eHopper POS Review

eHopper allows you to install POS software on Android, Windows, and proprietary POS devices. On the POS interface, eHopper users can easily:

• Log onto the system using a unique employee PIN
• Split payment tenders, hold orders, accept tips (custom or suggested amount), and edit product prices on-screen
• Add items to orders by scanning a barcode, searching for it, or selecting the quick key on the screen
• Perform a starting till count, record pay-ins and payouts, and complete a closing till count
• Accept EBT payments on eligible paid plans with supported terminals and processors
• Accept exchanges and returns (but not store credit)
• Add a barcode scanner and weight scale to your POS setup
• Sell regulated items such as cigarettes and liquor
• Update the language of registers (great for international grocery stores with employees who speak different languages)

Note: Back-office changes may require a manual POS sync, adding an extra step for employees

eHopper offers an eCommerce app that includes an online store builder with some basic theme options. With eHopper’s online ordering app, you can:

• Accept Payments: Customers can pay for their online order at the time of purchase using several major credit card providers, PayPal, Google Pay, etc. They can also pay at pickup.
• Sync Inventory: Sync in-store and online inventory to reduce overselling.
• Use Online Marketing & SEO Tools: eHopper websites are optimized for mobile devices, speed, and security. Your website can also sync with a Google Business Profile, which is great for getting discovered on Google Maps. Integrate your site with email marketing services to offer coupons and discounts to subscribers. Or, offer discount codes right on your website.

eHopper offers a good amount of inventory management tools, including:

• Item Creation: Name your products, write descriptions, nest each item in a department and category, upload an image, and note whether a product is taxable and discountable. You can add item images and import inventory items as well.
• Sales Units: Choose from a list of units (inch, ounce, pound, gram) by which to sell each product and designate whether the price should be fixed or manually calculated when you ring the item up. Integrate eHopper with a weight scale to automatically weigh out things like produce at checkout.
• Stock Control: Track your stock levels by indicating the current quantity, recommended quantity, and minimum quantity of each product. The Product Mix report will allow you to see what you still have in stock and how many you have sold. You can also set minimum stock levels, get low stock alerts, and transfer stock between locations.
• Barcode Management: Create and manage barcodes for items. Use barcodes to sell items and track customer orders.
• Purchase Order Tracking: Track orders by vendor, and include pertinent vendor information such as contact info, tax ID, and vendor types. It’s also possible to record the sale price and cost price.

eHopper offers the following back-office management features:

• Employee Management: Assign PINs and permissions for team members in different user roles. Allow team members to clock in and out. Offer employee discounts to team members.
• Reporting Features: Generate POS reports on tips, employee activities, product mix, cash management, customer engagement, and orders.
• Tax Settings: You can set more than one tax level, include taxes in your product price, set up multiple taxes, and create tax exemptions.
• Discounts: Assign discounts by individual products or entire transactions.
• Location-Based Settings: Set currency and language options. Employees can also change what language they’re using when working.

More niche features include:

• Cash Rounding: You can ask customers if they want to round up their purchase to the next dollar for charity.
• Control Number: Puerto Rico merchants can add required control numbers to receipts.
• Loyalty Program: eHopper offers a basic loyalty program app for the Omnichannel and Omnichannel + Processing plan users.

Also, eHopper integrates with QuickBooks Online and WooCommerce.

Square is one of our best free POS systems, offering plans for retail, restaurant, and service-based businesses. The company offers transparent subscription plans, payment processing fees, and contract requirements. Monthly contracts also make it easy for new business owners to start with Square and choose more feature-rich software down the road if needed.

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Shopify POS offers far superior omnichannel sales features, including a built-in eCommerce store builder and integrations with online sales platforms such as Etsy and Amazon Marketplace. Plus, Shopify offers several POS integrations to create a more customizable POS system, and the software works on all device types.

Clover software is more well-developed and offers more software integrations than eHopper. However, Clover software is compatible only with the company’s Android-based proprietary POS hardware, and it is more expensive than eHopper.

Like eHopper, Helcim POS offers free POS software, merchant accounts, and a cash discount program option. However, Helcim has made its POS software available on any device, offers excellent POS hardware, provides consistently high-quality customer support, and offers transparent merchant agreements with interchange-plus pricing.