Software
Helium inventory that runs itself.
Two products, one balloon. FLOAT runs helium across a retail chain and its gas vendor. FLOAT Express puts ordering, deliveries and inventory on every party store's counter. A store reads the same helium number in either.
For retail chains, their leadership, and their gas vendor. Helium is a high-margin impulse category managed with a pressure gauge and a guess. FLOAT makes it visible.
Works alongside any gas vendor
Balloons left to sell, front and center
The one number that matters, with latex and foil breakdowns and a balloon that shows store health from across the room.
Three minutes a week
A PIN-signed survey with dropdown answers: tank counts and PSI readings. No math, no cubic feet. Built for seasonal staff and turnover.
The app does the chasing
Leak checks, tank swaps and reorder tasks generate themselves from the numbers. Deliveries are confirmed with a photo and a PIN.
Your stores never place a helium order
Your gas vendor’s dispatcher gets a live board: every store’s level, “bring N tanks” to your par targets, and a one-click route sheet. Drivers stay on paper.
Every tank accounted for
Empties ready for pickup are a required answer every week, with an aging clock that turns amber at 7 days and red at 14. Delivered vs. returned vs. on site, per store.
District, region and HQ, live
Every store bucketed from Empty to Above Target. Exceptions surface themselves, and district leads push tasks to any set of stores in two taps.
Traditional gas tracking
- Barcode or RFID tags on every cylinder
- Scanners and apps in every driver’s hands
- Months of integration into the gas company’s ERP
- Built for the distributor, not the store
FLOAT
- ✓ A browser, in the store back office and at the vendor’s dispatch desk
- ✓ Drivers stay on paper route sheets FLOAT prints
- ✓ Store-signed weekly counts replace field scanning
- ✓ You own the data: sales, gas, tanks and shrink
Getting started
Weeks 1–2
Set up
Import stores, set par targets and balloon mix, issue store PINs and the vendor login.
Weeks 3–8
Pilot a district
10–20 stores run the weekly count. We tune thresholds with your team.
Week 9+
Read the results
Run-outs, emergency orders, idle empties and shrink, against your baseline.
Then
Scale
A chain-wide rollout is a store list and PIN cards.
FLOAT Express
Scan the counter card. That's the app.
For party and balloon stores. Each store gets a QR code on its counter. One scan opens its home screen: one message, one button, three numbers. No app to install, no account to remember.
Know when the delivery comes
The next order on the way, the day it arrives and its status.
Know when to order
The store’s usual rhythm and the day that puts its next order.
Order in a tap
The GL3 catalog by section, any live sale applied, and “Reorder your last order” at today’s prices.
Balloons on the shelf
A gauge per size: 12" latex, 18" foils, numbers. Green stocked, yellow order soon, red out this week.
Helium, when you want it
Turn on FLOAT tracking for weeks left, balloons it can fill and leak alerts. Try it free for 30 days.
Float Academy
Display designs that sell more balloons, each with its piece list, helium needed and a selling tip.
See it with your own stores.
We’ll walk through FLOAT and FLOAT Express on a short call and talk about what a pilot would look like for you.
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