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Square Register - A fully integrated point of sale (POS) system 💰

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Square Register is a fully integrated software and hardware point of sale (POS) system. Use it for $49/mo (or buy outright for $999) and pay only 2.5% + 10¢ for every transaction.

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I've been on board with Square for years, using it on my phone when I meet with customers. I much prefer it over the clunky POS systems usually in place. I love the way you can use it as a register in a storefront, but take it on the road if need be. I wish there was better website integration, so I could use it to do online sales.

Pros:

Easy to use, great UI, flexibility, has been expanding based on listening to user needs over the last few years.

Cons:

No good website integration.

This is an area that needed disrupting. it should be helpful for smaller businesses.
no budget for better lighting to see the product? On a serious note, this is great news for many merchants. Look out Verifone, NCR, and First Data.
Loving the "2 screen" implementation. what was the insight that led to that?
Its where most of these devices are going today .. look at poynt, verifone carbon and there are a few others. Register looks good though.
I honestly don't get it. *Most* POS are in a position to simply swivel and serve both sides of a transaction, reducing HW complexity. Fewer devices to produce, purchase, and break. This literally doubles devices for little gain. My parents use Square w/ iPads currently for their small biz ice cream shoppe and love it, so I'm a Square fan, but this product decision just seems unnecessary. Also agreed, moving away from iPad/iOS software is a big deal.
I really like the double screen. Flipping just one screen back and forth is annoying.
Marketing team did an awesome job here.
If I'm reading the website correctly, I think that one of the biggest wins here is the enhanced ability to build a customer directory and/or manage loyalty. Having tried to use Square for event registration before, there's a bottleneck that happens when the customer is trying to enter their information and you are trying to ring people out, all on the same iPad. The solution we found was to actually rent 1 additional Square stand/iPad per checkout station — 1 for payment and 1 for registration. This obviously couples this all together more neatly and can help to guide the customer to enter their email, or prep their payment, while you're worrying about ringing them out.
Looks great. Simplicity is key to these types of systems... Paying for anything is a key friction for any business so anything that helps is going to improve customer experience.
This is a great piece of hardware but businesses should be extra dilligent when considering switching from Square's original POS system. You can see why in this piece I wrote:
If my web app was a physical store I would use Square Register! But it's not, its just CrowdShopping Marketplace
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