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Square POS Review


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Square Pos is a cloud-based free point-of-sale solution that is designed to modernize payment options by utilizing its mobile app or cloud-based software. Its mobile app version could easily be downloaded on any mobile device (smart phone, tablet) but is more optimized for use in iPads. Features include offline payment processing, sales tracking and reporting and compatibility with existing POS hardware.    

 

Features

 

Inventory Management

  • Access anywhere, anytime
  • Easy to setup
  • One item inventory (sell online or Square Register App)
  • Daily stock alerts
  • CSV spreadsheets

 

Customer Management

  • Collect customer feedback from digital receipts
  • Receive feedback
  • Resolve issues
  • Customer insights (what they’re buying, number of visits) for $10 per month

 

Employee Management

  • Secure employee permissions
  • Built-in time cards
  • Automatic tip reconciliations
  • Customized permission levels

 

Payment Options (Point of Sale Features)

  • Accept payments—even without a connection
  • Send receipts via email or text message, or print them out
  • Print or email sales reports
  • Adjust taxes, tipping, and discounts
  • Manage inventory in real time
  • Accept orders online for pickup in person
  • Create employee logins

 

Equipment

Square Stand

  • Connect an iPad
  • Download Square register
  • With integrated card reader
  • Chip card accessory – enables electronic signatures on iPad

SQUA(RED) Reader

  • 3.55 mm headset jack (smart phone or tablet)

USB hardware hub

  • Receipt printer
  • Cash drawer
  • Bar code scanner

 

Accounting Features

Integration

  • Intuit QuickBooks
  • Xero
  • SumAll

 

Bottom Line

Square is perfect for any and all business sizes searching for a modern POS solution.  It offers a complete POS service that lets you easily manage your employees and even keep track of your inventories. Businesses could take advantage of this new point-of-sale service because it could easily be downloaded as an app or its cloud-based version. Square POS is a good choice for any business that would like a simple POS system that could be easily deployed and requires little overhead costs.   

 

 

 


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