Are Paperless Receipts the Future in Retail?
by Jennifer Berry
Published on January 15th, 2009
5 Comments
Tired of paper receipts clogging your wallet or purse? Is waiting for a new roll of paper to be added to the cash register slowing your shopping momentum?
No more lost receipts: Emailing receipts may be the future for retail customers. -TransactionTree.com
TransactionTree recently released a breakthrough paperless receipt service, to help with these and other problems related to paper receipts. Through the system, retailers will now have the ability to offer the option of email receipts to their customers, rather than paper copies. Now, you won’t have to remember where you put your receipt if you want to return an item – it’s already in your inbox.
“Now more than ever, people are looking for the little things they can do during their day-to-day lives to help the environment, and choosing an electronic receipt is one simple way they can save our planet one transaction at a time,” said Jason Shapior, TransactionTree CEO and co-founder.
TransactionTree’s email option integrates with most existing point-of-sale (POS) systems, meaning existing equipment can be used on the system. The service also enables retailers to track customer shopping trends, create additional avenues for direct marketing, as well as aid in reduction of overhead spending by eliminating receipt paper expenses.
The paperless receipt system is also a way for a company to establish their image as a green retailer by eliminating the paper and ink receipt process and reducing their impact on the environment.
John
posted on January 16th, 2009 at 7:11 am
What is the position of the Internal Revenue Service regarding paperless receipts when taking the sales tax deduction?
Ruth Stark
posted on February 16th, 2009 at 11:58 am
Well done for promoting businesses that are looking for solutions to help the environment. Showing businesses how they can profit (or reduce expenses) by investing in green software helps them and reduces their impact on the environment
Mike Williams
posted on October 8th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Why not build a POS machine that is bluetooth or infared enabled since almost ALL cell phones are comaptable with that, and all the customer would have to do is wave they’re cell phone or push a button and the receipt would go onto they’re phone and they could just look at it and if everythings fine then they can just take it home and save it on they’re computer if they wish.
jingle
posted on October 20th, 2009 at 6:20 am
Are there really retailers aside from Apple Store that use paperless receipts? I have not encountered one yet.
Carl Yeates
posted on January 27th, 2010 at 9:33 am
Whilst whole heartedly supporting this initiative does anybody know how it will work in practice. For example, if a customer is challenged to prove they have paid for goods on leaving a store. Traditionally said customer will produce a sales receipt, if they don’t have a receipt how to prove they have paid for their goods without embarrassment or creating a delay in the store?