About PHP Point of Sale
PHP Point of Sale is a cloud-based retail POS solution designed for small to mid size businesses that manages inventory, sales reports, customer relations, employee onboarding, and more. The system's inventory tracking capabilities allow items to generate their own barcodes, which can be scanned and tracked for stock tracking or sales purposes. This feature also allows managers to generate their own pricing based on the popularity of items and remaining stock available. Additionally, employees will receive alerts when an item is out of stock and have the ability to approve automatic replenishment.
PHP Point of Sale offers a customer loyalty program, which allows customers to choose from a simple or advance loyalty plan that will grant them promotions and discounts based on their purchasing preferences. Promotions can be emailed automatically through the system or generated upon check out. The platform provides a customer store account feature that gives users the opportunity to earn rewards and acts as a line of credit for the retail service. This also allows customers to receive receipts directly upon purchase through email or SMS messaging.
The system's employee portal allows retail staff members to access a training program when hired, clock in and out of shifts, and automatically calculate sales commissions that can be customized based on time of day, holidays, or weekends.
Pricing starting from:
US$34.00/month
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Business size
Markets
Canada, United States
Supported Languages
English
Pricing starting from:
US$34.00/month
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
Top 5 alternatives to PHP Point of Sale
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Features
Total features of PHP Point of Sale: 42
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Accounting Integration
- Barcode / Ticket Scanning
- Cash Management
- Commission Management
- Credit Card Processing
- Customer Accounts
- Customer Database
- Customisable Reports
- Data Import/Export
- Discount Management
- Electronic Signature
- Email Marketing
- Employee Management
- For Retail
- Gift Card Management
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Replenishment
- Inventory Tracking
- Layaway Management
- Loyalty Program
- Merchandise Management
- Multi-Location
- Order Management
- Payment Processing
- Point of Sale (POS)
- Pricing Management
- Promotions Management
- Purchase Order Management
- Receipt Management
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Retail Management
- Retail POS
- Returns Management
- Returns Tracking
- Sales Reports
- Stock Management
- Time Clock
- Touch Screen
- eCommerce Management
Alternatives
Square Point of Sale
Shopify POS
WooPOS
Lightspeed Retail
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- Used Daily for 2+ years
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I have been using PHP Point of Sale for over 3 years now. I am very happy with the value and...
Reviewed on 17/4/2018
Pros
Great support, if you have an issue they will take care of you. It is so comforting to know that there is a real person that will help you out when you are in a jam. They are also innovating, they don't rest on there past performance. I always see new features that I am happy they have added.
Cons
I am very happy with it. However, if I had to chose something it would be better accounting for a whole business picture of your performance.
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
A lot of value for the price
Reviewed on 19/11/2020
We used a fairly old, desktop-based POS for years. When web-based POS's started coming out, it...
We used a fairly old, desktop-based POS for years. When web-based POS's started coming out, it seemed that they offered some significant advantages - though our first try with one (Hike POS) was an utter failure, based on what was promised with it. PHP POS worked great right from the start. The features they promoted all worked great - in fact, the biggest challenge was in determining how to utilize it's full potential. We've used both the downloaded and hosted version of it, which are virtually identical. We've used it on Windows pc's, ipads, and android devices. As mentioned, they offer exceptional support, including a robust feature request/implementation feature. They don't seem to pursue the same level of marketing as other POS systems, which I'm guessing would account for why they charge only about half the price of similar setups. We're all extremely happy with it.
Pros
There are an incredible number of ways to customize the software, and the range of capabilities is equal to POS software that's far more expensive. On top of that, there's support that surpasses pretty much any other software I've ever used.
Cons
I'd kind of like to see certain reports that aren't readily available, but that's an awfully minor issue.
Alternatives Considered
Shopify POS, Lightspeed Retail, Epos Now, Square Point of Sale, Vend and Quickbooks Point of SaleReasons for Choosing PHP Point of Sale
They promoted "seamless integration" with financial software, which never ended up working. There were features that were apparently little used - so flaws that had been overlooked. Reports were inconsistent in accuracy. Support was available, but only with staff that had only a general knowledge of operation - issues had to be thoroughly documented and repeatedly brought up for anything to get to tech-level staff. We had to abandon it about half-way through a one-year subscriptionsSwitched From
Shopify POS, Lightspeed Retail, Epos Now, Square Point of Sale, Vend and Quickbooks Point of SaleReasons for Switching to PHP Point of Sale
I wanted one that could be used on a pc as well as ipad, one that had specific functions (e.g., inventory control), and one that was reasonably priced. Square and Shopify have certain advantages in that they also offer e-commerce, but they price one or the other (POS or e-commerce site) unreasonably - at least for us. PHP POS was by far the most feature-rich for the price.- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
I don't know how we dit it without PHP Point of Sale
Reviewed on 23/11/2021
As a small business owner of a dog store and groomer, a web shop and store took up so much of my...
As a small business owner of a dog store and groomer, a web shop and store took up so much of my time. Especially the syncing of the products in the shop and the store, because sometimes I would forget to do that, so people would buy a product online that was sold out in the store.
After many comparisons I chose PHP Point of Sale and from day 1 that it was up and running I felt a lot calmer.
Pros
There is little not to like about this product. It is easy to set up. Has a ton of features, not even all of which we use. And offers so much more compared to other POS systems, truly value for money.
What I especially love is the fact that I don't have to spend extra time on inventory and synchronization between store and web shop. And what I also love is that every new product I create in PHP POS is immediately available in the webshop.
The possibilities are great, the support is great and fast and the program is very easy to use even for people who have never worked with a POS system before.
Cons
Our only problem was with syncing the products. I wasn't aware that all the products were re-entering my webshop, so suddenly there were a lot of duplicates and I had to spend some extra time on them. But that could also have been a stupid mistake on my part.
Reasons for Switching to PHP Point of Sale
I have installed and tried a few other options before finding this hidden gem. From the moment I installed the trial version, my hands started itching to get started with it. The extensive settings, options and support are just fantastic. With others I would have spent double for all these options.- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
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Reviewed on 8/11/2016
Chris is great to work with! Without chris I could not deal with this Service. His help is...
Chris is great to work with! Without chris I could not deal with this Service. His help is valued
The best possible value for what you get - thats for sure
I see this cloud service in this infancy. It needs a lot of upgrades.
My biggest issue is that it is not a system designed for a fast pace retail store - with a line of customers.
What I do like is that ti is very easy to edit sales and fix them after the fact
The reporting got better but stilll needs work
The Layaway/special order function works but not perfect.
The way the financial numbers are handled needs to get updated a bit. For example - if you do not put a cost in for an item immediately then statr selling the items, the system does not look back in history to calcukate the true profit, it assumes it was zero until the cost was put in, sometimes you have to sell something before you know what the cost is...
Pros
I already wrote it before
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- Industry: Food & Beverages
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10
We loved it until we developed our own
Reviewed on 27/2/2021
Great. We loved the easy to use, easy to deploy and syncing features. It syncs to your woocommerce...
Great. We loved the easy to use, easy to deploy and syncing features. It syncs to your woocommerce store.
Pros
It is easy to use. It is easy to understand for people who are not used to POS systems. We were able to train new employees on how to use it very quickly. The fact that you can connect several stores online was great.
Cons
Out of nowhere the team behind it decided to make it close source and forcing you to switch to their online SAS option. That didn't work well for us since we have poor internet connection in some of our stores. Therefore we had to develop our own software. The team behind PHP point of sale have since retracted their efforts to make it close source, but it was too late for us; we moved on.
Reasons for Switching to PHP Point of Sale
Opensource nature. It's syncing capabilities.Response from PHP Point Of Sale
Hi,
Thank you for the review. You are correct that we removed download version and brought it back. We still recommend cloud for most people now that we have offline mode.
We are sorry to lose you as a customer but we still have download and offline mode
PHP Point of Sale FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for PHP Point of Sale.Q. What type of pricing plans does PHP Point of Sale offer?
PHP Point of Sale offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$34.00/month
- Pricing model: Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
PHP Point of Sale offers a cloud version with month to month contracts starting at $34/month (or $28.25 when billed annually).
Q. Who are the typical users of PHP Point of Sale?
PHP Point of Sale has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2-10, 11-50, 51-200, 201-500
Q. What languages does PHP Point of Sale support?
PHP Point of Sale supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does PHP Point of Sale support mobile devices?
PHP Point of Sale supports the following devices:
Q. What other apps does PHP Point of Sale integrate with?
PHP Point of Sale integrates with the following applications:
Braintree, QuickBooks Online Advanced, Stripe, WooCommerce, Zapier
Q. What level of support does PHP Point of Sale offer?
PHP Point of Sale offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, Phone Support, Chat
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