It’s getting cold out, families are gathering, and business is booming. Sounds like someone did a great job marketing their store during the summer. In order to win at the end of the year, business owners should start making moves during the dog days of summer. Here...

It’s the last two months of the year. You have prepared by building your inventory, advertising your store, and you are ready to make the lion’s share of this year's money. Is it time to sit back and relax? Certainly not, but it is also not the time to panic and let...

Every dog owner has been through the same struggle: you scrub and scrub only for an hour later to smell the stench of wet dog and every piece of furniture they touch. I know this struggle all too well. It all started as a 3rd-grade school science project where I had...

Time is money. I'm sure you have all heard that, and it remind me of a lesson that I learned early in my career.

For the past three weeks, I have been interning at Data Age and wanted to share what my experience has been like. My role has been quite unique in the office in that I have been shadowing different departments every week within Data Age during the morning, then having...

Success doesn't come easy for anyone, and especially not for a pawnbroker. There are several challenges pawnbrokers face on the road to success. The most valuable lesson to learn is building strong habits. Here are seven habits of highly successful pawnbrokers.

Revenue, revenue, revenue!  Every business wants to drive revenue, and sometimes they miss the easiest aspect of driving revenue: Customer satisfaction and retention.

The world is getting back to normal, and we all know what that means...slow summer sales. If you sell firearms, you have more than likely seen a dramatic spike in your retail business over the last year.

As we head into the summer months and hopefully placing the COVID crisis behind us, we are still dealing with a wealth of adversity in our industry and in business in general.

It’s summertime, and you’re ready to have some fun and sell some stuff! Let’s take a look at how to make a summer event worthwhile for everyone.

Data Age Business systems, Developer of PawnMaster, as a result of unprecedented growth has announced the introduction of a bold new logo and completely revamped visual identity for its evolving brand.

I’m as tired as you are of hearing that business has changed and the suggestion that you need high-tech to survive.

So it’s Summer, and sales are slow. In order to execute at a high level in today’s pawn world, brokers should always be focused on retail and the benefits that it can provide.

Aged inventory can be the death of your retail. No customer wants to see the same items every time that they come into your store.

When asked to write a blog about what I would tell my younger self if I could go back in time, I first thought of the sports almanac from Back to the Future. Of course, there is also stock info and crypto currency. But I digress as I am sure that is not the intention...

Data Age/PawnMaster is often referred to as the 5 star company for several reasons: easy-to-use software solutions, on-premises technical support, 30+ years in the tech industry, and the list goes on. However, perhaps the main reason for our nearly 1,000 Google and...

As I embark on my tenth year here at Data Age /PawnMaster, I always field the question about how you handle trash-talking competitors.

Loan balance seems to be the main topic of conversation as of late….or lack of it. These “covid times” have created a climate of excess vs. need with the typical pawn customer.