
About Square Point of Sale
Square Point of Sale is a cloud-based POS solution for use with iOS and Android devices, or Square’s own point of sale hardware. The software allows users to manage customers, transactions, inventory, invoicing, and payments, with additional tools for managing customer loyalty, marketing, employees, and payroll.
Square offers magstripe, chip, and contactless card readers for accepting payments via debit and credit cards, Google Pay, and Apple Pay. Square Virtual Terminal enables payment collection through a computer, which allows merchants to key in card details so that no card reader is required.
Sell from anywhere
Square Point of Sale helps businesses sell in-person, online, over the phone, or out in the field. Merchants can add a synced online store, sell through Instagram and Facebook, and offer curbside pickup, local delivery, and shipping -- no coding required.
Grow customer relationships
The built-in customer directory can track customer preferences and feedback with every card swipe. Key customer information is added automatically to build profiles, and merchants can search and sort customers to view their purchase histories, target email marketing campaigns, and send more personalized messages that keep customers coming back more often.
Track the health of your business
With Square Dashboard and built-in sales reports on the POS, merchants can access their sales data from any device, with real-time hourly sales reports for each location, transaction and deposit tracking, and more. Square POS helps merchants manage their inventory from anywhere. Products can be imported via CSV and names, prices, and quantities can be edited at any time. Daily stock alert emails notify users of items with low or no stock, and inventory levels can be exported to printable spreadsheets.
Everything is integrated into your POS for a stress-free experience. It’s free to use, and no contracts, fine print, or manuals required.
Pricing starting from:
Not provided by vendor
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Key benefits of Square Point of Sale
No contracts, fine print, or user manuals required. You can switch and have your team start ringing up customers in minutes.
Flexibility and Customization
Personalized Customer Experiences
Streamline Employee Management
Drive Business Growth
Typical Customers
- Freelancers
- Small Businesses (2-50)
- Mid-size Companies (51-500)
- Large enterprises (500 and more)
Deployment
- Cloud-based
- On-premise
Markets
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan , United States and 1 others
Supported Languages
English, French, Japanese, Spanish
Pricing starting from:
Not provided by vendor
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Features
Total features of Square Point of Sale: 103
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- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 51-200 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Credit Card Acceptance Made Easy!
Reviewed on 13/12/2022
Very positive. It allows us to process card payments where we otherwise wouldn't be able to
Very positive. It allows us to process card payments where we otherwise wouldn't be able to
Pros
We use this for our school's student store and the software is easy enough that our students with learning differences and challenges are able to handle taking the cards and making the purchaes.
Cons
I wish there were more features for keeping an accurate inventory
- Industry: Apparel & Fashion
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Made my business transactions a Breeze
Reviewed on 29/11/2022
I opened up my small business and launched my website in Jan of 2021 and e-commerce site thru Wix,...
I opened up my small business and launched my website in Jan of 2021 and e-commerce site thru Wix, Square was part of the bundle I chose, and I'm very satisfied with that choice. Its given me the security I need when dealing with online and in person transactions. Signing up took a bit longer than expected as I didn't have a business tax ID at the time, but they had an option for me which was life saving as I was getting a lot of requests for my product, so keep that in mind if you're in a rush to get started. Overall my experience with Square has been great and I definitely recommend!
Pros
Pros are definitely the ease you have with your online Transactions. They Mail you the Square reader for your ipad or mobile device and the installation is pretty easy, or if you're not lucky enough to have a tech person for a friend then you can easily contact Square to have them walk you thru set up. I have to say, having and feeling the security that you have with square regarding your online transactions is one of the most important Pros for sure. The ease of organizing your inventory is a huge Pro, as well as having your inventory being updated automatically. You get notifications via the app as well as thru your email regarding every transaction, with the total amount of sale after their fee. You get a monthly update of sales. Along with stats of average sales per hour, per day, and more, which is super helpful and helps you with forecasting best sellers and busiest times of the year.
Cons
Con is the Square Mobile reader is pretty easy to lose, so when you first start definitely order more than one reader!
- Industry: Telecommunications
- Company size: 201-500 Employees
- Used Weekly for Free Trial
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Square point
Reviewed on 2/1/2023
Great to built-in sales reports easy access for sales data from any device accurate information...
Great to built-in sales reports easy access for sales data from any device accurate information with real-time reports for transaction, deposits. And help the inventory process
Pros
Its wide range of features and hardware was easily tailored to fit the business.
Cons
I don't have any least favor items maybe the updates need to be done faster.
Reasons for Switching to Square Point of Sale
Much easy and approachable tools to manage- Industry: Real Estate
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Works well as a small business POS system
Reviewed on 29/9/2022
Easy to track inventory and sales, so we can reorder the most popular items and not run out as...
Easy to track inventory and sales, so we can reorder the most popular items and not run out as often as we did in the past.
Pros
Easy to deploy and use and can be modified as to items on the POS system as often as you need to change things.
Cons
You need to have a really good wifi signal for the POS to work as easily and reliably as possible, otherwise it ends up having to work 'offline', which can be a problem if you happen to get a bad credit card presented for payment. Note, this has happened only a few times, but it is a possibility for locations (such as ours) where we use the iPad with Square, outside our building frequently. Tip, we solved this by adding a wifi extender to cover the outdoor space.
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found the interface to be easier to use and liked that we could quickly and easily customize the POS screens whenever we wanted. Better processing rates for us than Clover offered us.Reasons for Switching to Square Point of Sale
Overall, we felt Square had a better product design and more favorable card processing fees and transaction rates- Industry: Computer & Network Security
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
BEST Payment Processor out there!
Reviewed on 20/12/2022
Processing cards, ach, square, and customer emails.
Processing cards, ach, square, and customer emails.
Pros
I like the fact that it takes out the processing fee EVERY TRANSACTION not a big bill at the end of the month. I love the marketing, email, customer loyalty and several other features as well.
Cons
I don't like how they charge for each individual feature.
Square Point of Sale FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Square Point of Sale.Q. What type of pricing plans does Square Point of Sale offer?
Square Point of Sale offers the following pricing plans:
- Free Trial: Not Available
Square's pricing is simple for businesses of all sizes. No monthly fees or contracts. Processing rate for in-person is 2.6% + 10¢ per tap, dip, or swipe. Hardware starting at $0 w/ free reader. Processing rate for online is online is 6% + 30¢ per transaction.
Q. Who are the typical users of Square Point of Sale?
Square Point of Sale has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2-10, 11-50, 51-200, 201-500
Q. What languages does Square Point of Sale support?
Square Point of Sale supports the following languages:
English, French, Japanese, Spanish
Q. Does Square Point of Sale support mobile devices?
Square Point of Sale supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Square Point of Sale integrate with?
Square Point of Sale integrates with the following applications:
Acuity Scheduling, CSI Platform, Craver, DAVO, Fomo, Linktree, Local Line, Mailchimp, Make, MarginEdge, MoeGo, Paymo, Poptin, Printful, Quickbooks Online, SKU IQ, Shopventory, Sociavore, Stitch Labs, Synder, Wix, WooCommerce, Xero
Q. What level of support does Square Point of Sale offer?
Square Point of Sale offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, Chat
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