# Integrated Retailing > Plain answers for stores that sell at the counter and online. A vendor-neutral reference for single-store retailers who also sell online: stock, books, pickup, returns, and the math behind them. Written by Peter Benes. Vendor neutral, no affiliate links. Each guide shows its sources and the date it was last updated. ## Topics - [Google Surfaces](https://integratedretailing.com/google-surfaces/): Local inventory ads, Business Profile products and the feeds behind them. - [Inventory](https://integratedretailing.com/inventory/): Keeping shelf counts and web counts the same: sync, stocktakes, receiving, reorders. - [Close and Books](https://integratedretailing.com/close-and-books/): End-of-day close, reconciliation and commissions without a weekly cleanup. - [Pickup, Returns and Credit](https://integratedretailing.com/pickup-returns-credit/): Pickup orders, exchanges, store credit, gift cards and deposits across both channels. - [Stack Choices](https://integratedretailing.com/stack-choices/): Choosing and running a POS and payments setup for one store. - [Numbers](https://integratedretailing.com/numbers/): Margin, ROAS and shipping math, with calculators you can use on your own figures. - [Cross-Border](https://integratedretailing.com/cross-border/): Duties, de minimis and tax when a store sits on one side of the US and Canada line. ## Google Surfaces - [Local Inventory Ads on Shopify: Setup for a Single Store](https://integratedretailing.com/google-surfaces/local-inventory-ads-shopify/): Set up Google local inventory ads from Shopify POS: requirements, the Google & YouTube app steps, campaign settings, and what the native sync misses. - [Show Shopify Products on Your Google Business Profile](https://integratedretailing.com/google-surfaces/shopify-products-google-business-profile/): Three ways to get Shopify products onto your Google Business Profile: the Google & YouTube app, the Local Inventory app, or the product editor. - [Missing Inventory Data in Merchant Center: Store Code Fixes](https://integratedretailing.com/google-surfaces/missing-inventory-data-store-codes/): Fix Merchant Center's missing inventory data and invalid store code errors for a single store, with causes, menu paths and the Shopify route explained. - [POS Offline Conversion Tracking for Google Ads: Single-Store Options](https://integratedretailing.com/google-surfaces/pos-offline-conversion-tracking/): How a single store can count in-store POS sales in Google Ads: store visits, store sales, offline imports, and what the Shopify app does not send. ## Inventory - [POS and Shopify Inventory Sync Failures: Causes and Fixes by POS Type](https://integratedretailing.com/inventory/pos-shopify-sync-failures/): Why store and online stock drift apart, by POS type: SKU mismatch, two systems writing stock, variants, timing and returns, with the fix for each. - [How to Run a Stocktake in Shopify POS: Stock Counts and Quick Count](https://integratedretailing.com/inventory/stocktake-shopify-pos/): Run a full or cycle stocktake with Shopify stock counts: create in admin, count in POS, review discrepancies, approve. Plus Quick count and Stocky's end. - [Partial Receiving on Shopify Purchase Orders: Backorders, Shorts and Damaged Units](https://integratedretailing.com/inventory/purchase-order-partial-receiving/): How to receive part of a Shopify purchase order: create the linked transfer, accept, reject or cancel each line, and keep the rest In progress. - [Shopify Barcode Labels When Products Already Have UPCs](https://integratedretailing.com/inventory/barcode-labels-existing-upcs/): Keep manufacturer UPCs, label only what lacks one, and avoid the Retail Barcode Labels setting that overwrites barcodes you typed in by hand. - [Reorder Points in Shopify Without Stocky: Min/Max, Flow Alerts and Reports](https://integratedretailing.com/inventory/reorder-points-shopify/): Shopify has no native reorder point field. Set min and max with variant metafields, alert with Flow, and size orders from the inventory reports. ## Close and Books - [End of Day Report and Cash Drawer Close in Shopify POS](https://integratedretailing.com/close-and-books/end-of-day-report-cash-drawer/): Close the cash drawer in Shopify POS: count, compare expected cash, print the session summary, and pull the right daily report for your books. - [QuickBooks Reconciliation for Shopify POS: Payouts, Cash and Fees](https://integratedretailing.com/close-and-books/quickbooks-reconciliation-shopify-pos/): Reconcile Shopify POS sales in QuickBooks Online: match payouts through the clearing account, handle cash deposits, fees, GST/HST and sales tax. - [Staff Commission and Sales Attribution in Shopify POS](https://integratedretailing.com/close-and-books/staff-commission-sales-attribution/): Pay staff commission from Shopify POS: how attribution works after the June 2026 change, which report to use, and where returns and online sales fit. ## Pickup, Returns and Credit - [Shopify Local Pickup Not Showing at Checkout: Five Causes and Fixes](https://integratedretailing.com/pickup-returns-credit/local-pickup-not-showing/): Local pickup missing from Shopify checkout? Check the location toggle, checkout version, country, shipping zone and stock. Exact settings and fixes. - [How to Exchange an Online Order In Store with Shopify POS](https://integratedretailing.com/pickup-returns-credit/exchange-online-order-in-store/): Exchange or return a Shopify web order at your counter: find it in POS, swap items, settle the difference and restock. Needs POS Pro for exchanges. - [Store Credit in Shopify: How It Works Online and in POS](https://integratedretailing.com/pickup-returns-credit/store-credit-shopify/): Shopify has built-in store credit. How to issue it, refund to it, redeem it online and in POS, set expiry, and the limits a single store should know. - [Shopify Gift Cards Online and In Store: Setup, Selling and Redeeming](https://integratedretailing.com/pickup-returns-credit/gift-cards-online-and-in-store/): Sell and redeem one Shopify gift card balance online and at the counter: products, POS tiles, physical cards, expiry settings, cash-out and limits. - [Deposits, Layaway and Partial Payments in Shopify POS and Online](https://integratedretailing.com/pickup-returns-credit/deposits-layaway-partial-payments/): Take a deposit or run layaway in Shopify: Mark as partially paid in POS, collect the balance later, reserve stock on drafts, and when Plus deposits apply. ## Stack Choices - [Shopify POS Lite vs Pro for a Single Store: The Break-Even Test](https://integratedretailing.com/stack-choices/shopify-pos-lite-vs-pro-single-store/): What POS Pro adds over the free in-person tier, what it costs per location in USD and CAD, and the margin test that tells one store if it pays. - [Shopify POS vs Lightspeed Retail for a Single Store That Sells Online](https://integratedretailing.com/stack-choices/shopify-pos-vs-lightspeed-single-store/): One record or two: compare Shopify POS Pro and Lightspeed Retail X-Series on sync, buying tools, offline cards and published price for one store. - [Shopify POS Internet Outage Procedure: Offline Payments for One Register](https://integratedretailing.com/stack-choices/offline-payments-outage-procedure/): Set up Shopify POS offline card payments before the outage, then follow a one-page routine at the counter and after reconnecting. ## Numbers - [Profitable ROAS Floor: Breakeven ROAS for a Store That Also Sells Online](https://integratedretailing.com/numbers/profitable-roas-floor-and-web/): Breakeven ROAS is 1 divided by your margin after variable costs. Work out your floor, add a profit target, and set it for web and in-store sales. ## Cross-Border - [US De Minimis and Duties for Canadian Stores Shipping to US Customers](https://integratedretailing.com/cross-border/us-de-minimis-and-duties-for-canadian-stores/): The US $800 de minimis exemption is suspended. What a Canadian store must do now: DDP by Canada Post, courier entries, CUSMA, Section 338 and data. - [Selling Into Canada From a US Store: GST/HST, CAD Pricing and Shopify Markets](https://integratedretailing.com/cross-border/selling-into-canada-from-a-us-store/): A US store shipping to Canada: when GST/HST registration applies, who pays tax at the border, CAD pricing in Shopify Markets, and Canadian duties. ## Tools and data - [Breakeven ROAS at your margin](https://integratedretailing.com/tools/breakeven-roas-at-margin/): Find the return on ad spend your store needs to break even, and the one that hits a profit target, from your margin and variable costs. - [First-transaction profitability](https://integratedretailing.com/tools/first-transaction-profitability/): See whether a new customer pays back on the first order, and how many repeat orders it takes if not. Enter margin, fees, costs and ad cost. - [Free shipping threshold calculator](https://integratedretailing.com/tools/free-shipping-threshold/): Test a free shipping threshold against your own orders: monthly profit change and the share of shoppers who must add items for it to pay. - [Are local inventory ads worth it?](https://integratedretailing.com/tools/local-inventory-ads-worth-it/): Estimate whether local inventory ads pay for a single store: clicks, store purchases, incremental profit and the breakeven store-purchase rate. - [POS options compared for a single store](https://integratedretailing.com/stack/): Sortable table of POS options with sources and check dates. - [Change Ledger](https://integratedretailing.com/changes/): Weekly log of changes that touch a single store. [RSS](https://integratedretailing.com/changes/rss.xml) - [About](https://integratedretailing.com/about/)