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StoreHub is a cloud-based, BIR-accredited POS for Philippine hobby shops and collectibles stores, tracking every item as its own SKU, syncing stock between the shelf and Shopee, Lazada, and TikTok Shop listings, and reporting what's selling and what isn't so you know what to restock. Hobby retail is inventory-accuracy retail: 1,000+ SKUs, often one or two of each, where a single oversell costs the sale and the collector's trust. It runs specialty retailers Boxed Blossoms at Alabang Town Center and Kurimu across 5 branches. |
For hobby shops in the Philippines (trading cards, tabletop games, scale models, die-cast, anime figures, vintage toys), the POS choice comes down to two questions: can it keep an honest count when most items exist in quantities of one or two, and can it sync that count between the shelf and your online listings without manual edits. StoreHub is cloud-based and BIR-accredited, and it syncs inventory with Shopee, Lazada, TikTok Shop, Zalora, and Shopify. More than 20,000 businesses across Southeast Asia run on it, including specialty retailers Boxed Blossoms at Alabang Town Center and Kurimu.
The shape of the problem is the reverse of a boutique's. A specialty boutique carries 50 designs multiplied into hundreds of size and color variants, the multi-variant math we cover in our specialty store POS guide. A hobby shop carries a thousand designs with one or two copies of each. When a grail piece sells, there is no next size down, and Philippine collector circles are small enough that an oversold listing travels fast.
This guide covers what hobby and collectibles retail actually requires from a POS in the Philippines, where the daily friction lives, and how the same system Filipino specialty retailers run keeps a one-of-one inventory honest.
Are these problems familiar in your hobby shop?
One copy on the shelf, three places selling it
The same graded card or limited-run figure sits on the shelf, on a Shopee listing, and in a TikTok Shop video. A walk-in buys it on a Saturday afternoon, and the online listing stays live until someone remembers to take it down. That oversell is not a simple refund. It is a reputation problem in every collector group chat by Sunday.
Restocking by feel instead of sell-through
Sealed product, singles, paints, sleeves, and kits do not behave the same way. Some lines replenish monthly, others were one-time buys. Without per-SKU sell-through numbers, the next distributor order is a guess, and the guess ties up cash in stock that sits while the line that actually moves runs dry the week before a convention like ToyCon.
The stock list lives in a spreadsheet, or in your head
A regular messages to ask if the 1/64 Skyline is still in, and the honest answer is "let me check when I get to the shop." Manual stocktakes across 1,000+ low-volume SKUs take a full day and are outdated by closing time.
BIR receipts, especially once you sign a mall lease
A hobby shop that graduates from a Greenhills stall to a mall unit takes on a stricter reality: BIR-registered Official Receipts on every sale, Z-readings at closing, and the mall's own accreditation process on top. A POS that is not accredited at the system level turns every quarter into audit-trail cleanup.
What to look for in a hobby shop POS in the Philippines
Before picking a system, check that it covers all of these:
Per-SKU, real-time inventory. Every item carries its own stock count, deducted the moment it sells, so a quantity of one is treated as exactly one.
Barcode scanning for checkout and stocktakes. Scan-in, scan-out keeps checkout fast and stocktakes manageable across 1,000+ SKUs.
Marketplace sync across online listings. Shopee, Lazada, TikTok Shop, Zalora, and Shopify orders auto-flow to the POS, and stock deducts across every channel the moment any sale happens.
A webstore for direct online sales. A channel under your own brand, alongside the marketplaces.
Reporting that shows what's selling and what isn't. What moved, what sat, and what deserves a reorder before the next convention weekend.
Low-stock alerts on replenishable lines. Sleeves, paints, and sealed product get reorder thresholds; one-of-one pieces never need them.
BIR accreditation with mall pre-accreditation. Official Receipts, Z-readings, X-readings, and e-journals generated per BIR requirements.
A local Philippine support team. A weekend tournament crowd is exactly when the register cannot go down.
How StoreHub solves these for Filipino hobby shops
One-of-one inventory that stays honest
Inventory Management tracks each item as its own SKU with a real-time count, auto-deducted from stock the moment it sells. Barcode scanning covers checkout and stocktakes, so the manual count becomes a scan-through, and low-stock alerts with configurable reorder thresholds watch the lines you actually replenish.
Marketplace sync that ends the double-sell
Marketplace integration auto-syncs inventory and orders across Shopee, Lazada, TikTok Shop, Zalora, and Shopify. A walk-in sale deducts the same SKU from every online listing in real time, which for quantity-one stock is the entire game. For a direct channel under your own brand, StoreHub also includes a webstore option.
Reporting that plans the next order
Reporting analytics shows you what's selling and what isn't, by product, staff performance, and peak hours. You see which sealed lines sold, which singles moved after a tournament night, and which shelf of kits sat all quarter. That is the difference between reordering on data and reordering on feel.
BIR-accredited, including for mall units
StoreHub is BIR-accredited at the system level, generating Official Receipts, Z-readings, X-readings, and e-journals per BIR requirements. For hobby shops moving into malls, pre-accreditation with major malls (Glorietta, the BGC malls) saves 30 to 60 days versus registering yourself, which matters when the lease clock is already running.
Cloud-based, reliable, and supported from Manila
The system is cloud-based, so stock and sales sit on your phone whether you are at the counter or at a weekend toy fair. StoreHub has run at 99.9% uptime, and a local Philippine support team picks up when a weekend toy fair rush hits a hardware issue.
Built for Filipino specialty retail, hobby shops included
In StoreHub's retail lineup, a hobby shop is a specialty store: high-mix, low-volume, curation-led. Whatever distinction matters in your category (scale, edition, sealed or loose, card language) maps to its own SKU with its own count. The customer database keeps purchase history, so the regular who bought three Gunpla kits last quarter is a known name at the counter, not a stranger. If your store carries deeper stacks of fewer designs, our specialty store POS guide covers that shape.
Voices from Filipino specialty retailers on StoreHub
StoreHub's named Philippine retail roster runs floral, gifting, and dessert counters rather than trading cards, so the framing here is honest: these are specialty retailers, not hobby shops. Their inventory has the same shape. Two things keep coming up: a count you can trust, and reports you actually check.
Jem Tinsay runs Boxed Blossoms, a floral retail business at Alabang Town Center, alongside Vine Cafe Lounge in Salcedo, Makati.
On keeping the count honest:
"Before StoreHub, managing inventory was a big challenge. Now, the user-friendly system makes tracking stock efficient and accurate."
Jem Tinsay, Owner of Boxed Blossoms and Vine Cafe Lounge, Makati / Alabang
→ See StoreHub inventory management
On reports you actually check:
"Before StoreHub, tracking sales was difficult. Now, real-time reports make monitoring performance easy and reliable."
Jem Tinsay, Owner of Boxed Blossoms and Vine Cafe Lounge, Makati / Alabang
Among the reviews behind StoreHub's 4.8/5 Google rating, one Google Review from a gift shop reads: "Provides comprehensive features including DTR, POS, cashiering, inventory, and reports." A gift shop is the closest cousin a hobby shop has on that list.
More than 20,000 businesses across Southeast Asia run on StoreHub. The Philippine specialty retail roster includes Boxed Blossoms, Vine Cafe Lounge, Kurimu, and others. Each one runs on it because it fits the way Filipino specialty retailers actually run, through every one-of-one sale, every restock decision, and every BIR filing.
When StoreHub is not the right choice
Like any system, StoreHub fits some hobby sellers better than others. Picture a collector clearing duplicate die-cast pieces from a mat at a Sunday tiangge in Marikina: 50 items, cash only, no permanent shop, no online listings. For that setup, a notebook and a coin box run the operation honestly. The whole inventory fits in one plastic crate, and the system packs up at 5pm.
But if you are running a permanent counter with 1,000+ SKUs, listing the same stock on Shopee or TikTok Shop while selling it off the shelf, or signing a mall lease that requires BIR-accredited receipts, that is where StoreHub starts to matter, because adding those layers later means re-platforming after the count has already drifted.
StoreHub pricing in the Philippines
Three plans cover most hobby shops. Advanced is the typical fit for a store selling in-store and online at the same time; Pro for groups running multiple stores or concepts.
Plan | Annual | Best for |
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Starter | PHP 26,988/yr | Single-counter hobby shop validating the concept |
Advanced | PHP 53,988/yr | Most hobby shops selling in-store and online |
Pro | PHP 107,988/yr | Groups running multiple stores or concepts |
A 14-day free trial is available, no credit card required. BIR PTU Registration assistance is PHP 1,000 per registration as an onboarding service. See our pricing page for add-ons, payment processing rates, and multi-year savings.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best POS system for a hobby shop in the Philippines?
The best fit is a BIR-accredited cloud POS that tracks every item as its own SKU and syncs stock across in-store and online channels. StoreHub is built for that profile, with per-SKU real-time inventory, barcode scanning, marketplace integration, sales reporting, and a local Philippine support team.
Can StoreHub sync stock between my physical shop and Shopee, Lazada, or TikTok Shop?
Yes. Marketplace integration auto-syncs inventory and orders across Shopee, Lazada, TikTok Shop, Zalora, and Shopify in real time, so a sale on any channel, including the physical counter, deducts stock from every other channel.
How does StoreHub handle one-of-a-kind or limited-run collectibles?
Each piece is its own SKU with its own count, deducted automatically the moment it sells. Because online listings draw from the same stock, an in-store sale of a quantity-one item deducts the stock from every online listing in real time.
Is StoreHub BIR-accredited for a mall-based hobby shop?
Yes. StoreHub is BIR-accredited at the system level, generating Official Receipts, Z-readings, X-readings, and e-journals. For mall units, pre-accreditation with major malls saves 30 to 60 days versus registering yourself.
See StoreHub in action
See how StoreHub runs across 20,000+ Southeast Asian businesses, from single-counter hobby shops to multi-store retail groups, in this short product walk-through.
