Exciting New Updates!

In today's release, we have updated and improved many new features. This blog will cover our three biggest updates.  Stay tuned on our next update coming soon with our new training roster and homework updates.  This will be released when it is finished being tested!

Multi-Messaging Updates

With this new update you are now able to send multiple messages at the same time.  You can do this in two areas: the Arrival Report, and in the Reservation Browser.  We are working on developing a more in depth "Email Marketing" feature that will be released when finished.  These messaging features are integrated with our messaging platform and can use templates and attachments but not branded marketing which is what we are working on adding.

Messaging In The Arrival Report

Messaging in this report is particularly useful when you want to contact all of your customers scheduled to come in on a certain day.  An example would be "my groomer is sick and I need to message all of my grooming customers tomorrow to let them know they need to be rescheduled".

To access this report go to the overview screen and click "Reports" -> "Arrival Report"

You can select which date you want to see in the date selector at the top of the page.  You can use the red toggle button on the top right corner of the screen to switch between services scheduled to arrive on that day.  See the video below for detailed instructions of how to send messages within this report:

Messaging In The Reservation Browser

Messaging within the Reservation Browser is possible by going to the overview screen and clicking "Reservations".  Within the Reservation Browser you can sort and filter by clicking the tabs or the sorting headers on the op of the columns.  See video below for detailed instructions on how to send multiple messages in the Reservation Browser:

Taxable Income Report

We added a new report in our "Sales Report" section.  This can be accessed by clicking "Manager" -> "Reports"-> "Sales" -> "Taxable Income".  This report will allow you to select a date range and will show you all of your taxable income for that period and how much tax was collected for that date range.  Your collected tax amount will match your total tax collected in the Sales and Income Overview report in the top summary section.  For detailed information regarding the new Taxable Income Report see the video below:

Deposit And Prepay Tip Prompt Setting Update

We have added some new settings regarding prompting your customers for tips when they are paying a deposit or prepaying for a reservation.  You can update these preferences by clicking "Settings" -> "Payment".  See the video below for detailed instructions on how to use these new setting updates:

A big thank you to all of our customers for the continuous feedback.  We have many new features we are currently working on.  We slightly changed the way we release bug fixes and small new features allowing us to release those to you faster.

Please let us know if you have any questions or need anything at all!

- Paw Partner Support

Get Your Custom Branded Mobile App Now!

$300 App Building Fee And 99$/Month

We are beyond excited to be releasing our new custom branded mobile apps.  This is a feature that we have been developing for months and it is finally available for release- you can now have your very own mobile app in the Apple App store or Google Play Store!  Signing up for the custom mobile app will give your staff and customers a complete branded experience on the desktop as well.  Read below for more information about this exciting new release!

The Custom Branded Mobile App

Do you want your customers to have the most branded experience with the most features in the industry?  Check out our new branded apps!  When you sign up for a branded app, we will build and release an Apple and Android app in the App stores.  Your branded mobile app will have the same full set of features but will have branding exclusive to your business and an app with your business' name on it!

Your App With Your Business' Name On It!

Your Business' Branded Colors!

With your custom branded app, your customers will have the same experience and login account information as with our main Paw Partner app, but will only be able to interact with your business!  Customers will have the same options to make reservations, buy packages, pay invoices, sign up with memberships as with your current Paw Partner account.

When your customers interact with your business through their desktop or mobile app, they will also only see your business' posts and pictures in their 'timeline'.

When you sign up for our branded app, your customers will have all of our premium app features for free!  Your business will also have the option to turn off these features if you choose.  For your daycare or boarding services, if your business chooses to allow, your customers will be able to set alerts for our mobile app to alert them when you are filling up for a specific date or holiday so they can get a reminder to make a reservation for the holidays before you fill up!

Another premium feature your customers will get included with your branded app if you choose will be that they will get a occupancy color bar showing how close you are to being fully booked.  You have the ability to limit these premium features for your customers if you choose!

Your Staff Will Have All The Same Features 

With our new Branded experience, your staff will have all of the same features and logins as they do with our Paw Partner login, but they will also have the branded experience!

Your Staff will have all the of features from our industry leading mobile app including task management, messaging, time clock, and more!

Try Out Our New Branded App For Yourself!

We have created a demo custom branded mobile app in the app store.  Just search for "The Pet Dojo" in either the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store.  Download the app and log in with your current Paw Partner credentials and you will be able to see what your customers will experience with the new Branded App!

Pricing Information For Your Own Custom App!

Our industry has a couple companies who have attempted to make "Custom" apps.  Our new branded app is a complete game-changer for the industry.  We brought all the features of Paw Partner and made it available in your Branded app.  Instead of only having features on the customer side, our branded app has 100% of the features that you can use on the computer also available in the mobile app.  The limited custom apps in our industry charge up to a thousand dollars to build your app and hundreds of dollars per month.  We want our customers to have every tool available to grow and boost their business.  

To build your new Custom Branded App there is a $300.00 app-building fee.

When signing up for the Branded App there is a $99.99 monthly maintenance fee.

This branded service is an add on to our general Paw Partner subscription and is added to your current or new subscription with Paw Partner.  

Speak with our team today, we would love to show you the best Custom Branded App in the industry!

Message Support@pawpartner.com to speak with our team!

New Vaccine Notification

In this release we have added a new vaccine notification system.  Your customers will still receive their automatic notifications directly from Paw Partner.  We have now added a new way for you to easily notify your customers as well.  In the templates area we have added a new "Vaccine Template".  To access this go to "Settings" -> "Templates" -> "Business" -> "Vaccine Notification".  From here you can customize what your vaccine notification email that is sent to customers.

There are 2 ways to send this reminder to your customers.  The first way is directly in the pet card.  If you click on the vaccine tab, you will now see a "Notify" button.  Clicking this will send the Vaccination template to your customer.  You will also see next to the vaccines a "last notified" flag.  This will inform your staff to the last time the vaccine email was sent to your customer.  See the photo below for more information:

The second way to send the vaccination notification is in the "Vaccine Report".  To access this report, go to "Overview" -> "Reports" -> "Vaccine Report".  This report will show you your upcoming reservations with expired, missing, or unapproved vaccines.  If your customer has sent vaccines but your staff haven't approved them yet, it will be flagged yellow.  In this report you will see a "Notify" button to send the reminder to your customer and you will also see "last notified" so you can see the last time your customer was notified about the vaccines.  See the photo below for more detail:

Searching For One Customers Payment Transactions 

In this release, we have added an easier way to look up a customers payment transactions.  In the "Manager" -> "Payment" register if you search a customers name you will see that the customers name has a clickable button.  If you click this button, it will bring up all of that customer's transactions for the past 18 months.  If you need to look farther back than 18months you can change the dates in the date selector at the top of the page.  We have also updated our database so that searches will be much faster for historic payment or sales reports.  See photo for more detail:

Edit Number Selected At Checkout

We have added the ability for you to type in a quantity at checkout instead of having to toggle to higher numbers.  To type in numbers, just click the area where the number is and type in your desired quantity.  See photo below for more detail:

Please let us know if you have any questions.  Our team is hear if you ever need anything at Support@pawpartner.com!

Exciting New Updates!

We have an update releasing later today with various features that we have been developing for a few months.  Below you will see the different features with videos and screenshots to better illustrate today's release.  We have also made a blog post with all of this information so you can share with your staff.

Memberships Now Available!

For our businesses who are integrated with our credit card processor Card Connect, we are releasing the ability for you to create memberships and have them automatically billed to your customers.  You will be able to set the renewal period for monthly, annually, or other increments that you prefer.  You can sign customers up for a membership in your office or they can sign up and pay directly through the mobile app.  When your customer signs up for a membership they will receive a monthly package with whichever services you would like to include in the membership.  When their membership renews the next month, their package credits will reset and they will be given their membership credits on that date.  To set up your memberships click the heart logo to see the video below:

To track and edit your memberships, we have created a "Membership Report".  To access this report click "Manager" -> "Reports" -> "Membership Report".  In this report you can toggle to see which memberships are active, cancelled, or inactive.  You can also click "..." to modify, cancel, or delete the membership, or view the financial transaction in the payment register.  To see how to use the "Membership Report" click the heart logo to see the video below:

Bar Code Scanner Update

With this release, we have added support for USB bar code scanners.  There is nothing more for you to do than to plug it in and start scanning.  In "Settings" -> "Pricing" -> "Retail Items" you can add "UPC" codes into your retail items.  This will direct the scanner as to which item you are looking for.  When you are inputting UPC codes you can simply scan an item and the UPC code will be entered.  You can also search for items in your settings by scanning an item with an inputted UPC code.  At checkout, if you click on the "items" tab, you can scan your item and it will find that item and add a quantity of one directly into your checkout.  If you scan the same item again it will add another item as long as there is availability.  

Messaging Updates

In our "Messages" section, we have added a "deleted" tab that will house all of your deleted messages.  In this Deleted tab, you can also restore deleted messages.  Any staff with "message access" will now be able to delete and restore messages, previously that was a manager/owner permission.

In the main message "Inbox" thread we have added a yellow highlight for messages that customers have sent to your business that staff have yet to respond to.  You will see the yellow highlight in the "Updated" column in your inbox.

Another update in our messaging platform is the addition of templates.  You can use templates both when you create a new message or when you reply to a message.  To create a new template simply write the content you would like the template to say directly in the message and click "Save As Template".  This will save the template for you to use in the future.  To use a previously saved template, simply click on the drop down "template" selector and you will be able to choose which template you would like.  Once selected, the template will load directly into the message.  See the screenshot below for more detail:

New Payment Method Tracking

With this update, we have added the ability for you to customize which forms of payments you take and track.  To access this you can go to "Settings" -> "Payments".  In this section you can select which payment methods you would like to enable.  Please note that tracking non integrated payment processors such as "Paypal" will NOT link directly into your Paypal account but will track which payments you log in Paw Partner were Paypal transactions.  See the screenshot below for more detail:

Backdating Reservations Now Supported

With today's update, we are now supporting the ability to backdate reservations for all segments of Paw Partner: Boarding, Daycare, Grooming, and Training.  You are now able to change the dates of the reservations before, during, and after a pet is checked out.  Note that if you are modifying "Checked Out" reservations, your modifications will NOT also modify the payment register.  If you want a payment modified, you will also need to modify the transaction directly in the payment register.

We are excited to be releasing these features today.  We have a bountiful amount of features that we are continually working on so keep an eye out in the "Updates" section for all the new features releasing on Paw Partner.  Thank you for being a part of our Paw Partner family, and please let us know if you have any questions or need any assistance at all to Support@pawpartner.com.