01 / Identify
Know who you bought from.
Find a returning seller by phone number in a keystroke. For a new seller, scan their photo ID once — every later purchase reuses it.
- Photo ID scanONE SCAN
- Phone searchINSTANT
- Signed-up sellersPRE-FILLED
Point of sale · CounterCounter · Console · Portal
Point of sale · Counter
The counter, on one device.
A scrap counter is not a retail checkout. You’re buying, not selling; the price depends on grade and contamination; and the person in front of you has to be identified and recorded. AltScrap’s counter app is built for exactly that — and it runs on the phone or tablet your staff already hold.
ID first
Every purchase
Your prices
Not typed in
PayID
And bank transfer
Keeps going
When signal drops
At the counter · 03 jobs
Fast where it should be, strict where it must be.
Speed matters when there are four utes in the queue. So does never letting an unidentified purchase through. The counter flow puts the ID step first, once — and everything after it is quick.
02 / Weigh & price
Grade it, weigh it, price it.
Pick the item from your list, enter the weight, take off deductions. The rate comes from that store’s price list and the seller’s tier — nobody haggles from memory.
- Prices from your listNO GUESSWORK
- Contamination deductionsRECORDED
- Multiple items, one docketONE TICKET
03 / Pay & receipt
Pay them and move on.
Record the payout against the purchase — PayID, bank transfer, manual transfer or cheque — and the receipt goes to their phone by email or SMS.
- Four ways to payON RECORD
- Email + SMS receiptsNO LOGIN
- Straight into reportsIMMEDIATE
Why it holds up · 03 realities
Designed for a yard, not an office.
Counter software fails in predictable ways: it assumes clean hands, good signal, and one store. We deliberately assumed none of that.
01
One device, start to finish
ID scan, weight, price, payment and receipt all happen in the same app on the same device. No walking to the office to finish a purchase.
02
Staff can’t quietly change a price
Rates come from the price list you control. Deductions are entered as deductions, so an unusual purchase shows up as an unusual purchase in the reports.
03
The record writes itself as you go
The records, the seller history and the day’s takings all come out of doing the sale — not a second job someone does at close.
Questions · 04
Before you ask us.
What hardware do I need for the counter?
A phone or tablet is enough — the counter app takes photo ID with the device camera and works on iOS and Android. You keep whatever scales or weighbridge you already use and enter the weight alongside the item.
Can staff process a purchase without capturing ID?
The flow puts ID first: an existing seller is matched to their stored record, and a new seller has their photo ID taken before the purchase is completed. That’s what makes the Compliance Register and ID Verification reports worth something.
How do sellers get a receipt?
Every completed purchase produces a receipt the seller can open on their phone — sent by email or SMS, no account or login needed. Nothing has to be printed unless you want it to be.
Can I take multiple materials in a single transaction?
Yes. A purchase can have multiple lines — each with its own item, weight and deductions — and pays out as one transaction with one receipt.
Keep reading · 03
The rest of the platform.
Yard operations
Every job in the yard, in one system.
Run scrap yard operations on one system: counter purchases, weights and grades, supplier approvals, pricing by store and tier, payouts, and the records behind every transaction.
Read onCompliance
Every purchase, on the record.
Keep the dealer record without the paperwork: photo ID taken at the counter, a seller history behind every purchase, and Compliance Register, ID Verification and Payment Compliance reports on demand.
Read onBack office
Run the business behind the yard.
The back office behind the yard: company and per-store pricing, pricing tiers, staff and store administration, payout runs, eight built-in reports with CSV export, and MYOB or Xero sync.
Read onReady when you are
Watch a purchase go through.
The fastest way to judge counter software is to see a real purchase completed end to end. That takes about ten minutes of a demo.
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