Insights
Insights
News and updates from the Rundoo team
Meet Dooey: Rundoo AI has a new name
The AI that reads your store's numbers, catches the errors, and runs the busywork now has a name of its own: Dooey, because it does things.
The best POS systems for garden centers and nurseries in 2026
A buyer's guide to the POS systems garden centers and nurseries run in 2026, from Comcash and Rain to Rapid Garden POS, Square, and Rundoo, weighed against living inventory, bulk goods, and a spring rush that arrives whether you are ready or not.
How a paint store POS should handle tinting, formulas, and color matching
Why a general retail POS fails to handle tinting, and what color matching, formula sync, and catalog search should actually look like when the sale starts with a gallon and a fan deck.
Beyond checkout: key cutting, tool rental, and serial tracking at the hardware counter
The hardware counter runs on services a generic POS never planned for, from a two-dollar key cut to a chainsaw rental deposit to the serial number on a warranty claim, and here is how to keep every one of them at the register.
Bulk feed, by-weight pricing, and delivery tickets in one POS
How feed stores sell bulk goods by the pound and the ton, write delivery tickets for farm routes, and carry producers on account, and why generic point of sale software fumbles every one of those jobs.
Ordering from Bradley Caldwell, PACOA, and your farm-and-home distributors
How farm, feed, and pet-supply stores that buy from Bradley Caldwell, PACOA, Wallace, and Orgill turn distributor ordering into a search and a scan instead of a portal and a clipboard.
Living inventory: tracking nursery plants by variety, size, and season
Why generic retail inventory fails a garden center, and how to track plants that come in a dozen sizes, shrink on the bench, and arrive from growers in waves you have to plan for.
Taming the SKU explosion: tracking paint inventory by base, sheen, and size
One paint color quietly becomes dozens of stock items across base, sheen, and container size, and here is how independent paint stores can track it without surrendering a Saturday to the clipboard.
Net-30 without the headache: contractor charge accounts for paint stores
Contractor charge accounts are the financial backbone of a paint store, and doing them right means house accounts, per-customer pricing, clean statements, real aging, and a way for painters to pay from their phone instead of the shoebox-and-spreadsheet workaround a general POS forces on you.
Hardware store inventory management: running 40,000 SKUs without losing the aisle
A working guide to hardware store inventory management, from clean distributor item data and honest counts to bins, labels, and reorder points that stop guessing before the shelf goes bare.
Rapid Garden POS alternatives for nurseries and garden centers
Where garden centers go when they outgrow Rapid Garden POS, which nurseries should stay put, and the living-inventory and charge-account questions to ask any vendor before you dig up your register.
Selling by the yard: bulk soil, mulch, and seasonal pricing at the garden center
How independent garden centers can ring up bulk soil, mulch, gravel, and compost by the yard, price with the season and the weather, and let AI plan the buy so a dead January does not become a dug-out May.
Farm accounts, seasonal terms, and getting paid at harvest
How farm and feed stores run charge accounts on the growing calendar, from house accounts and per-customer pricing to statements, aging, and seasonal terms that let producers pay after harvest.
The best POS systems for farm and feed stores in 2026
A buyer's guide to farm and feed store POS systems in 2026, from Epicor Eagle and Lightspeed to niche feed systems and Rundoo, judged by bulk units, charge accounts, and statements.
Rundoo distributor integrations: Emery Jensen, AllPro, House Hasson, and more
A spotlight on Rundoo's distributor integrations, leading with Emery Jensen and working through AllPro, House Hasson, Blish-Mize, and Lancaster, with every connection labeled as shipped or in progress.
Square or Clover for a hardware store? Where generic POS runs out of aisle
Square and Clover can get a young hardware store off paper, and the four moments a store outgrows them are predictable: SKU count, charge accounts, distributor catalogs, and purchasing.
Evolving product, evolving careers
Most sales orgs scale by ratcheting quotas until your best month becomes the floor. Here is why Rundoo's goals move with the business, and how careers compound alongside the product.
What AI does in a point of sale
Strip away the buzzwords and AI in a point of sale earns its keep three ways: it answers questions about your store, takes the next step when you ask, and runs the repetitive work on a schedule.
RockSolid MAX alternatives for hardware and lumber stores
Where hardware and lumber stores go after RockSolid MAX, who should stay on it, and how two stores made the move without missing a day.
The best POS systems for hardware stores in 2026
A buyer's guide to hardware store POS systems in 2026, starting with your co-op affiliation and working through Epicor Eagle, Paladin, RockSolid, POS Nation, and Rundoo.
Ordering from Orgill through Rundoo: catalogs, EDI, and everything in between
What connecting a POS to Orgill involves, and how Rundoo automates the catalog, ordering, receiving, and price changes so the data moves itself.
How to switch POS systems without closing your store
The step-by-step playbook for changing your POS while the doors stay open: prep meetings, data migration, training, a go-live morning, and the two weeks after.
How much does a POS system cost for an independent supply store in 2026?
There is no honest single number, but every POS quote breaks down into the same six budget lines: hardware, software, payment processing, data migration, training and support, and the cost of leaving your current system.
Paladin POS alternatives for hardware and supply stores
Where hardware stores go after Paladin, which stores should stay put, and the receivables question to ask any vendor before you switch.
The best POS systems for paint stores in 2026
A buyer's guide to the POS systems paint stores run in 2026, from Decor Fusion and Epicor Eagle to Square and Rundoo, weighed at the tint bench, on the charge account, and in the vendor order.
What POS do Benjamin Moore dealers use?
Benjamin Moore dealers run a mix of Epicor Eagle, Decor Fusion, and newer cloud systems including Rundoo, and here is what a paint store POS needs to handle, from tint integration to CCP rebates.
POS data migration: what transfers and how it gets verified
The plain answer to the question every store owner asks before switching POS: which data comes with you, how accounts receivable and tax settings are handled, and how everything gets verified before go-live.
Epicor Eagle alternatives for independent retailers in 2026
Where hardware, farm, and lumber stores go after Epicor Eagle, who should stay on it, and what to ask before you sign anything.
Cloud vs on-premise POS for supply stores: reliability, cost, and control
A fair comparison of cloud and on-premise POS for supply stores, taking the back-office server's case seriously on reliability, all-in cost, control of your data, and the internet outage question.
How do we grow without growing apart?
Our competitors started where we did and drifted from their clients as they grew. Here are the three commitments, on technology, service, and growth, that we hope keep Rundoo close to its clients as we scale.
The Rundoo AAA framework: how store owners can use AI to Analyze, Act, and Automate
Six months of leaning into AI-first as Analyze, Act, and Automate, here's what supply store owners are actually building once they stop asking what AI can do and start asking what to hand it next.
How Rundoo engineers pilot directly with clients
At Rundoo, engineers work directly with clients, because we believe the closer the engineer is to the client, the better the product.
Our Mission, Word for Word
That's our mission. We have refined each word over the last few years, and in this post, I want to outline the reasoning behind each word.
We're Not Going Anywhere :)
Where is this company going? Do you want to sell? These are fair questions. Here's why Andrew and I aren't going anywhere.
The #1 Question Stores Have for Us
What actually happens when you switch to Rundoo? We walk through the entire process: your dedicated implementation manager, data migration, hardware, training, and go-live day.
How Rundoo Delivers ROI
We analyzed stores that switched to Rundoo and measured what changed: 17% revenue growth, 25% reduction in receivables, and 2% margin improvement.
Try AI First
Why Rundoo rebranded to AI-first, and how clients are using Dooey to analyze, act, and automate across their businesses.
Why we hire engineers from Waterloo
By their fifth or sixth co-op, Waterloo students have a floor high enough to come in and contribute real work. Here is why we have built our engineering hiring around that.
From Reports to AI: How an AI summary saved this store owner $4,200
How one store owner's 10-minute AI daily summary habit uncovered a $4,200 pricing error hidden in his reports.
A Practical Guide to AI for Store Owners
AI is better than ever, but the hype outpaces substance. A practical 3-week guide to using AI in your store.
Why I picked Rundoo over Meta
At a big company you get wide reach but narrow scope. At a startup you get wide scope but unknown reach. If you believe in the company, you can have both.
Where is the offline mode?
Rundoo does not have an offline mode. When WiFi goes out, clients connect to their phone's mobile hotspot or a purchased hotspot box. Some clients have moved to 5G WiFi over wired Internet for enhanced reliability.
Is the cloud more secure and resilient than my own server?
Moving your store's data off a server in the back office and into the cloud feels like giving up control. Here is why the cloud is dramatically more secure and more resilient than the box behind the counter, and why it is not close.
Hiring In Industry
Our philosophy on how we engage with applicants from the industry, including clients, partners, and prospects.
On day 1, change nothing.
The day you switch your POS is the worst day to improve your business. Bring everything over exactly as it was, then change things one at a time.
RUNDOO Culture
Our culture spells our name: Relentless, Unassuming, Now, Delightful, Optimized, Open.
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