Yes, yes and no.are they all basically the same and are they customized? if you have a POS do you still need a seperate CC terminal?
You will need to decide how much you want to do as far as the setup of the hardware and the menu programming. If you are a hands-on person with some computer skills you can get into a system for under $2000. If you want everything done for you expect quite a bit more.POS were just becoming the rage when I left the business some years back. At that time I think they were around 3-4k if I remember correctly.
Are there any less expensive or have they come down in price? How are they priced, per terminal?
There are point of sales systems out that you can just purchase the software and put it onto a computer that you have set up for yourself using what ever you feel is necessary for printers, monitors, cash drawers etc. There are other systems that the company will reguire you to buy all the hardware and software for them. Again the question is what level of service do you expect?I would most likely need someone to show around the system since I’ve never used one before. I do know that I would prefer a touch screen to keyboard.
I agree that most of the big players in the POS market are vastly overpriced. A big chunk of the price is the mandatory “training” that they will try to make you purchase. When I looked at Speeline they told me that it was mandatory to pay for all expenses to have a trainer fly to my store and be on site for 5 straights days. Yeah, right.It is a great tool with many benefits but again TO ME it seems very over priced for a somewhat simple software design.
I do not think it is just a glorified cash register at all. I know it is a great tool. However, look at a $200.00 Quick Book Pro software. That is cable of so much when you learn how to use it. The POS systems are not that different. I think it is just what I feel is the down fall of much our economic trouble we are facing today and that is most people want to make a BIG bucks quick instead of earning a dollar…I know this is not the forum for this. However, I think so many have the expectation that they are entitled to earn big dollars without the work or the innovation that justies what they feel they can charge.Easygoer13:![]()
However, I disagree that a POS is a “simple” software design. In reality, they are quite complex pieces of software - unless you think a POS is just a glorified cash register.It is a great tool with many benefits but again TO ME it seems very over priced for a somewhat simple software design.
that is the realities of business. If you produce a product for a market of a few 1000 versus a product with a market of millions then you will have higher costs to absorb over the expected sales and thus your product will need to have a higher price.However, look at a $200.00 Quick Book Pro software. That is cable of so much when you learn how to use it. The POS systems are not that different. I think it is just what I feel is the down fall of much our economic trouble we are facing today and that is most people want to make a BIG bucks quick instead of earning a dollar.
Well first, they are very different. But ultimately, millions of copies of Quickbooks can be sold. You won’t be able to sell quite that many copies of a POS system, meaning the development costs need to be spread over significantly less product.I do not think it is just a glorified cash register at all. I know it is a great tool. However, look at a $200.00 Quick Book Pro software. That is cable of so much when you learn how to use it. The POS systems are not that different.
They are different but not that much. BUt you answered a question I asked which is there not some software out there that can be used.Easygoer13:![]()
Well first, they are very different. But ultimately, millions of copies of Quickbooks can be sold. You won’t be able to sell quite that many copies of a POS system, meaning the development costs need to be spread over significantly less product.I do not think it is just a glorified cash register at all. I know it is a great tool. However, look at a $200.00 Quick Book Pro software. That is cable of so much when you learn how to use it. The POS systems are not that different.
The $200 for Quickbooks also doensn’t include 5 or 6 computers, touchscreens, printers, networking equipment, cash drawers, support or training. So you’re not exactly comparing apples to apples.
Point of Sucess is $599 without all of the stuff above, certainly competitive and I would even say underpriced.
If POS systems are truly so “simple”, why not learn a little computer programming and just create your own?
:roll: Go through my past posts and guess if I sell POS systems. I’m not touchy, you just said something I don’t agree with. POS sytems are NOT simple pieces of software.Piper you seem a bit touchy…do you sell POS systems ?..I