No matter how small your small business’s budget is, you can’t afford not to have an online presence. Considering that most people use the internet to find local businesses (we might as well, since we’re staring at our smartphones for a third of the time we’re awake), your business might as well be invisible if […]
Lightspeed is one of several powerful, cloud point of sale (POS) systems to emerge in recent years. This web-based POS technology allows small to medium businesses in the retail and restaurant industries to accept payments at their brick-and-mortar stores with just a few lightweight pieces of equipment, and a similarly light monthly subscription cost. Montreal-based […]
Since its release to the public in 2014, Clover Station (see our review) has become one of the most popular newer POS systems for small-to-medium businesses. This unique solution uses proprietary hardware with an extra-large, easy-to-read touchscreen, differentiating it from all of the “iPad POS’s” on the market. Clover is a truly all-in-one system, as it comes complete […]
POS hardware setups can vary a lot from one merchant to the next, from big-box stores with self-service kiosks, to your small-time entrepreneur friend who only takes payments on his old-ass Samsung Galaxy. Most businesses, however, will find a happy medium between these two point-of-sale setups and incorporate a few core pieces of POS equipment into their hardware setup. […]
The Apple vs. Android debate stretches far and wide, and has lately made its way into to the point of sale world. “Mobile” translates to so much more than just smartphones these days, as tablets can now perform advanced functions that formerly only PCs or traditional POS hardware could handle. But choosing a mobile POS also […]
I like to think iPad point of sale systems provide a kind of happy medium between mobile POS and traditional POS systems. In many cases, they offer all of the functionality of the older, more expensive point of sale systems, along with cool web-based features and mobility when you need it. ShopKeep (see our review) and Lightspeed (see […]
ShopKeep (see our review) and Revel Systems (see our review) are some very recognizable names in iPad point-of-sale (POS) systems. In the past several years, numerous merchants have switched out their traditional POS in favor of one of these cutting-edge, web-based POS’s. However, even though they’re both iPad POS’s, ShopKeep and Revel are actually quite different from […]
If you’re an independent business owner using a traditional point of sale system, you could potentially save a lot of money by switching your POS to the cloud. You’ll also take your business to the 21st century if you embrace cloud POS technologies like mobile payments and real-time inventory syncing. There are a lot of […]
Baking, as a profession, dates all the way back to the Roman Empire in 300 BC, when Romans started hiring people to provide baked goods at feasts and weddings. Back then, bakers needed to be part of the official Collegium Pistorum bakers’ guild, which had weird rules, like the one forbidding you to “mix with comedians […]
If you’re in charge of bookkeeping or billing for any type of organization, you know the importance of being organized and accurate. You’ve got to stay on top of who owes what or you’ll never get paid (duh). Some people might find the wealth of available software choices confusing, though. These days, there are not only a bewildering […]
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