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Buy now, pay later options are an easy way to increase your sales and decrease abandoned carts, and they are well worth the investment. This post takes a look at the best buy now, pay later services for different types of businesses. Read on to find the BNPL provider that’s right for you and your customer base.

With its attractive mobile POS hardware, flat-rate processing, and built-in eCommerce, Wix is a noteworthy point of sale solution for both retailers and mobile, service-based businesses. However, at this time, the POS is only available to select Wix users.

While you can use Square KDS with your Square POS system, Square has taken a bold step by offering its Square KDS as a standalone system, meaning you can use it without a POS. This subscription option makes the Square kitchen display system the perfect KDS for ghost kitchens and delivery-only restaurants that don’t have a traditional point of sale.

Ghost kitchens are a white-hot trend in the restaurant industry. Also called a “virtual kitchen,” a ghost kitchen serves customers exclusively through delivery, usually for orders placed online. Virtual kitchens are highly nimble and versatile. Restaurant owners can share a ghost kitchen space with other restaurants, or use one kitchen to serve different restaurant brands owned by the same parent company. There are many benefits to ghost kitchens, some of which include low overhead, reduced startup risk, and a pandemic-proof business model.

India’s economy is largely built on cash, but that’s slowly changing, especially in the wake of COVID-19. As digital banking and mobile payments gain in popularity, more businesses are embracing POS software in India. Need a POS for a business in India? Check out our recommendations, including Lightspeed, Shopify, Retail Pro, and Loyverse.

Quick-serve restaurants have special software requirements. In this list, we’ve compiled the top quick-serve POS systems that will help you bring your restaurant operations into the 2020s. Use one of these highly-rated systems to modernize your restaurant ordering system with quick, efficient, and feature-rich point of sale software.

San Diego small business owner Banny Hom talks about getting to know his customers and running his automotive business during the pandemic.

Many restaurants use hospitality point of sale systems with industry-specific features like order management, menu creation, and takeout features. Full-service restaurants might use a restaurant-specific POS system like Toast, TouchBistro, or Lightspeed Restaurant, while small QSRs tend to use more basic POS systems such as Square or Clover.

If you haven’t yet considered implementing a QR code payment system at your business, you really should. QR code payments are quickly becoming the norm, and they are easy to get started with. Some POS systems have built-in QR payment acceptance, but you can also accept QR code payments without a POS. Keep reading to learn more about QR code payments and how to offer your customers a “Pay with QR code” option.

If you run a small business, chances are you’ve come across the term “UCC Lien.” What is a UCC (Uniform Commercial Code) filing? Are UCC filings bad? How do I file a UCC termination? Learn what UCC filings are and how to protect your small business.