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Perfect compact portable POS
March 24, 2022

Perfect compact portable POS

Samantha Forbes | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Square POS

I use Square in two businesses. In my full time job, we use the card reader that attaches to your mobile phone for selling books at our dinner seminars and other events. For my part time work I purchased a card reader that sits on my desk. I use them both for keeping track of inventory and retail sales.
  • Their devices are compact and easily moved from one place to another.
  • It is simple to use. The learning curve is small.
  • It is perfect for a small business as their is no up front cost with the free chip card reader.
  • You can enter all of your inventory into the app on your phone. Also accessible on a desktop.
  • When we first used it we had some issues with the phone attached card reader not reading the cards so we had to manually input the card numbers.
  • We had some technical difficulties with connection in the beginning with the phone attached reader but we only had that issue the one time.
  • Phone support at the time the above happened was not available.
  • Mobility is top feature
  • Sleek and compact
  • Inventory Tracking
  • We have been able to sell 80% more books at our events since getting Square. No one carries cash anymore or rarely.
  • I have been able to sell anywhere I am by having it. I can throw it in my purse and be able to take an order for any of my handmade retail products no matter where I am.
I use Stripe, Paypal and Payoneer but they don't have the actual hardware (that I am aware of). I use them to either get payments or send payments online. I use both Stripe and PayPal Payments Pro on my websites and Payoneer to recieve pay from contracts for work I do.

Do you think Square POS delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Square POS's feature set?

Yes

Did Square POS live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Square POS go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Square POS again?

Yes

I would say if you are selling alot of items then invest in one of the POS readers above the free one. I just find that when I use the phone one, it can be a pain with not connecting properly so swiping or using it for more than a few sales I think would really be a pain. Now that I say that, I just got a Samsung S21 Ultra. They do not have an aux port so I can't use the phone one at all now. I haven't used it in a while as I use the 'Square Reader for contactless and chip and PIN'.