# Sandooq

> Sandooq is an offline-first POS and back-office suite for retailers across MENA, with bilingual Arabic/English workflows, inventory, purchasing, customer management, and multi-store operations.

Canonical URLs in this file are the unprefixed English tree; every page has an Arabic equivalent under `/ar`.

All plans include offline-first POS, barcode scanning, receipt printing, customer management, shared data across tills. Use [Complete AI Context](https://sandooq.app/llms-full.txt) when you need the full English bundle, including public blog article bodies.

## Core Pages

- [Home](https://sandooq.app): Product overview for Sandooq's offline-first POS, inventory, and back-office workflow.
- [Pricing](https://sandooq.app/pricing): Three plans with monthly and yearly billing, starting at $39/month.
- [Features](https://sandooq.app/features): Full capability catalogue — selling, payments, catalog, inventory, purchasing, customers, finance, insights, store operations and platform — with the plans each capability is available on.
- [About](https://sandooq.app/about): Company mission, vision, and values behind the public product story.
- [Contact](https://sandooq.app/contact): Sales and support contact page with hello@sandooq.app and WhatsApp (https://wa.me/96176686915).
- [Retail Use Case](https://sandooq.app/use-cases/retail): Retail-focused workflow overview covering checkout speed, inventory accuracy, and customer accounts.
- [Blog](https://sandooq.app/blog): English blog index with guides for POS, inventory, payments, and retail operations.

## Market-Specific POS Pages

- [Saudi Arabia POS System](https://sandooq.app/pos-system/saudi-arabia): Country-specific POS landing page for Saudi Arabia retailers covering Saudi-ready VAT receipts, Configured tender tracking, Bilingual thermal receipts.
- [Qatar POS System](https://sandooq.app/pos-system/qatar): Country-specific POS landing page for Qatar retailers covering Ready for Qatar VAT activation, Bilingual Arabic-first workflows, Multi-currency for tourist-heavy zones.
- [United Arab Emirates POS System](https://sandooq.app/pos-system/uae): Country-specific POS landing page for United Arab Emirates retailers covering VAT-ready 5% invoicing for the UAE, Multi-currency for tourists, Bilingual Arabic/English UX.
- [Bahrain POS System](https://sandooq.app/pos-system/bahrain): Country-specific POS landing page for Bahrain retailers covering VAT-ready 10% invoicing for Bahrain, Tender tracking for Bahrain stores, Bilingual for mixed staff.
- [Oman POS System](https://sandooq.app/pos-system/oman): Country-specific POS landing page for Oman retailers covering VAT-ready 5% invoicing for Oman, Tender setup for Omani counters, Bilingual Arabic/English.
- [Syria POS System](https://sandooq.app/pos-system/syria): Country-specific POS landing page for Syria retailers covering Multi-currency support, Truly offline-first, Bilingual Arabic-first.
- [Lebanon POS System](https://sandooq.app/pos-system/lebanon): Country-specific POS landing page for Lebanon retailers covering LBP/USD multi-currency, Merchant-set daily rate, Truly offline-first.

## Blog

- [Blog Index](https://sandooq.app/blog): Canonical English entry point for all public retail and POS articles.
- [How to set up barcode and SKU systems for your retail store](https://sandooq.app/blog/barcode-sku-management-retail): A practical guide to choosing barcode formats, designing SKU conventions, and integrating scanning with your POS system.
- [Cash management best practices for retail stores](https://sandooq.app/blog/cash-management-retail-store): Reduce shrinkage and improve accuracy with structured cash handling routines for opening, closing, and mid-shift operations.
- [How to choose the right POS system for your retail store](https://sandooq.app/blog/choose-pos-system-retail): A practical checklist of the features, costs, and operational factors to evaluate before committing to a point-of-sale system.
- [How to build a customer loyalty program that drives repeat business](https://sandooq.app/blog/customer-loyalty-program-retail): Design a loyalty program that fits your retail store — from simple points systems to tiered rewards — without third-party tools.
- [Running a customer tab in a retail shop: credit limits, collections and the old notebook](https://sandooq.app/blog/customer-tab-retail-shop): A customer tab lets regulars take goods now and pay later. Here is how to decide who gets one, set a limit, handle a sale that goes over it, record part payments and move the paper credit book into your POS.
- [Cycle stock formula: Q/2, safety stock and reorder points](https://sandooq.app/blog/cycle-stock-formula-safety-stock): Calculate average cycle stock with Q/2, then work through safety stock and reorder points. Includes retail examples, assumptions and the difference from cycle counting.
- [Demand forecasting for retail: turning POS data into stock decisions](https://sandooq.app/blog/demand-forecasting-retail-stock): Your POS already records what sells, when, and where. A practical guide to turning that data into reorder decisions that prevent stockouts without overbuying.
- [Gift cards and store credit: how to set them up in your POS](https://sandooq.app/blog/gift-cards-store-credit-retail): Gift cards and store credit are simple revenue tools that quietly lift retention and average ticket. A practical guide to setup, redemption, accounting, and the regulations to watch.
- [Grocery POS supplier integration: what to connect and test](https://sandooq.app/blog/grocery-pos-supplier-integration-purchase-orders): Connect purchase orders, accepted deliveries and supplier invoices to accurate grocery stock records. Includes an integration checklist and a short-delivery example.
- [How cycle counts prevent end-of-month inventory surprises](https://sandooq.app/blog/inventory-cycle-counts): Use lightweight weekly counting routines to keep stock records accurate and reduce urgent corrections.
- [Reducing retail shrinkage: how your POS catches what audits miss](https://sandooq.app/blog/loss-prevention-retail-shrinkage): Most shrinkage is preventable with disciplined POS configuration. A practical guide to spotting voids, refunds, no-sale opens, and price overrides before they become a pattern.
- [Mobile POS: How Tablet Checkout Transforms Retail Operations](https://sandooq.app/blog/mobile-pos-tablet-checkout-retail): Mobile POS turns any tablet into a complete checkout terminal. Learn how it speeds checkout, expands selling locations, and changes how store staff serve customers.
- [Multi-store inventory management: how to keep stock accurate across locations](https://sandooq.app/blog/multi-store-inventory-management): Practical strategies for tracking inventory across multiple retail locations without spreadsheets or manual reconciliation.
- [Why your retail store needs an offline-first POS system](https://sandooq.app/blog/offline-pos-benefits): Understand what offline checkout can do, what still needs a connection, and how to check queued sales when connectivity returns.
- [Paying expenses from the cash register: a rule for every payout the till makes](https://sandooq.app/blog/paying-expenses-from-cash-register): Paying the electricity bill or a delivery driver straight from the till is normal in a cash-heavy shop. Here is what every payout should carry, how expenses, supplier bills and wages differ, drawer versus safe funding, and how to fix a payout recorded wrongly.
- [Perishable inventory tracking: expiry dates, FIFO and FEFO](https://sandooq.app/blog/perishable-inventory-expiration-tracking): Track perishable stock by batch and expiry date, choose FIFO or FEFO, and connect receiving checks to rotation, markdowns and recorded waste.
- [POS Hardware Guide: Printers, Scanners, Terminals, and Cash Drawers](https://sandooq.app/blog/pos-hardware-guide-printers-scanners-terminals): A practical buyer's guide to POS hardware for retail and F&B. What to buy, what to skip, and how to spec a setup that lasts five years.
- [POS sales reports every retail store should track weekly](https://sandooq.app/blog/pos-sales-reports-retail-analytics): Seven essential POS reports that turn transaction data into actionable decisions for revenue, margins, and inventory.
- [Menu engineering for restaurants: using POS data to price and prune](https://sandooq.app/blog/restaurant-menu-engineering-pos): Your POS records every dish sold and every dish ignored. A practical guide to using that data to price right, drop dead items, and shape the menu around what actually drives margin.
- [Restaurant POS System for MENA: Choosing the Right Platform for F&B](https://sandooq.app/blog/restaurant-pos-system-mena): Restaurant POS requirements differ from retail in critical ways. This guide covers what F&B operators in the MENA region need from a point of sale and how to choose.
- [Returns and Refunds Management for Retail: Policies, Workflows, and POS Setup](https://sandooq.app/blog/returns-refunds-management-retail): Returns are a fact of retail life. This guide covers how to design return policies, configure POS workflows, and prevent shrinkage without alienating customers.
- [5 practical ways to speed up checkout in busy retail hours](https://sandooq.app/blog/speed-up-checkout): Reduce queue time with quick wins across hardware setup, barcode quality, and staff workflows.
- [Staff shifts, permissions, and accountability in retail POS](https://sandooq.app/blog/staff-shifts-pos-permissions): Who can void a sale? Who approves a refund? Who closes the drawer? Practical POS configuration for shift management, role-based permissions, and audit-ready accountability.
- [Pricing in Syrian pounds when you buy in dollars: a shop owner's guide for 2026](https://sandooq.app/blog/syrian-pound-dollar-pricing-retail): Most Syrian shops buy stock in US dollars but must show shelf prices in the new Syrian pound. Here is a five-step method for turning a dollar cost into a pound price that protects your margin, rounds to change customers carry, and knows when to reprice.
- [X report vs Z report: what each one shows and when your shop runs it](https://sandooq.app/blog/x-report-vs-z-report-retail): An X report reads an open trading day without ending it; a Z report is the record a closed day ends on. Here is what each one contains in a retail POS, who can run it, how a Z is numbered, and how to correct a day after it closes.

## Optional

- [MCP server](https://sandooq.app/mcp): Read-only Model Context Protocol endpoint exposing 4 tools — plans and prices, per-market tax and currency facts, site search and page text — at https://sandooq.app/api/mcp/product. No account, no key.
- [Complete AI Context](https://sandooq.app/llms-full.txt): Single English context bundle with curated public pages and full blog article bodies.
- [Privacy Policy](https://sandooq.app/privacy): Public privacy and data-handling policy.
- [Terms of Service](https://sandooq.app/terms): Public commercial and usage terms.
- [Security](https://sandooq.app/security): Public security practices and safeguards page.