Currently, no.  Sidekick will organize and record purchase details and payment information.  When it is time to run a credit card, you will use your current vendor and their hardware to accept and process the credit or debit card payment.

Sidekick is an iPad application and all billing occurs through Apple via the Apple App Store.   Apple will bill the credit card associated with your Apple ID.

Sidekick is free to download and comes with a free 1 month trial.  After the trial period, you will be charged a reoccurring subscription rate of $34.99 per month.  

The $34.99 subscription entitles the user to download Sidekick on 2 iPads.  If more iPads are desired, a second reoccurring subscription of $9.99/month allows for Sidekick to be downloaded on an unlimited number of iPads.

Yes, Sidekick can be used and the receipt can be printed.

Currently, Sidekick will link to Google Drive and Box cloud storage accounts.   The user must have an active Google Drive or Box account and provide Sidekick with their username to allow the receipts to transfer to and from the user’s pre-established cloud service provider.

Not at this time.  However, this is something we hope to offer in the future.

Not at this time.  However, this is something we hope to offer in the future.

One of the biggest challenges for new employees is learning how to apply insurance benefits.  Sidekick simplifies this challenge by only presenting the user with relevant data entry boxes that correspond to a specific insurance’s covered benefits.   

For example:  When a VSP customer is purchasing a frame, Sidekick would prompt the user to enter the material co-pay, the retail frame cost, the VSP frame benefit amount, and the % off for frames overage.  Sidekick would then calculate the amount due, keep a running sales total, and print and store a detailed sales receipt.    

Yes, the administration screen allows users to set up benefit coverages for post-operative covered eyewear.

Yes, the administrative screen allows the user to create data benefit entry fields for (1) allowances, (2) allowables,(3) percent off/discount sales, (4) allowables-% overages, and (5) no coverage.   These categories can be set up for every step of the sales process (frames, lenses, add-ons ect).    Additionally, each category has customizable text reminding the user what to enter and can be more specific when applicable.  For example, data fields could say “enter frame allowance”  or “enter $120 allowance”, or “enter 20% here”. 

No.  Unfortunately, most vision providers do not allow this information to transfer directly over to any electronic payment provider or health record system. 

No, Sidekick is designed to assist with spectacle, spectacle lens, and sunglass related sales.

Yes, there are no contracts.  Sidekick is a monthly subscription through the Apple App store and can be canceled at any time.