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Square Point of Sale
What Is Square Point of Sale?
Square Point of Sale is the POS system ready for whatever you set your sights on. With Square, you can build a POS that makes running your business easier.
Sell in-person, online, over the phone, or out in the field. Track customer preferences and feedback with every sale. Use your POS’s built in sales and inventory reports to see how your business is doing. Everything is integrated into your POS for a stress-free experience. It’s free to use, and no contracts, fine print, or manuals required.
Who Uses Square Point of Sale?
Square Point of Sale (POS) is used by more than 2 million small businesses every day! It is flexible enough to serve every kind of business, from retailers to bakeries and delis to hairdressers.
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Reviews of Square Point of Sale
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Square D Point of Safe Review
Comments: Ease of installation: Many Square D products are designed to be easy to install, even for those with limited electrical experience. This can save time and money on installation costs.
Pros:
Square D is a brand of electrical equipment, including circuit breakers, switchgear, and other electrical components. Some of the features that are commonly cited as benefits of Square D products include: Reliability: Square D products are known for their durability and reliability. This can be especially important in critical applications such as hospitals, factories, and power plants, where equipment failure can have serious consequences. Safety: Square D products are designed with safety in mind and are tested to meet strict safety standards. This can help protect workers and building occupants from electrical hazards. Compatibility: Square D products are compatible with a wide range of electrical systems and devices, making them a flexible choice for many different types of applications. Energy efficiency: Some Square D products are designed to be energy efficient, which can help reduce energy costs and reduce the environmental impact of electrical systems. Customer support: Square D has a reputation for providing excellent customer support, including technical assistance and training for its products. This can be especially helpful for customers who have questions or need support with their electrical systems.
Cons:
In general, some potential downsides or limitations of Square D products may include: Cost: Square D products may be more expensive than some other brands, especially if you're looking for budget-priced options. Compatibility: Square D products may not be compatible with certain types of equipment or systems, depending on the specific requirements of your application. Availability: Square D products may not be as widely available as other brands, especially if you're looking for specialized or hard-to-find components. Warranty: Square D products may come with limited warranties, which may not cover certain types of damages or defects.
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Square isn’t so square!
Comments: I used Square as a POS in a few gift shops and many events. I love this interface for event transactions because you can easily categorize what you need and you have the ability to have portable POS options.
Pros:
Very clean and aesthetic interface, POS additions were user friendly
Cons:
Trying to navigate building a Square website is a doozy, and sometimes the help articles aren’t really helpful.
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Square has potential to be great
Comments: Square POS is actually a little complex to build out of you dont have a background in software or IT. For our coffee shops we use alot of modifiers and variations, so it is difficult to sink up the modifiers with the optons if you are building out for the first time. If you are a business without the modifiers it will be much easier.
Pros:
Square POS does exactly what any POS system should do. You upload your items for sale, and you can take payments on your phone, your square reader, or ipad.
Cons:
Square Outages are the absolute worst and they are more frequent than anything. they have put my business at a stand still at least once per quarter. We have had to switch to "off line" mode which also wasnt working. We are a coffee shop and most of our sales are from 7am-9am. We have lost so much money from the outages and good luck getting anyone from customer service. It's non-existent. PLUS the fees you pay are astronomical.
Happy to return
Comments: Excellent, again Ive missed them. Again being able to customize pretty much everything keeps everything will organize. Separate location separate deposit separate cards everything is kept separate like totally different business but still one
Pros:
Came back to them after about a yr. It's really convenient the many types of ways you can still tend to your customer. From contactless, keypad on the app, hand held. And the customization without the confusion. In addition afterpay with cash app, with your own square card. Ive missed u
Cons:
Security is a bit overboard, but as with PayPal
Square Point of Sale helps you manage your daily operations
Comments: Square Point of Sale made managing my daily sales items sold reporting, sales-tax, tips, and credit card sales a very easy task. Monthly and annual reports were also easy to review which mad tax reporting easier.
Pros:
I like the option of the menu where you can have specific items on the screen rather than having to scroll through a list. Also using the options worked great for my coffee shop. I could press the Latte button, and had all the options including add-on prices automatically add without having to add up the cost and then enter the price.
Cons:
I would like the option of more, but smaller buttons on the main menu. I had discount buttons also programmed (teacher’s and police) because I was near a school and gave teachers a 10% discount, and also gave uniformed police and firefighters a 30% discount, which took two product items off the main menu.
