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Vend POS Review

Vend's POS system is well-suited for mid-sized retail businesses that need to take multiple payment types, manage multiple locations, and more.

    Nicolette Kier
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As a small business owner, contributing writer Nicolette Kier has been sharing her knowledge on all things related to freelancing and eCommerce since 2019. She earned a BS in Physics and a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Pittsburgh.
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    Organization Name: Timonium Wild Bird Center

    It is difficult to say whose support is worse, WoldPay from FIS or VEND. I have been trying for five weeks to get my VEND POS Application to play. First it was Worldpay’s inability to fulfill on an authorization terminal – now its VEND’s inability to provide the technical support required to set it up. VEND claims to have 24/7 support – in reality they have when they get around to it support. Making a support appointment means that they are supposed to call you back at your appointed time. In reality, they seem to be challenged by the concept of time zones and this morning called at 0600 EDT instead of 0800 EDT.Based on my experience to date – I could not recommend VEND

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    Ken

    for the first few months vend was awesome but then covid-19 came and they have been nothing but unreliable, ive had problems with the daily reports, the debit paymemt bridge won’t signal to the debit machine half the time, the system crashes occasionally and the worse part is since the covid they stopped doing phone support so if you run into issues expect weeks before they get back to you and even then if they give you the wrong answer your waiting another week. They have cost me thousands in lost revenue and if something don’t change soon I’m going to have to switch again….. highly not recommended

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    Campo

    Organization Name: Campo Marzio

    Vend is a basic POS system for its price. Here are some of my comments:1) They do not allow scanning of Supplier EAN/UPC barcodes (ex. If you sell a CocaCola soda can, then you cannot scan the barcode already on the can and Vend forces you to print a new barcode label for the can… makes no sense!)2) Very limited receipt / invoice customisations3) Has no ability to issue quotes4) Limited reporting abilities5) Product import abilities are limited and sometimes confusing6) Does not allow you to add product images to each SKU7) Vend works mainly off the Product Name and not the SKU as many POS systems do

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    Eldri

    Organization Name: Cajubrasil

    I was very reluctant to sign up for Vend initially because the reviews were mixed and it was very expensive for the services it provided. However, after their pursuit of me as customer, I oblidged. While the features were limited, I used the services for a few months because at the time it was “fit for purpose”. But it’s my recent experience that completely turned me off. I recently transferred my business banking account which resulted in an updated credit card. Initially, my bank rejected their charges as their payment portal was not listed as accepted. Daily I was on the phone with vend support who assured me that there will be no additional charges as we worked through the issues. However, the minute the issue was resolved, my card was charged double. And the customer service representative that was responding to me on the hour, has yet to provide a solution or reverse the double charge. What’s worst is that there is no call center to contact. So you sit and wait until someone responds to you. Needless to say, no one is responding. Very poor experience.

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    Dianne surard

    Organization Name: Soak

    We were thinking of switching to Vend from QuickBooks POS. I spent months researching POS systems and had it down to Lightspeed and Vend. After talking to a lot of people and doing demos from both companies, I was surprised to find out we can’t use Vend. It is a huge disappointment! All because of a tag printer! Vend is only compatible with one label printer, which in itself is surprising since it is a small printer that appears to be made for home use vs commercial use. However, more disappointing is that Vend only supports certain size tags. We have many small items and need to be able to use a tag smaller than 2 inches. Their answer was…sorry! There has to be other stores that use smaller tags??? Anyway, so much for all of their great features..we are forced to look elsewhere!

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    todd ash

    My review is for Merchant Maverick. How can you give a misleading 5 stars for Vend if most of the 69 reviews are 1 and 2 stars? A little misleading wouldn’t you say? Business owners come here for an accurate assessment of a company, your ratings seem biased at best.

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    Jessica Dinsmore

    Hi Todd,

    Thanks for your feedback. To address your concern about the validity of our reviews, please read our post on negativity bias and how this site makes money to better understand how Merchant Maverick delivers real, unbiased reviews to our readers. Best wishes!

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    Disha

    VEND was quite helpful but then it is very expensive especially for a startup. The customer support costs are quite a sore pin-prick to deal with. It was really taking toll on my restaurant business. I started using a newer, more affordable one – Waiterio. I strongly believe one should use POS that are custom-built for a specific industry due reduce operational costs.

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    Mike Wawllace

    We migrated to Vend in August 2018, however I have been hesitant to switch to an annual plan in case we need to jump ship. We are a smaller shop (3 iPad registers, Shopify) and Vend meets all of the requirements in our evaluation: order syncing, COGS, ease of use…etc. However, I took for granted the basic features of a POS: ability to process credit cards and stability. We probably have lost around 2-3K in sales due to stability issues with the Paypal credit card integration. During certain weeks, we have to force quit these apps 2-3 times a day. I have worked with support, but other than updating apps and iOS, their hands are tied. In your POS evaluation, be sure to give weighting to one integrated system (Square, Shopify…etc). Now that Shopify supports COGS, I’m curious to give them a second look.All and all Vend is a decent system from a use and requirements perspective…I just wish it was more stable. Our tech support hours have increased 10X this year due to Vend.

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    Bonnie Coffey

    Organization Name: Ideal Green Market Cooperative

    Thanks for your review of VEND. I had my reservations about using this POS software after we had some issues with customer support. I agree VEND will have to change how it operates and offer customer support free of charge. If their product works well, customer support issues should decrease.

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