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Five free point of sale apps to optimize your business

By // August 21, 2014, 6:23 AM PST

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  • Introduction

    Running a retail business is no walk in the park; many aspects of the business demand your attention. However, selecting and maintaining a point of sale system shouldn't be one of them. A simple point of sale system should include some of the basic features, like inventory and register, and run without much intervention. When a point of sale system is free or low-cost, it becomes even more attractive.

    Here are five free point of sale apps for the web and desktop.

    Note: This gallery is also available as an article.

    Image: iStockphoto.com/TommiOne

  • Copper

    Copper offers a clean, but very plain interface that provides the basic functions needed.

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  • Copper

    Adding an item is list-based and would be difficult with a touch interface.

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  • Copper

    Checking out an order is easy. Simply choose the payment method and enter the amount tendered.

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  • ERPLY

    ERPLY's web interface has an attractive interface that allows you to set different colors for each item’s button. Erply is quite touch-ready.

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  • ERPLY

    The payment entry screen is easy to use and offers some quick buttons for exact payments.

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  • ERPLY

    Erply offers several additional functions (button row at bottom) that are unique among the products on this list.

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  • ERPLY

    Erply’s Windows app is much less attractive than the web-based version, but it still contains basically the same functionality.

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  • Imonggo

    Imonggo splits the functionality you need into three task pages: Stockroom, Store, and Office. Stockroom is where you manage products, inventories, and transactions.

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  • Imonggo

    Store is where you keep track of your customer interactions – the sales actually made.

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  • Imonggo

    Office is where you manage the system and employees and run reports.

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  • uniCenta

    uniCenta's product management screen offers many fields and settings for each product.

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  • uniCenta

    The sales screen is touch friendly, with large buttons and the ability to set picture icons for each product.

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  • uniCenta

    The checkout screen contains images of the various bills and coins that are used for payment. Oddly, even though I chose United States as my locale, it still showed British currency. I was unable to find the setting to change this, but I would be surprised if there wasn't a way. Worst case, since the source code is free, you could edit it.

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  • Vend Free

    Vend Free has an attractive, touch-friendly web interface. Buttons provide the item selection and can be colorized for easy identification.

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  • Vend Free

    A simple popup ensures that you have given the customer their change before proceeding.

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  • Vend Free

    The Vend Free dashboard is a nice feature, providing historical graphs of overall sales and individual product performance. Many reports are also available.

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Introduction

Running a retail business is no walk in the park; many aspects of the business demand your attention. However, selecting and maintaining a point of sale system shouldn't be one of them. A simple point of sale system should include some of the basic features, like inventory and register, and run without much intervention. When a point of sale system is free or low-cost, it becomes even more attractive.

Here are five free point of sale apps for the web and desktop.

Note: This gallery is also available as an article.

Image: iStockphoto.com/TommiOne

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