In today’s era of modern marketing, doing business faster has become as important as finding customers for your business. Setting up a store, sourcing materials, putting them in display, and finally selling them; all have to be just-in-time. When we see the operation models of large retail chains or even small players, one thing has really changed the whole scenario of doing business faster – POS or Point of Sale systems. Point of sale systems have added new dimension to the overall process of billing of goods, managing inventory, and payment methods.
Here are some of the best POS systems that vendors use across the globe. If you are researching for a POS system to employ for your business, this analysis will help you take a better decision.
AccuPOS
Since 1996, AccuPOS has been offering its point of sale systems with regular innovations and upgradation added time to time. The system integrates accounting software, such as QuickBooks and various Sage products (Peachtree and Simply Account). The system makes itself abreast with technology, which is demonstrated by its offering of Android compatible tools for credit card processing and tableside order entry.
POS Guys
A Relatively less priced, POS Guys offers a variety of point of sale systems offering different capabilities. POS Guys systems allow you to integrate your own payment processors. They also provide finest range of barcode scanners and receipt printers. However, in terms of customer support, POS Guys lack a bit as it only provides technical/customer support services in business hours from Monday through Friday.
Harbor Touch
Harbor Touch can, in many aspect, be called near close to a free POS system that help you integrate your point of sale system for a processing agreement of $25. With a nominal start up cost, you can get the benefit of payment processing, inventory tracking, and customer management. As the true business/profit model depends on the profit of the vendor, Harbor heavily focuses on its after sale service. It also offers iPad software for tableside service and mobile payment processing, suitable for restaurants.
Touch Suite by Invenstar
This smart plug-n-play POS system frees you off from the long list of peripherals that most of the POS systems use. This system does not does not require any upfront investment. The most interesting and helpful features are online data backup and round the clock onscreen help. This is one ideal investment for small budget start ups.
ShopKeep POS
ShopKeep is a cloud based POS system that uses the iPad and Apple peripherals. This feature enables that the users never lose their data. In addition, it can be started with a very little upfront cost and affordable monthly charges. With a 3 G connection or Wi-Fi access, ShopKeep will work literally anywhere.
Shopify POS
Shopify POS is quick and easy. This iPad application enables you to sell your Shopify store’s products both in physical, retail settings. With Shopify POS, keeping track of payment systems, multiple inventories, and product catalogs becomes easy.
Vend
Vend is a very low cost and works with any hardware, such as Macs, PCs, tablets, and Android devices. A number of payment gateways services, including PayPal, Shopify, Square, and Xero.
