If you have ever worked retail or frequented certain retail establishments, you are familiar with archaic and superannuated Point-of-sale systems that blight our nation. Many businesses shell out thousands of dollars every year to pay certain companies (that shall remain nameless) to provide buggy P-O-S services. Many such systems are unintuitive and simply not very powerful. Retail operators have had to maintain different programs and records for accounting, customer communication, … [Read more...]
Vend iPad POS System Plus PayPal Equals Instant Merchant Processing
Yesterday I published a post explaining Virtual Terminals. Max Greenflame commented: "Very insightful overview of virtual terminals. Which VT software services would you recommend out of those available online? It’s hard to make right choice for the first time." POS System The choice actually just got easier because VendHQ just announced integration with PayPal which means anyone can immediately get started selling online or off without having to acquire their own merchant account. Vend … [Read more...]
Ten Reasons Why a Virtual Terminal is Better for Retailers
The way people conduct business has changed drastically in the last few years. POS terminals, unfortunately, have remained largely the same. Most physical POS terminals still utilize clunky, outdated sales and reporting tools even as businesses now have access to cheap, modern CRM and analytics software. The high cost and slow upgrade cycle of physical POS terminals makes virtual POS (VPOS) terminals a very attractive option. Virtual terminals work exactly like a physical POS terminal, … [Read more...]
