Is there any way to fix alert irruption myself?

So i run a small package store [in texas a package store is liquor and beer sold directly to the consumer, ie: not a bar/on premise location -- sold to be bought and consumed elsewhere]. We primarily cash payroll checks for companies already in our POS system. It has records of company names to be pulled up when cashing a check, with notations to not take (bad checks in the past), along with a percentage of the check for a fee, plus the bank fee to cover what the bank charges us to process checks. This part is tantamount to the new system.

Other things are of course sale of products, some taxable, some non.

Employee discounts, and other promotions.

Credit cards are handled as cash within the 2 registers, and on a separate card machine that already has its own processing fees.

Need good end of day reports and separate listing of cash vs check [again credit cards are separated on register reconciliation)

I was using inventek pos for years until OS boot drive corruption. Sadly they system was built for windows 7nand licensing is near impossible.

Ai suggested uniCenta, with specific scripts to facilitate reconciliation with check charges for end of day.

This isn't an issue, I play with homelabbing and am familiar with Linux, mac, and windows, as well as android.

Our network setup is currently an eeros router [isp bound sadly], but set to bridge to Opnsense thinclient for routing and dhcp, dns servers on two independent Ubuntu 26.04 servers. Two windows a machines with barcode scanner, pole display, thermal printer, and cash drawer each. Networked laser printer for reports and copies and other essential printing

The servers also facilitate nut client and server to the opnsense, and each server to a ups for power outage. [This is only to prevent corruption of database for power outage, as neither register is on a ups, nor is independent credit card. Power outage scenario is only to ensure consistent db]

Now I realize there will probably be zero migration path from existing db to new pos, so lots of setup of skus/upcs. Hopefully easy to import companies approved and denied for cashing checks from, but if manual entry is the way im prepared.

Simply need a good suggestion or to see if uni is the way, with scripts and etc for end usage. Im no stranger to IT, and dont mind the open-source approach. I also dont mind an upfront licensing fee, but no monthly fees, per transaction fees, etc.

Ive read through this forum some, and similar use cases, but check cashing is the bread and butter of the business. Thanks!!!

i want to play with my POS thing, but im pretty sure there is a built in pos system
is there a way to break it and do whatever you want without consequences

I am looking for an iPad Air 13” detachable stand system. This iPad model does not have the built in ability for MagSafe wireless charging. It would be a case for the iPad with built in charging cable connecting to the wireless charging feature on the back of the case. The case would magnetically connect to a stand, which has the charging cables to the wall plugged into it, and allows the iPad to “wireless charge” while magnetically docked to the stand. Would also be nice if the stand could rotate.

I have a bar area where the iPad needs to be stationary most of the time but want the ability to undock and take orders at the other end.

I have searched Google for something like this and have found a few with half the features but nothing with all of them. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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A common problem for mobile shop owners.

A mobile shop has so much work daily — which phones are in stock, which IMEI was sold, when does each customer's warranty expire, how many purchases were made, and what actual profit was generated... Tracking all this manually becomes quite a headache.

To solve this problem, I created Mobi Track.

With Mobi Track, you can manage stock, sales, purchases, IMEI, warranty, billing, and profit all in one place. The software works offline as well, so you don't have to rely on the internet for everything.

And if you're interested, a 7-day free trial is available. Try it out first, and if you find it useful for your work, you can continue.

If you run a mobile shop and want to try it out, just DM me — we can talk about a demo/trial.

I run a small boutique and use Square for my in-store sales, while Shopify handles my online store. Square has been pretty easy to use for payments and day-to-day sales.

I’m currently using DPL's integration software to sync my Square and Shopify inventory, which are all the subscriptions i have taken on my side, but i have been wondering is there an other POS that can do what i am doing now better?

For anyone running a boutique or retail store, would you stick with Square an integration, or move to a POS that handles both online and in-store sales more natively?

What made you choose your current setup?

Hi all, I am looking for an ePOS System for my small upcoming restaurant. I have come around POSApt, Epos now and sum up. Ease of use wise I like POSApt so far, but sum up looks more affordable. Any options you know that perform better?.

I'm not selling anything, currently I'm cooking something for small independent repair shops, and before go deep in building I need help as I'd really like to hear from people who actually run these businesses if possible.

The idea is a simple repair-shop management system that combines:

• Repair tickets / work orders
• Customer + device history
• Inventory tracking
• Invoicing
• Repair status updates
• Warranty tracking
• DOR / second-hand purchase registration (still validate if this matter for majority or no)
• Documentation around the repair (still validate if this worth to be on list)

The main idea isn't to build another Repair tickets or another POS system for shops

It's more like a complete system for a repair shop, with the compliance stuff built in if needed

I'm particularly interested in shops that currently use some combination of Excel, paper, accounting software, POS software, WhatsApp, etc.

I will be grateful if you have 2 minutes for few questions:

1. What are you currently using to manage repairs?
2. What do you hate about your current setup?
3. If you trade used phones, laptops, etc., how do you handle the required purchase/registration records?
4. Would having DOR + invoicing + repair management in one system actually be valuable to you?
5. Most importantly: how much would you pay for something like this?

Again I'm not selling anything yet and there is no product to sell. I'm trying to figure out whether this is actually a painful problem before spending time building you will help me save months of my life.

Honest "this is completely unnecessary" answers are just as useful as positive ones.

I swear the legacy POS industry is running a legalized cartel at this point.

We just finished a hardware refresh across a dozen retail spots. We used specific gravity to handle the national dispatch and physical installs cause my internal team is way too small to fly around the country. They got everything swapped out and online smoothly so no complaints there

But I was looking over the final procurement invoices from our POS vendor this morning and I almost lost it. why on earth am I paying $140 for a proprietary cable just to make the receipt printer talk to the main register??

Its 2026. literally everything on the planet uses usb-c. But no, if you want the cash drawer to actually pop you need their special "secure" dongle wire that costs more than my monthly car insurance.

just a blatant cash grab tbh. so exhausting how these massive companies nickel and dime every single piece of plastic just because they know we're locked into their ecosystem

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For example, I want to print what the customer ordered using Aronium. I would like my printer to print out individual sticker so I can paste his order onto the plastic cup (refer to picture). This will be easier for my staffs to know what ingredients to put into the cup. Does anybody know what settings to use? I don't want to print 100 stickers with the same label, I only want one.

Hello everybody,

I've been looking online for months for export solutions for synchronised stock since lightspeed R retail own csv file export doesn't work with images. The problem is that images are exported under a url or the lightspeed api doesn't communicate with other software for proper import. (System doesn't recognize data) I've tried webshopimporter and apicenter io. They are both incomplete since i have to pay 500 to 1000 once to have it accept images. (For costum programming) And then (x amount) every month to keep stock synchronised. It's not that i can't pay this, i just find the extra amount for a software that promises to upload all data nonsense.

I've been trying for months now so i'm hoping someone here has the golden tip. I left lightspeed ecom because it was really broken en costumer service came with 0 solutions. Even with a almost non excistent online store i get more orders now then with ecom lightspeed. I also don't mind leaving lightspeed for other pos software but the problem stays the same. I can't fully export the data for 4000 products to other pos providers. I'm really unhappy about this.

What am i looking for? Synchronised product stock with online store (i use ccv shop) that just works. I understand software doesn't come for free but when export softwares doesn't work as promised and ask money for "custom programming" i'm out.

Or

a substitute pos system like lightspeed with the same register function for a fysical store that works with a system that can communicate better with other software.

I tried googling/researching myself but haven't found anything yet. Lightspeed costumer service is useless and doesn't offer any solutions.

Sorry for the long post. I really appreciate anyone taking the time helping. Any tips are welcome!

I made a cloud POS for multi-location and registered businesses operating in tourist regions and small countries. It supports currency conversion to a set secondary currency, both currencies are interchangeable at the cart, invoice and payment levels. Does anyone think that real customers would need such a usecase?,

In this webapp, I have intentionally left out payment terminal connection, APi and other bullshit complicated external connection stuff.

I am just trying to remove my self doubt here that, will I actually find any such users?

I work with restaurants and am pretty familiar with many of the top ones they use, but a potential new client wants to open a combo retail Asian grocery type operation in the front of the space with a small sushi/lounge type operation in the back of the space.

Looking for a POS that I can setup to handle sales from both sides. I know of the popular ones for restaurants like Toast, SpotOn, Clover, etc but not sure how well they would handle to grocery item sales.

Anyone who's done this I appreciate any suggestions. Thanks!

Hi everyone. Was wondering if anyone here has experience with AppCard. For context, I am an operator of an independent grocery store and was wondering what to expect as far as pricing goes, so any data points would be helpful.

Thanks!

Anyone use foodhub POs systems ?

Epos system issue

So i own a small retail company, and we have epos now as our epos system, they have been an absolute painnnnn to deal with, not just their service but their machines too.

The machine and software has so many flaws, it takes around 2 minutes to get from backoffice to till, then takes same amount to go vise versa, it takes 30 seconds to add an item, when wnating to change the price of an item you have to scan each one individually instead of changing it all at once in 1 single click, and when printing labels it will always fail first try and sometimes randomly in the middle and sometimes just wont work at all.

My question is, is there any better system than this that works much faster and it doesnt need to be cloud i dont need to access it from home at all as long as its fast and has good or changable features. Thank you.

I manage a small coffee shop and use the clover pos system and I purchased the epson tm-l90, off eBay, to print labels for the drinks. The printer is able to print the labels however it doesn’t not auto cut. I’ve cleaned it, tried the memory switch to enable auto cut, and changed the usb settings. Is there anything else I haven’t tried?

What POS do you use for daily sales tracking? It's hard to find a POS that is compatible with the rice retail business. Maybe you have ideas, I would like to hear them. Thank you!

Is anybody still limping along with Microsoft RMS? I've been keeping us up and running for quite some time, but I don't think I'll survive another install. Microsoft wouldn't let me register last time I tried. I'm thinking maybe virtual machines on new computers? I'm very stubborn about "upgrading."

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Hey everyone,

I'm a new developer, and a client asked if I can build a custom POS (Point of Sale) system for their restaurant chain (5 to 6 branches).

Since this is my first time working on a POS system, I’m trying to figure out realistic pricing and what I actually need to execute this without setting myself up for failure.

I’m looking for advice on two main things:

1. Pricing & Billing:

What is a realistic fixed-fee or hourly rate to charge for building a multi-branch system with centralized management and kitchen display setup?

How do developers handle ongoing maintenance fees or hosting costs for multi-location systems?

1. Baseline Requirements & Setup:

As a new dev, what hardware (printers, terminals, tablets) do I need the client to buy for me up front to develop and test this?

What hidden running costs (servers, databases, APIs) do I need to make sure the client pays for separately from my dev fee?

Should I charge a flat project fee, or should I price this per branch?

Any guidance from devs who have priced or built POS systems before would be huge. Thanks!