NSW newsagents have a terrific opportunity with the Back to School vouchers. To participate, you need to register with Services NSW. Parents can get three $50 vouchers for each school-age child.
Newsagents using the Tower Systems newsagency software can access advice on setting up for receiving vouchers as a form of payment and how to handle vouchers in a sale transaction.
My advice to newsagents is to gently pitch that you accept the vouchers on your social media pages as well as in-store. Also, ensure that all team members know you accept the vouchers and how they should process them.
Parents and carers can start using the vouchers now. I think being early in your pitch is key here.
The Services NSW website lists what vouchers can be used for, including these stationery items:
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- exercise books
- pens/pencils
- coloured pencils/crayons
- textas/highlighters
- erasers
- pencil cases
- rulers
- sharpeners
- glue
- scissors
- calculators, or
- geometry sets.
The other important note is that you can’t give change for a voucher. If any value is left, it is forfeited.
These vouchers are a terrific opportunity for local newsagents and now is the time to embrace the opportunity, not after Christmas, not in the New Year.