leafly, I Heart Jane, and Weedmaps.

WEB STORE DESIGN

Mariner recognizes the importance of brand continuity. The Mariner web team will work with you to develop the design of your eCommerce site to continue your overall brand look and feel.

UNLIMITED IMAGES AND VIDEOS

The Mariner eCommerce package offers MORE image features for customers to see the product details, color, and texture. Built-in zooms let consumers see the finer details of every product. Show off the front, back, inside, and other views of each product with an unlimited number of alternate images and videos.

HOSTING

High performance and economical hosting – Mariner’s hosting platform is designed especially for high performance and speed for the Magento eCommerce software. Our pricing is based on a flat rate with no escalation in price based on sales volume.

Digital Customer Displays

Retail Signage 

Time-strapped small business owners with limited resources need signage that’s easy to update. Digital displays are an effective way to communicate with customers.

Detail

  • Create brand awareness
  • Drive return traffic thru engaging sales promotions
  • Sync POS inventory data in real time for accuracy
  • Cloud-based management for ease of use
  • Real time remote content distribution
  • Embedded media player for simplicity and cost
  • Powered by Samsung displays for optimal color and resolution

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Management

LABOR SCHEDULING

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Labor Management / Time Clock

powered by Buddy Punch

Track employee time and attendance with payroll exports that provide a comprehensive view of labor costs across all departments/locations.

Detail

  • Access on any device
  • Manage paid and unpaid time off without calculations or spreadsheets
  • Run customizable reports to simplify payroll
  • Integrates with your payroll software
  • Push notifications let your employees know when they should be working or when they’ve forgotten to punch in
  • Monitor overtime and who is making changes to their time card with real-time alerts
  • Monitor your employees' location by using our GPS tracker
  • Optional webcam and device lock features to control and monitor who is punching in
  • Track time-off requests with our built-in calendar that allows employees to book or request time off
  • Quickly review, verify, input, and analyze employee timesheets in minutes

DASHBOARD/ANALYTICS

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Mariner Charts and Graphs 

Quick, easy-to-digest data summaries. Responsive data analytics can help you monitor the health of your business and reveal sales trends and growth opportunities.

Detail

  • Inventory margins and selling trends
  • COGS & Margins – total business, by store, category, top revenue producers
  • Comparative Analysis
  • Units per Transactions
  • Dollars by Ticket
  • Sales by Hour/Day
  • Sales by Sales Rep
  • Access by mobile device 

SMART ALERTS

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NCR Smart Alerts

Receive text or email alerts to keep track of store activity even when you’re not onsite. Choose the alert parameters that best suit your business needs.

Detail

  • Store operations
  • Daily sales figures
  • Fraud prevention
  • Customer service
  • Custom alerts based on your business needs

WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT

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Mariner Warehouse Management

Mariner’s Warehouse Management solution integrates wireless equipment and technology to maintain an efficient way to store, track, and find your products.

Detail

  • Track products in multiple physical locations
  • Manage inventory from anywhere in the warehouse with mobile devices and tablets
  • View reports by physical location in a warehouse
  • Scalable to handle the inventory data for a single warehouse to an unlimited number of physical warehouse locations
  • Unlimited number of manufacturer barcodes can be associated with an item or create your own barcodes by using the system’s auto-generate barcode feature
  • Manage moves between bin locations easily with wireless devices
  • Generate reconciliation reports

PURCHASE ORDERS

  • Multi-location purchasing with automatic distribution by location
  • Drop ship purchase orders
  • Suggested purchase quantities using built in features to order by par levels or past sales activity
  • Purchase orders can be copied, reissued, cancelled and reprinted on demand

RECEIVING

  • Receive full or partial quantities from purchase orders
  • Adjust shipments at the time of receiving for cost or quantity
  • Add items on-the-fly for different items received than ordered
  • Print labels automatically for product received

TRANSFER IN

  • Create transfer-in’s automatically based on supply and demand
  • Automatically suggests selection of items by quantity on hand and location
  • Print picking forms and transfer reports
  • Differences between quantities sent and received are automatically reconciled

STOCKING THE SHELVES

  • Software can suggest a default bin location for quick location storing
  • Printing bin location bar code labels on demand
  • Ability to scan any one of multiple barcodes for the product and link to original receiving document and items
  • Verify product being scanned on handheld device

PROCESS INVOICES - PAYABLES AND RECEIVABLES

  • Back-end accounting interfaces allow for one-touch invoicing to accounts payable
  • Prevents duplicate entry of outstanding invoices from supplier
  • Able to include shipping or other add-on costs to be included in margin calculations
  • Apply multiple or partial shipments to a supplier’s invoice
  • Report on open and invoiced bills from suppliers
  • Print and email monthly customer statements in a variety of formats
  • Able to enter full or partial payments on account
  • Reporting includes aging, customer activity, all types of customer history reporting

BREAKAGE/SHRINKAGE

  • Enter receiving adjustments for cost changes not previously entered
  • Generate returns to vendor to monitor credits due from suppliers
  • Use adjustments to inventory for breakage, shrinkage and damaged goods
  • Reporting by specific product or type of damage activity

TRANSFER OUT PICK TICKETS/PRODUCTS

  • Print pick tickets in bin order
  • Master pick ticket for multiple warehouse pulls
  • Able to use wireless devices for obtain accurate and efficient entry of counts
  • Able to select transfers quantities by sales replenishment or par levels
  • Print reconciliation reports
  • Wireless devices to quickly receive product into the warehouse and move to correct bin
  • Identify bin location in warehouse for default storage area

SALES ORDERS/PICK TICKETS

  • Forms for estimates and invoices include company logo
  • Able to reprint invoices on demand for current or past customer history
  • Emailing is integrated with system for invoices, statements and other forms
  • Multiple choices for forms of payment are available.
  • Reporting is available based on open customer orders, back orders and special orders.
  • Print pick tickets in bin order
  • Master pick ticket for sales order pulls
  • Print pick tickets by customer
  • Able to select to ship all product or partial shipments from an order
  • Able to use wireless devices to capture quantities and bin locations easily

PACK/SHIP

  • Create shipping or waybill forms
  • Able to create shipments based on ship-date requirements
  • Include additional shipping costs to customer shipments or transfers

SPECIALTY RETAIL

Complete Business Management Solutions for specialty retail including liquor stores, gift shops, distribution centers, and more.

GREEN INDUSTRY

Complete Business Management Solutions to address the specific needs of retail garden centers, wholesale, nursery, and landscape companies.

CANNABIS INDUSTRY

POS and Inventory Management solution to address the specific needs of businesses in the cannabis industry including medical/recreational retail dispensaries, cultivators, processors, and wholesalers.

POINT OF SALE SOFTWARE

Mariner Business Solutions provides point of sale software solutions across several industries including specialty retail, garden centers and nurseries, and medical and recreational cannabis.

HARDWARE

Mariner Business Solutions provides hardware solutions for retail, back office, mobile, and more.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Mariner offers business services beyond POS and inventory management software and hardware. From training and support to project and warehouse management.

CLOUD SERVICES

MBS Cloud Services allow for easy, scalable access to various applications, resources and services. Mariner Business Solutions provides all necessary infrastructure so there's no need to invest in additional resources or extra IT staff.