Overview: Shiplark software lets you connect to all your online marketplaces, shopping carts and shipping carriers so that you can process all your orders easily and quickly from one place. Orders get downloaded automatically or with the click of a button. No more keeping track of orders on spreadsheets, logging into multiple sites daily, or […]
Pros Gift card and loyalty functions Open API Simple to use and operate Cons No purchase order management No supply tracking No accounting integrations Overview: Instore is a point of sale (POS) system developed by Own Group; it has been on the market since 2009. In its earlier days Instore exclusively targeted the restaurant industry, but […]
Pros Free to download Numerous integrations Unlimited products Cons Developer skills required Limited features Add-ons often necessary No customer support Overview Full-service, cloud-based shopping carts like Big Cartel and Shopify that charge a monthly fee and include a suite of services aren’t for everyone. Some of the eCommerce crowd prefers paying a single, up-front fee in order to buy a […]
Pros Free to download Numerous integrations Strong user community Cons Limited features Difficult to use Developer skills required Outdated design templates Overview Sure, we all know some things get better with age. Unfortunately, osCommerce is not one of them. The German-based open source shopping cart launched by Harald Ponce de Leon back in 2000 gets […]
Pros Free to download Deep design customization Customizable feature set Cons Developer skills required No customer support Limited integrations No design templates Overview Spree Commerce is open-source software for building eCommerce websites. Created in 2007 by programmer Sean Schofield, the platform has been honed over the years by a global community of coders, making it one of […]
Pros Extremely cost efficient Depth of features Allows for easy importing Product is highly mobile Cons Recent dip in customer service Can’t create advanced product modifiers Overview: Despite its incredibly low price, Ring It Up is a powerful, versatile, and mobile point of sale that can be an invaluable resource for virtually any type of […]
NOTE: Cube has been discontinued. Find a list of our top-rated POS alternatives here. Overview: Cube is a cloud-based point of sale software designed for the iPad and it’s a relatively new player on the POS scene. Co-founders Charlie Pinto and Charlie Christner released the Cube app on iTunes in late 2012 after a private, yearlong […]
Pros Easy to use Cheap monthly cost Cons Outdated design templates Outdated UI Limited features Hosting not included Overview I don’t think anyone would call me a hipster. That is, until I start talking about ShopSite. Though it has been around since 2001, with roots going back to 1996, it hasn’t really hit mainstream in […]
An iOS app designed by restaurants for restaurants, Ambur POS caters to businesses on a budget, but the low price doesn’t quite make up for some of the limitations of the system.
Pros Feature-rich Employee management suite Cons Upgrades cost extra High upfront costs Interface has multiple bugs Very poor tech support Overview: Unlike most of the POS software reviewed on Merchant Maverick, pcAmerica’s Cash Register Express (CRE) and Restaurant Pro Express (RPE) are old-fashioned software that need to be purchased and locally-installed on a computer operating […]
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