Everyone likes browsing the aisles of their favorite music stores to explore the broad range of sizes, colors, and products available. But have you ever wondered what happens to those unsold music store products over time? The excess stock can quickly pile up in a...
Maximizing The Appeal Of Your Music Retail Store
In today's digital environment, it is more important than ever for brick-and-mortar retail stores to stand out to attract customers, and many music stores have been able to remain relevant by creating a loyal community of customers. There are many proven strategies...
Things To Consider Before You Go From Amateur Musician To Business Owner
Transitioning from a casual music enthusiast to a professional retailer is an exciting journey of challenges and opportunities. Anyone can become an expert in their profession and prove their investment worthwhile by putting in the work to make their dream a reality....
Teaching Music Lessons at Music Shop Retail Stores: Bringing in Extra Income
Teaching music lessons at music shops is an excellent way to attract new clients and increase the value of your store. This is an avenue for generating extra income and enhancing customer loyalty and repeat purchases. Investing in qualified music teachers and creating...
5 Retail Trends Shared at NAMM
The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Show is the biggest gathering of the music industry. This year the gathering at the Anaheim Convention Center did not disappoint. The weekend was filled with over 3,000 brands, hundreds of education sessions,...
Selling on Social Media for Your Small Business
If you’re running a small business, you’ve probably thought a lot about when and how you should sell on social media. Selling on social media opens new sales channels to your business and creates opportunities to generate significant revenue. Currently there are an...
Navigating Ecommerce Logistics: A Harmonious Guide for Music Stores
The success of every online music store depends on logistics management. Transporting items from inventory to customers with efficiency requires planning and prudent decision-making on the fly. If you aren’t sure where to start with ecommerce logistics, you’ve come...
How To Use POS Software At Your Music Store
The rise of point-of-sale (pos) software has been meteoric throughout the music industry and other niches. However, most such business owners did not understand how to use pos software when first starting out. If you own or manage a music store or any other...
Building a Strong Ecommerce Presence for Music Stores: A Comprehensive Guide
The days of selling music in a traditional brick-and-mortar store are giving way to a new era. Ecommerce has become an integral component of the music store industry. Some music stores strictly sell in-person at conventional retail establishments yet more are...
Exploring Payment Processing Alternatives to Worldpay For Your Music Store
While Worldpay has earned its reputation as a reputable payment processing provider, the landscape of financial technology and consumer preferences is continually evolving. There are several reasons businesses may consider exploring a Worldpay alternative for their...
The Perfect Duet: Combining Automated Billing and Online Instrument Rental for Music Stores
Some of the most popular songs are duets highlighted by two voices or two complementary instruments such as electric and acoustic guitars playing in unison. Your music store also needs its own duet in the form of automated billing combined with web-based instrument...
Rising Above The Competition: Comparing Music Shop 360 With Other Software
Music Shop 360 is a comprehensive and specialized Point of Sale (POS) software designed specifically for music retailers. But how does it stack up when comparing Music Shop 360 to other solutions? This innovative platform caters to the unique needs of businesses...
Amplify Selling Services At Your Music Store
Sales professionals are highly paid for good reason. Sales are the lifeblood of a business. Though it is often said that leaving money on the table as a result of insufficient inventory is the cardinal sin of business, the truth is demand for a value offering begins...
A Guide To Search Marketing For Music Stores
Inbound marketers are fond of saying content is king. However, not all content is the same in terms of accuracy, indelibility or search marketing. Some online content is easily found by search engines whereas other content is difficult to find or simply does not...
A Guide to Online Rental Software for Music Stores
In the lively orchestra of the music retail world, instrument rental services play a pivotal role. They strike the right chord with diverse customers, from professional musicians seeking the perfect piece for a one-night performance to tentative beginners exploring...
Understanding Payment Processing with Point of Sale Software
Point of sale software for payment processing, commonly referred to POS software, is often referenced yet rarely understood. The purpose of point of sale software is to facilitate the processing of payments for optimal efficiency. Music Shop 360’s retail software...
Retail Customer Experience Best Practices for Music Store Owners
The music industry has rapidly evolved in recent decades, transitioning from cassettes to CDs, MP3s and today’s music streaming services. Though it has become increasingly difficult to generate steady revenue as a musician, it is still within the realm of...
Growing Your Music Store Business with Online School Rentals
School rental programs can be an important part of a music store’s business. Offering school rentals can help new customers discover your store as well as the products and services you offer. Schools or school districts can become vital partners to your music store...
Inventory Management Best Practices for Music Stores
Understanding inventory management best practices helps you keep stock moving efficiently through your retail store so you can improve customer satisfaction and increase sales. But while products are your primary source of sales and revenue, they can also tie up a lot...
4 Marketing Tools To Elevate Your Music Store
Music Shop 360 is a point-of-sale software designed specifically for music retail businesses. One of the key features of Music Shop 360 is its robust marketing tools, which help businesses promote their products and services, build customer loyalty, and increase...
5 Product Strategies for Your Music Stores
At its core the most essential part of any retail business, especially a music store, is having a product in stock that a customer can and wants to buy. Often new music store owners struggle to decide which products they will carry in their store and how the products...
5 Ways to Build Multichannel Marketing Into Your Strategy
Multichannel marketing may sound like another buzzword, but it’s an important one for retailers to pay attention to. The marketing experts at ThriveHive define multichannel marketing as “a game plan for guiding your efforts across multiple channels of outreach, used...
3 Retail Customer Journey Moments That Matter
Today’s retail consumer journey resembles an unplanned adventure rather than a direct path. As Bazaarvoice points out, every consumer takes an individualized path to purchase, typically shopping for multiple items at once. Sources of information and influence are more...
7 Easy Customer Service Tips That Music Retailers Neglect
According to an article found on Forbes, "Customer service excellence has always been and will always be one of the critical competitive advantages for any business." In a modern retail economy where customer service can make it or break a business, exceptional...