Every part of Talstok, and how it fits together.
A base is one of Talstok’s seven main features, such as the till, stock keeping or the online shop. Two of the seven are coming. Each base works on its own, and any you tie together share one set of products, one stock count and one order list. A module is an extra feature on top of a base, switched on by itself. Modules are coming.
Modules on top
- Bookkeeping and accounts ComingOn every base.
- AI built into Talstok ComingOn every base.
Bases
- Stock keeping
- ModuleStock kept topped up Coming
- Till
- Online shop
- ModuleSEO and AI-search tools Coming
- Buying in
- Services
- Bookings Coming
- ModuleReminder texts Coming
- Delivery and phone orders Coming
Your records
- Products
- Stock
- Customers
- Orders
- Your team
One set of products, one stock count and one order list, shared by every base you use.
AI
Your own assistant or agents, working on your records with a key you control.
How AI works in TalstokStart with the bases your business runs.
A website is one of them. Run your business with no website, or use the system for your website alone. For any kind of business.
Stock keeping
One stock count for everything you hold.
For example: shops that sell in person and online, food businesses with best-before dates, second-hand shops with one-off items, and any business that holds stock.
See stock keeping
Till
Sell in person, on a computer, tablet or phone.
For example: shops, market stalls, a salon’s or clinic’s front desk, and any business that takes payment in person.
See the till
Online shop
Your website, and an online shop if you sell online.
For example: businesses that want a website, online sellers, shops selling in person and online, and any business that wants to be found online.
See the online shopBuying in
Set and publish what you pay, by item, grade or weight.
For example: second-hand and trade-in shops; jewellers buying gold by weight; book, music and games resellers; and any business that buys from the public.
See buying inServices
Price and sell the work you do.
For example: repairers, salons and clinics, tradespeople, and any business that sells its time or its skills.
See servicesBookings Coming
Customers book your time online.
For example: salons and barbers, clinics and therapists, workshops with service bays, and any business whose customers book a time.
See bookingsDelivery and phone orders Coming
Take orders by phone, deliver them yourself.
For example: takeaways and food shops, florists, builders’ merchants, and any business that takes orders to hand over later.
See delivery and phone ordersThen add modules on top, one at a time. Coming
A module is an extra feature on top of a base. Switch on only the ones you want, the way you add apps to a phone, and pay for each one by itself. Switch one off and everything it recorded stays.
Bookkeeping and accounts Coming
Every sale, refund and supplier order kept as your books, with nothing typed in twice. On every base.
AI built into Talstok Coming
Reports, analysis and help building your website, on a monthly allowance. On every base.
Stock kept topped up Coming
An order goes to the supplier by email when an item runs low. On Stock keeping.
Reminder texts Coming
A text to each customer before their booking. On Bookings.
SEO and AI-search tools Coming
Tools to get your website found in search engines and in AI answers, with optional AI help. On Online shop.
Promises to every business
No charge per person
The price is per shop, never per person. Give every member of staff their own log-in and role.
Your records are never locked
Switch a part off, or stop paying, and nothing you recorded is deleted.
Exports are free
Download your stock, customers and reports as spreadsheets at any time. The owner can also download the whole shop, including the parts that are switched off.
Billed monthly
Each shop that takes real money is billed once a month. There is no yearly commitment.
Some ways businesses put them together
Tie together only the bases your business runs. The businesses named are examples: each mix suits any business that works the same way.
Till and Stock keeping
Sell in person, and every sale comes off one stock count. You do not need a website.
A market stall or a corner shop, for example.
Online shop on its own
A website from Talstok with your products on show, whether or not you sell online.
A business that only wants a website, for example.
Stock keeping, Till and Online shop
One stock count at the counter and on your website, with till sales and online orders in one list.
A shop that sells in person and online, for example.
Buying in and Stock keeping
Each second-hand item is kept one by one, by its serial number or IMEI, with its own price and photos. Your buy prices and grades can be shown on a website of your own, connected by a developer or a coding assistant.
A second-hand or trade-in shop, for example.
Services, Stock keeping and Till
The till sells products from one stock count, and your price list for the work you do can be shown on a website of your own, connected by a developer or a coding assistant.
A repairer or a salon, for example.
Bookings Coming and Till
Customers book a time, then pay at the till.
A salon or a barber, for example.
Ready-made set-ups
Choose the kind of shop you run in Settings, and your shop starts set up for it. Every part of that set-up stays yours to change.
- Four kinds to choose from: second-hand goods, food and drink, clothing and books
- The option names new products start with, such as size and colour for clothing
- Starting grades for second-hand goods and books
- The parts each kind uses switched on, such as best-before dates and recalls for food and drink
- A grade you reworded or a part you switched off is never overwritten
A till laid out the way your kind of business works Coming
For example:
- A bakery’s till opening on today’s bakes
- A salon’s till opening on the day’s bookings
- A takeaway’s till sending a phone order to the kitchen
Apps and languages Coming
Apps for tablet and desktop Coming
Planned for later. Today everything runs in a web browser, on a computer, tablet or phone.
Other languages Coming
The system in the language you and your staff work in, and your website and online shop in your customers’ languages. Today everything is in UK English.
From £20 a month.
For each shop that takes real money, depending on the parts it uses. Test shops are free.