Square for Retail Overview
What is 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.
Square for Retail Overview
Pricing
Pricing options
$60 per register, per month.
2.75% payment processing fee per transaction.
30-day free trial available.
Square for Retail Features
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Square for Retail Reviews
Square for Retail Reviews
Square for Retail has been amazing!!
Square for Retail does just about everything I need to do to get paid more easily
Great Point of sale system
Awesome and after using two other point of sale systems we have had no issues with the system going down. Very reliable.
very useful and free
if actually referred them other then venmo best payment service
Daily User
Totally love it. i'm happy with the features, and I'm sure that by being well funded I will continue to see new features come up, unlike software I previously used that wasn't as well funded.
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Square for Retail has been amazing!!
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.
Great Point of sale system
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.
very useful and free
if actually referred them other then venmo best payment service
Pros
helps me get customers payment right then and there cant beat that
Cons
need an extra debit card just in order to withdraw your money
Less features than free version
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.
Daily User
Totally love it. i'm happy with the features, and I'm sure that by being well funded I will continue to see new features come up, unlike software I previously used that wasn't as well funded.
Pros
I enjoy easily keeping track of my customer's info, including the ability to create my own custom fields and also group customers. These features make it easy for me to note a history with a customer, aside from just their purchases. Grouping customers allows me to enter a location, find the group of customers there, and know everyones name as a result of this reference
Cons
I wish it were easier to transfer my client lest from other software, but thats the nature of software I guess.
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Square for Retail Pricing
Square for Retail Pricing
$60 per register, per month.
2.75% payment processing fee per transaction.
30-day free trial available.
$60 per register, per month.
2.75% payment processing fee per transaction.
30-day free trial available.
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Square for Retail Features
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Additional information for Square for Retail
Additional information for Square for Retail
Key features of Square for Retail
- Automatic customer profile creation
- Automatic margin reporting
- Barcode scanning
- Built-in employee management
- Credit card processing
- Customer notes & preferences
- Customer search
- Digital receipts
- Discount management
- Employee clock in/out
- Employee permissions
- Integrated timecards
- Inventory management
- Keyword search
- Low stock alerts
- Multi-location support
- Payment processing
- Product search
- Purchase histories
- Purchase orders
- Retail analytics
- Sales tax management
- Standard & custom customer groups
- Stock adjustments
- Stock transfer
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Square for Retail FAQs
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?
Square for Retail offers the following features:
- Automatic customer profile creation
- Automatic margin reporting
- Barcode scanning
- Built-in employee management
- Credit card processing
- Customer notes & preferences
- Customer search
- Digital receipts
- Discount management
- Employee clock in/out
- Employee permissions
- Integrated timecards
- Inventory management
- Keyword search
- Low stock alerts
- Multi-location support
- Payment processing
- Product search
- Purchase histories
- Purchase orders
- Retail analytics
- Sales tax management
- Standard & custom customer groups
- Stock adjustments
- Stock transfer
Q. Who are the typical users of Square for Retail?
Square for Retail has the following typical customers:
Small Business, Freelancers, Mid Size Business
Q. What languages does Square for Retail support?
Square for Retail supports the following languages:
English, Japanese, Spanish
Q. Does Square for Retail support mobile devices?
Square for Retail supports the following devices:
iPhone, iPad
Q. What other apps does Square for Retail integrate with?
Square for Retail integrates with the following applications:
Brushfire, CommentSold, Finale Inventory, Glew, Hiveage, HoneyBook, Orange Manager, Primaseller, Shippo, Storetraffic
Q. What level of support does Square for Retail offer?
Square for Retail offers the following support options:
FAQs, Forum, Knowledge Base, Online Support, Phone Support, Video Tutorials
Square for Retail does just about everything I need to do to get paid more easily