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Wednesday, August 19, 2026  ■  Industry Update

Gearfire Launches Cloud-Based POS Built for Specialty Outdoor Retailers

Independent firearms, archery, and outdoor sports retailers get same-day setup, built-in compliance, and real-time inventory in one cloud-based system

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Gearfire has launched Gearfire Point of Sale (GPOS), a cloud-based point-of-sale system built specifically for how specialty outdoor retailers operate. The system handles serialized inventory, layaways, and trades, and integrates directly with FastBound to keep bound books audit-ready, so compliance runs in the background instead of adding a separate step.

With GPOS, a retailer scans a UPC at receiving and pulls complete product data from Gearfire's Master Product Catalog of more than 150,000 items, with descriptions, attributes, and category placement already in place. Cataloging that once took hours now takes seconds. Because GPOS is cloud-based, retailers can run the counter and check on the business from any device, with no server to install or maintain.

"Retailers lose real time every week to manual product entry and to systems that were never built to talk to each other," said Angie Larson, Product Owner at Gearfire. "GPOS removes that work. Scan an item and it's already in the system, correctly categorized and compliant, ready to sell in-store and online."

GPOS connects directly to Gearfire eCommerce, keeping in-store and online inventory aligned in real time, and gives clear visibility into sales, products, and performance as they grow.

"If you can scan a barcode, you can run GPOS," said JW Shultz, CEO at Gearfire. "That's what this solution was built for. Designed for specialty outdoor retailers, it handles the compliance, work orders, and specialty transactions your counter depends on, all from one cloud-based system. Be up and selling on Day One."

Gearfire Point of Sale is available now, starting at $149 per month, with guided setup and training. Schedule a demo at gogearfire.com.

ABOUT GEARFIRE: Gearfire provides end-to-end technology solutions for firearm and specialty outdoor retailers and ranges, including point of sale, retail and range management, eCommerce, payment processing, and business intelligence. Serving the outdoor industry since 2012, Gearfire helps independent retailers launch, operate, and grow with purpose-built, integrated tools. Learn more at gogearfire.com.