Software Pioneer Derek Best - RIP

Derek was one of the first software engineers to create pawn software in the Pawn Industry for the mainframe Digital Equipment Corporation - DEC.  This was accomplished in those days with punch cards.  My dads brother, Dennis Mack who founded Palace Jewelry and Loan in Reno, Nevada in 1957. contracted with DEC to build the state of the art computer systems for pawn around 1972.

My uncles inspiration and enthusiasm planted the seeds of curiosity what computers could do for pawnbrokers in those days.

Derek gathered the basis of the Mack Families pawn operations from my uncle which blended into the development of Dazzle.

3 years ago Derek and I re-engaged in conversation about Pawn and Software.  Dazzle is one of the best products in the industry and Derek's genius and single handed creation was enjoyed by pawnbrokers all over the world.

Derek was a gentleman, honorable and honest, a comrade of Pawn.

The industry owes a 21 gun salute to Derek.  I will miss our conversations.

RIP Derek Best

Steve Mack
Co -Founder - Bravo Stores Systems

Bravo October Release Includes 46 upgrades and changes - Hear all about it!

Bravo October 15' Release includes 

46 Upgrades - Enhancements - Changes

Bravo every 3-5 weeks schedules a release of a new version of Bravo to 100% of all of its customers instantly.  No customer is left behind as Bravo Microsoft Azure Cloud Technology enables quick development and delivery that is unsurpassed in the industry.

If you value your time and expect a system to increase your every effort.  Bravo Pawn Systems has enterprise functionality for single and multiple store operators for today's competitive and changing landscape.

Here is a summary list and images of our October 15' Release.

• HOT KEYS - NEW enabled through out Bravo for faster instant access. 
• RESEARCH - NEW another Bravo Research Tool to find UPC and Product details instantly.
• REPORT ENHANCEMENT - unlimited  and enhanced custom reports tools.
• SECURITY - 6 new security enhancement features.
• FEATURE ENHANCEMENTS - 9 upgrades to current features.
• INTER-STORE PAYMENTS - NEW
• BRAVO MOBILE - NEW
• ECOMMERCE 
• 27 REGULATORY CHANGES
• 22 MISC. CHANGES & UPGRADES 

Inter-store Payment Screen - 1

Inter-store Payment Screen - 2

New AdHoc Report Transaction Generator

New Bravo Research Button -1

Research Pop-Up result - 2

BRAVO HOT KEYS (ALT)

Mobile Offers - screen shot

Mobile Offers - screen shot

New Extension Pawn Ticket Format with Add Coupon

First for Pawn Industry - Bravo adds functionality for Today's Pawnbroker.

------------------------First for Pawn Industry-------------------------

Inter-Store Payments

This powerful new feature is exclusively offered by Bravo

Have more than 1 store?  Do you want to make it convenient so that your customers can make payments at any of your stores for all of their transactions?  Wouldn’t your customers shop and borrow at your other stores and more frequently if this was available?  Do you want to offer your customers the ultimate in customer service and make more profit from day one?

Bravo is taking the power of its Enterprise Cloud Platform to the next level with Inter-Store Payments processing.  Make Loan Payments or Lay-Away Payments.  New receipts and Loan contracts are all printed as if they were conducting the transaction at each separate location.  Each transaction through Bravo’s Exclusive Task Manager is seamlessly in real time notifies each store of any necessary processing follow up.  Its fast, its seamless, it’s so easy.

No other software vendor offers this powerful solution in the pawn industry including Cash America, EZ Pawn or First Cash.  NOW YOU DO!

Scan any Pawn Ticket or Lay-Away Receipt at any of your stores and Bravo figures out the rest.  Yes, it is that easy.

This brand new feature will be available in 48 hours on Bravo - October 7th 2015 

For more information contact Michele.

888.407.6287

michelle.lautarevsky@bravorevolution.com

Look up transactions across all your stores

Look up and take payments on all Lay-Aways across all stores.

Bravo Newest August 2015 Features and Upgrades

Every 4/5 weeks Bravo releases new updates free to all of its users.  Thursday's release included some really cool new products and features as well.

VENDOR MEMO

Many pawnbrokers are looking to transfer inventory to various 3rd party re-sellers on Memorandum. This feature includes the complete Memo process including the final sale and return of unsold items.  No more keeping track.  Bravo does all of the heavy lifting.

Upgrade ATF A&D Book

Added Categories

Upgrade to Lay-Away 

Upgrade Extension Multi-select

Those of you that offer extensions for your customers, our multi-select product smartly calculates 4 types of payments options on multiple loans with one click.  Whether 1 loan or 50 loans to one customer, again with 1 click all of the loan contracts are then completed, consolidating this arduous single transaction process, this saves 10 -30 minutes per customer. also -  Upgrade to EOM Report.  Added Security Bits.  Upgraded Customer Search across Multiple Stores.  Upgraded Bravo Estimator Google like Smart Search.   

Upgraded Diamond Pricing.  Upgraded to Item Notes and Item Details.  Added Firearm Storage Fee.  E-Ticket export for police - Phoenix.  Upgrade South Carolina Regulations.  Upgrade Washington State Regulation.  Custom Upgrade - Colorado.  

BRAVO MOBILE - PUSH NOTIFICATIONS

Bravo now has mobile app to remotely approve via mobile phone a secure and linked approval to a transactions that requires approval. No matter where you or your managers might be, now with Bravo there is no reason not to have your best employees approving transactions.

PRODUCT INTELLIGENCE  

Up above is Bravo's newest view of our powerful platforms product intelligence that shares real time product values and data analytical review of Manufacture and Models. What to pay, What to loan, What to price, What to sell, How long it should take to sell, Does it sell best in eBay, Does it sell best in your store, Now you know. Now you know best. Be the best pawnbroker with the best information. 

Email Michele for live demonstration at   michelle.lautarevsky@bravorevolution.com

Call us anytime and find out why pawnbrokers that use Bravo do it better and easier.

Steve Mack

BUYA SMASHES ALL TIME SALES RECORD FOR SINGE DAY - $29,070.20

It's like Christmas selling season everyday with Bravo.

Bravo eCommerce yesterday has its biggest day with 529,260 advertisement impressions, 7,337 new customers, 18,002 page views, closing $29,070.20 in sales.

BUYA.COM currently has 152 stores across 40 U.S. states selling 150,000 items interactively live throughout these locations.  BUYA is in the top 16k most poplular website in the United States.

Sign up for free to try out the Buya Trading exchange - click here to join over 690 other business, acquiring merchandise from customers.

Also, PawnMaster single store users can switch to BRAVO for FREE.  Contact Michelle to learn more about this exclusive offering.  michelle@bravorevolution.com

What makes Bravo unique is the seamless integration of eCommerce with Pawn.  It is a lot of work to sell online.  And some of you have had to add extra employees to get this done.  With Bravo you don't need extra employees to sell online.  Its that simple! 




There is no reason today why you shouldn't have the best technology and processes, give us a call or email, we would love to show you.

Steve Mack

bravopawnsystems.com

888.408.6287

michelle@bravorevolution.com