The POS Sales Map: Geo-Tagged Transactions
How the AskBiz POS Map tab works — enabling location access, viewing where sales happen geographically, and using map data to understand customer footprint.
Key Takeaways
- The Map tab shows a geographic heat map of where sales transactions were processed — useful for multi-branch or mobile businesses.
- Geo-tagging requires cashiers to allow location access on their device when checking out.
- Use the map to spot which areas generate the most sales, then focus marketing efforts there.
How geo-tagged sales work
Go to POS and click the Map sub-tab. If you see 'No geo-tagged sales in this period — cashiers must allow location access when checking out', it means location permissions haven't been granted on the cashier's device. The Map feature uses the browser's geolocation API — when a cashier processes a sale, the device records the GPS coordinates of that transaction. These coordinates are plotted on the map so you can see exactly where each sale happened.
Enabling location access for cashiers
For geo-tagging to work, each cashier's device must grant location permission to AskBiz. On Chrome: when the cashier first opens a till session, the browser will ask 'Allow AskBiz to use your location?' — click Allow. On Safari: go to Settings > Safari > Location and set AskBiz to 'Allow'. Once enabled, every subsequent sale from that device is automatically tagged with the GPS location. Remind cashiers not to block this permission — without it the Map tab stays empty.
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Once sales are being geo-tagged, the Map shows dots or clusters at the location of each transaction. Use the date filters to change the period — for example, Last 30 days shows your sales geography for a full month. Click a dot to see the transaction details. For businesses with multiple branches, you'll see clusters forming around each location. For mobile or delivery businesses, the map shows where customers are when they're transacted — revealing your real geographic trading area.
Using map data for business decisions
If your sales cluster in one area, consider whether a second branch or pop-up in that area would capture more of the nearby market. If you're a delivery business and sales cluster far from your base, it might be worth a satellite depot or delivery partner in that zone. Combine map data with the Branch filter to see whether your town branch customers are geographically close (they walk past) or far (they drive specifically to you) — this affects your marketing strategy and where you'd put a future location.