About Square for Retail
Square for Retail is a cloud-based point of sale (POS) system designed for retail businesses, which includes tools for inventory, customer, and employee management. The system allows users to track and manage multiple store inventories, create customer profiles, and includes an integrated time clock, enabling employees to clock in and out at the cash register.
Square for Retail’s inventory management tools allow users to track, transfer, and adjust stock over multiple store locations, with automatic alerts for low stock levels. Users can create purchase orders and send these to vendors, and generate cost of goods sold (COGS) and margin reports. For sales, product barcodes can be scanned, or product keywords can be searched.
Customer profiles are automatically created for each card transaction, allowing users to record customer details, track purchase histories, and also add notes or customer preferences to profiles to offer a more personalized service. Square for Retail automatically sorts customers into groups based on whether they are casual, loyal, or lapsed customers, and users can also create their own custom groups. Customer payment details can also be added, enabling users to charge customers with a single click. All payment types can be accepted through Square, including cash, gift cards, credit and debit cards, and NFC (near-field communication) methods such as Apple Pay, Android Pay, and contactless cards. Digital receipts can be sent to customers by email or SMS, using contact detailed stored in their profile.
Pricing starting from:
US$60.00/month
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Key benefits of Square for Retail
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Pricing starting from:
US$60.00/month
- Free Trial
- Subscription
Compare with Popular Alternatives
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Features
Total features of Square for Retail: 79
- ACH Payment Processing
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Accounting Integration
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- Backorder Management
- Barcode / Ticket Scanning
- Barcode Recognition
- Barcoding/RFID
- Billing & Invoicing
- CRM
- Cataloguing/Categorisation
- Clock In / Out
- Commission Management
- Cost Tracking
- Credit Card Processing
- Customer Accounts
- Customer Database
- Customer History
- Customization
- Discount Management
- Electronic Payments
- Electronic Signature
- Email Marketing
- Employee Management
- Gift Card Management
- Historical Reporting
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Optimisation
- Inventory Replenishment
- Inventory Tracking
- Item Management
- Label Templates
- Location Tracking
- Loyalty Program
- Mail Order
- Merchandise Management
- Mobile Access
- Multi-Channel Management
- Multi-Location
- Order Entry
- Order Fulfillment
- Order Management
- Payment Processing
- Point of Sale (POS)
- Pricing Management
- Product Identification
- Pub POS
- Purchase Order Management
- Purchasing & Receiving
- QuickBooks Integration
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Order Entry
- Real-time Updates
- Receipt Management
- Remote Order Entry
- Reorder Management
- Reporting/Analytics
- Retail Inventory Management
- Retail Management
- Retail POS
- Returns Management
- Returns Tracking
- SKU/UPC Codes
- Sales Reports
- Sales Tax Management
- Sales Trend Analysis
- Search/Filter
- Shipping Labels
- Shipping Management
- Stock Management
- Supplier Management
- Time Clock
- Timesheet Management
- Touch Screen
- Transaction History
- Vendor Management
- Warehouse Management
- eCommerce Management
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- Industry: Entertainment
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Square for Retail has been amazing!!
Reviewed on 12/10/2020
Square for Retail does just about everything I need to do to get paid more easily
Square for Retail does just about everything I need to do to get paid more easily
Pros
Square for Retail is very simple to use, with very low fees to use it. There is no monthly charge, just pay a fee with each transaction. You can even sign up for a business card linked directly to your Square Account, so you don't have to complicate things with a transfer
Cons
There really isn't anything bad to say about Square for Retail. You can easily make invoices, recurring payments, even create links for donations to your company.
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Great Point of sale system
Reviewed on 13/9/2020
Awesome and after using two other point of sale systems we have had no issues with the system going...
Awesome and after using two other point of sale systems we have had no issues with the system going down. Very reliable.
Pros
Easy to use! Download the App and get setup. I just recently bought their Square Register and it is awesome. Customer service will help you get the right APP for your business.
Cons
Been using their credit card device for well over a year and have never had any issues. There isn’t one thing i don’t like.
- Industry: Entertainment
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Easy solution for taking payment
Reviewed on 25/3/2021
Square has made it so easy to run the retail side of my business along with saving me a ton of...
Square has made it so easy to run the retail side of my business along with saving me a ton of money on fees my old bank charged for credit card processing.
Pros
In the past I've used traditional forms of credit card accepting machines and software provided by my bank. Very expensive and cumbersome. Square has made accepting credit cards cost effective and very easy. The retail setup has made keeping inventory easy along with sorting out sales taxes. The advantage of using AP on phone when not in store is extremely helpful and again very easy to use.
Cons
No real cons, If I were to get picky I'd say initial set up takes a bit of time but nothing really worth complaining about.
- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for Free Trial
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- Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10
Less features than free version
Reviewed on 28/4/2017
Pros
The new inventory management could have been a great feature. However, it eliminates the ability to enter inventory manually. It has the ability to process returns, however eliminates the ability to use other functions available in the free version.
Cons
The retail version has less features than the free version. Inventory can only be uploaded and can not be entered manually. The upload feature does include field matching, so it is a very, very laborious to convert from another system. Customer service is virtually non existent and not available on the weekends. We use have two square stands in our retail store. We love the current square system and were excited about the retail version and willing to pay the fee for both registers. We are looking for a more robust inventory system and POS and were excited about continuing with square. The new Square App does not come close to other POS systems . Very disappointing. I hope square improves this software before we select an alternative.
- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Great for startup
Reviewed on 14/2/2021
Works efficiently for us. Some features would be nice but good for what we. We’d
Works efficiently for us. Some features would be nice but good for what we. We’d
Pros
Very easy to use, straight forward, efficient
Cons
There are some things that could be streamlined better. Photos for different variations would be nice. It would be great if square would sync with websites like square space for inventory
Square for Retail FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Square for Retail.Q. What type of pricing plans does Square for Retail offer?
Square for Retail offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$60.00/month
- Pricing model: Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
$60 per register, per month. 2.75% payment processing fee per transaction. 30-day free trial available.
Q. What are the main features of Square for Retail?
We do not have any information about Square for Retail features
Q. Who are the typical users of Square for Retail?
Square for Retail has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2-10, 11-50, 51-200, 201-500
Q. What languages does Square for Retail support?
We do not have any information about what languages Square for Retail supports
Q. Does Square for Retail support mobile devices?
Square for Retail supports the following devices:
iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Square for Retail integrate with?
Square for Retail integrates with the following applications:
QuickBooks Online Advanced, Quickbooks Online, Square Appointments, Square Invoices, Square Payroll, Square Point of Sale
Q. What level of support does Square for Retail offer?
Square for Retail offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support
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