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TAXIshop^™Version 5

The Current Release is TAXIshop 5.0 for use with Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7.

(TAXIshop 4.2 is still available for earlier versions of Windows.)

Each TAXIshop system is individually designed, licensed, and produced. Each system also includes a custom letterhead layout, using your original artwork or existing logo. Your custom letterhead will appear on outgoing shop forms, customer correspondence and reports to present your business in a most professional manner. A coordinated return address layout is also created for your shop envelopes which can be printed on demand right from your TAXIshop system.

User-Friendly Customer and Order Search Features let you find, view, add, or update information quickly and easily! You enter something once! From then on, the information is automatically saved, accessed, retrieved and inserted wherever it may be necessary in future forms, customer correspondence or reports.

From TAXIshop's Customer Form, simply click one of the large control buttons to: Create a New Order for this Customer... Access a Customer's Previous or Pending Orders... Check a Customer's Overall Balance or see a Complete Payment History of previous orders... Select and Print a personalized Customer Letter that you've created and saved in TAXIshop's Correspondence Library... Print an Envelope that's pre-addressed to your Customer with your logo or artwork in the return address.

To create a new order, simply click the New Order button to open TAXIshop's Order Form with your customer's personal information and all the pertinent dates already inserted into the form.

Select a Job Category, Specie, and Pose from the custom drop-down Selection Lists that automatically update when you enter new items. With Automatic Order Pricing, nothing could be easier! TAXIshop can even figure your order's Sales Tax if you like!

From the Order Form, click the buttons on the right side of the screen to record and track the Order Details that are important to you. Enter Mount Type & Description, Panel & Base Information, Habitat and Scenery Notes, or any special Remarks. You can specify a mount's Show Side, Direction of Turn, Head & Ear positions, and Trophy Plate Info too!

Enter Hunter & Harvest information you need to create the documentation required by your DNR, F&G, or other wildlife agency with just one click.

In the Order Form's Account Info window, Enter the Quoted Price for your professional services plus any Extra Charges, Sales Tax, Deposits & Payments received or even Customer Credits. After each transaction is entered, TAXIshop automatically recalculates a new Order Balance and the customer's Overall Balance if the client has more than one project in the shop. Add descriptions of your Extra Charges and Customer Credits and specify which extra charges are subject to sales tax and which are not. You can also specify if a payment or deposit was received by cash, check, or credit card and record the appropriate details.

Enter complete measurements for each specimen and record information on mannikin and eyes used. TAXIshop now lets you save a picture of each project and display the image right on the Order form.

Click the Order Status button to record or check where each order is in the taxidermy process to answer your customer's inquiries quickly and easily.

From the Order Form's Print Menu...

Just click the appropriate button to print Customer Work Orders (with your shop's Terms of Service ready for your Customer's signature)... Shop Work Orders complete with all the information needed while working on a piece... Single sheet Specimen Records with your customer's signature for your DNR/F&W logbook or required written records... One-click Migratory Bird/Specimen Tags, Order Statements, and Completion Notices with your personalized text and Balance Due.

TAXIshop's expanded Selected Order Search Form provides instant access to the orders that match your Search Criteria. You can limit your search by specifying any or all of the desired search criteria including:

Completed or Not yet Completed, Delivered or Un-Delivered Orders, a particular Customer ID or specific Order No, Job No, or Tag No.

You can even search by location (like the specimens located in Freezer #1 or Freezer #2) or those that have been tanned or not yet tanned.

Search for orders that were sent to a tannery or other outside vendor or wholesaler; Or limit the search to only those orders that were sent out on or after a particular date or those not yet received back.

Would you like to do a batch of fish or birds next week? No problem! Search for a particular Job Category and/or Species... Then add a range of Order Dates, or Estimated Completion Dates to plan a week's worth of work on similar species. You can use this feature to order the supplies you'll be needing too.

View stunningly lifelike Wildlife Reference Photos in vivid color right on your computer screen. TAXIshop includes a built in Wildlife Reference Photo Library with some of the best taxidermy reference photos available from generous contributors like Breakthrough Magazine and other talented and creative individuals.

You can also add your own favorite reference photos or display your shop's promotional photos and previous projects for your clients.

TAXIshop Prints all Records required by State DNR/DOC agencies and the USF&W. Print blank Migratory Bird and Specimen Tags for your Client's use in the field or completed Tags with all required hunter & harvest information filled out and ready for your customer's signature.

Would you like to send your customers an annual holiday greeting? Or, how about a letter to all of your "bear" hunters telling them about your upcoming "Special Offer on Spring Bears!"? TAXIshop lets you target your Customers with Personalized Form Letters that you create and save in TAXIshop's customer correspondence library. Simply select the desired letter and click with your mouse to personalize the letter and send it to one or any group of your clients. Similar batch printing of Mailing Labels or pre-addressed Envelopes is also included.

View or Print Menu Driven Financial Reports for any period of time you specify, including: Shop Sales, Actual Receipts, Accounts Receivable, Sales Tax Reports, Shop Expenses, and an Order Summary Report that will Total and Subtotal your shop sales by individual Job Categories and Species. Everything you, or your accountant, needs at tax time is all right here in TAXIshop.

TAXIshop does it all for you Quickly and Easily! One-Click Shop Forms, Personalized Customer Correspondence, Automated Record Keeping and Customized Reports. All in-house, and all from within your custom built TAXIshop system.

Whether you manage a large studio with an entire staff or work alone at home, TAXIshop is the taxidermy software that you've been waiting for!

For your PC with WINDOWS! (Including Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7)

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