Built for the shop floor, not the boardroom.

Step by step

The application at Start free takes about three minutes for most businesses. One question opens at a time, and everything you type is saved as you go.

1. Tell us who you are. Enter your email address. It becomes your sign-in and is where we send updates about the application. We email a 6-digit code to check the address is yours; each code works for 15 minutes, and if it does not arrive, check your spam or promotions folder.
2. Say whether it is your business. Choose I own the business, and the account is set up in your name. If you are applying for someone else, such as a manager or a bookkeeper, say so and give your role. You stay the contact and the owner can be added later.
3. Describe the business. Pick the kind of business, describe it in a few words, and choose the closest match from the list, because we set you up like that one. Tap what you sell, choose your country and the currency you sell in, and say how many shops or branches you have and whether you sell online.
4. Add who else needs access. Enter the email addresses of the people who will work in EasyTaskr with you. You can add more later.
5. Read your blueprint. This is a plain summary of how your account will be set up: your company, your shops, money and tax (including whether your prices include tax, and your tax registration number if you have one), starter product categories, where you sell, and your people. Change anything that is not right.
6. Check the lasting settings. The last step separates the settings that are hard to change once you are open from the ones you can change any time. Read the table below before you confirm them.
7. Send it. Nothing is charged. A person on our team checks the application, usually within one working day.
8. Sign in when we email you. Your account opens set up the way the blueprint says. If our team needs a change first, the email says what, and you can edit the application from the link.

Which settings are hard to change later?

Four choices shape the whole account, so they are set once and then changed only by our team. Two are yours to change whenever you like.

The invoice prefix must be 2 to 6 letters or numbers. Pick something short that customers will recognise as yours.

Why does a person check every application?

Because the first screen you see should already fit the business. Checking the application lets us confirm the closest kind of business is the right one, that the currency and country match where you trade, and that the blueprint makes sense before anything is created.

If something in the application does not fit, we ask for a change rather than opening an account that is set up wrong. Editing the application after it has been sent puts it back to a draft until you send it again, so nothing half-changed is checked by mistake.

What if your business does not fit the list neatly?

Most businesses do not, and the application allows for it. Describe the business in your own words first, then pick the closest kind from the list: we set you up like that one, and a person reads your description when checking the application. If your country is not in the main list, choose Another country. If you sell in a currency other than the usual one for your country, choose Sell in a different currency. Country also sets tax rules where we have them, so if yours is not covered, say how you charge tax in the description so the person checking the application can see it.

What should you have ready before you start?

Nothing is required beyond your email address, but these make the blueprint far more accurate:

• Your legal business name, exactly as registered.
• Your tax position: whether you are registered for VAT or a similar tax, your registration number if you have one, and whether your shelf prices include tax.
• Your branches: how many places you sell from, and whether you also sell online.
• The month your financial year starts, from your accountant if you are not sure.
• A first look at your product list. You do not upload it during the application, but knowing your main categories helps you pick sensible starter ones.
• The email addresses of anyone who should have access from day one.

What happens after you sign in?

Your first job is the one the getting-started steps above describe: bring in your product list, keep the parts your trade needs, and take a real sale. A few habits make the first week smoother:

• Fill in cost prices while you check your products. Profit, margin and stock value all depend on them.
• Count your stock before you trust it. Our stocktake guide walks through a first count.
• Give each person their own login and the role that fits their job, so the till, the stock and the money are seen only by the people who handle them.
• Close the first day properly, with a cash up and day lock, and keep doing it.

If you are still deciding whether you need a till on its own or one connected system, POS vs ERP sets out the difference, and how to choose a POS system gives a checklist to take to any supplier, including us.