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Selling goods? Square POS is for you! Fast, easy, and uncomplicated.
February 21, 2017

Selling goods? Square POS is for you! Fast, easy, and uncomplicated.

Ruby Javaid | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Square POS

I am a freelance business, so whenever clients want to pay with credit card, I have Square as one my options. I also use an invoicing software that takes credit cards as well as an online website that run through a different system. Square was the first system I used when I first started out and it's a solid system, but I've found better alternatives throughout the years though I still use it occasionally. It's great for quick sales that don't require an invoice.
  • Quick POS capabilities
  • Ability to charge a "tax" that will essentially pass on credit card fees to the customer
  • Immediately emails receipt to customer so that I don't have to worry about it
  • I have the old Square attachment for my phone and it doesn't take the new chip cards. I have to purchase the new one in order to process those cards and that's kind of a nuisance.
  • This is a payment processing software, so it hasn't really had a negative or positive impact as much. Customers do like that they have the option to pay with a credit card, so I have gained a client or two for that reason.
Square is great for goods, while I would recommend Wave for services. It's more robust and you can pull lots of different reports related to accounting through Wave. The one thing about Square that does have Wave beat is the ability to add a "tax" that essentially passes on credit card processing fees to the customer. It's easy to do on Square, while in Wave I have to manually calculate the percentage and add it as another item.
Square also is portable and quick and you don't have to create an invoice for it if you don't need one, so that's also a plus.
I think it depends on what you're doing. I do a lot of freelance work, so often times the only way for me to get paid is to send and invoice breaking down hours and tasks performed, and I have a great software that does that for me. If I'm doing a consultation and I want to be paid right away for that, then it's easy for me to pull this out and charge the customer.
If you are a store that sells goods, this is probably more for you than if you offer services. Not to say that Square doesn't support services - it does, and pretty well - but it's just not as robust as other systems.