Five free point of sale apps to optimize your business
Image 1 of 8
Introduction
Running a retail business is no walk in the park; manyrnaspects of the business demand your attention. However, selecting andrnmaintaining a point of sale system shouldn’t be one of them. A simple point ofrnsale system should include some of the basic features, like inventory andrnregister, and run without much intervention. When a point of sale system isrnfree or low-cost, it becomes even more attractive.
Here are five freernpoint of sale apps for the web and desktop.
Note: This gallery is also available as an article.
Copper
Adding an item is list-based and would berndifficult with a touch interface.
ERPLY
The payment entry screen is easy to use andrnoffers some quick buttons for exact payments.
ERPLY
Erply offers several additional functions (button row atrnbottom) that are unique among the products on this list.
Imonggo
Office is where you manage the system and employees and run reports.
uniCenta
The checkout screen contains images of the various bills andrncoins that are used for payment. Oddly,rneven though I chose United States as my locale, it still showed Britishrncurrency. I was unable to find thernsetting to change this, but I would be surprised if there wasn’t a way. Worst case, since the source code is free,rnyou could edit it.
Vend Free
The Vend Free dashboard is a nice feature, providingrnhistorical graphs of overall sales and individual product performance. Manyrnreports are also available.