POS Nation

Flexible Payment Options

POS Nation provides a whole host of different payment options with its POS Nation for Retail. Contactless payment comes as standard, and you can also accept cash, checks, and credit and debit cards. There’s also the facility to set up customer payment accounts.

Advanced Inventory Management

The inventory management functionality in POS Nation for Retail is extremely flexible and includes features not widely seen in many POS systems. There’s vendor management with automatic stock reordering, and support for businesses that rent products to customers. You can also choose to add a mobile handheld inventory device to assist with inventory management and stock-taking.

Loyalty Features

POS Nation gives you the ability to issue loyalty cards to customers and to customize a tiered loyalty scheme with your choice of rewards. There’s also customer tracking so you can learn your customers’ spending patterns and create promotions you know will interest them.

Employee Management

POS Nation for Retail includes functionality for clocking staff in and out, managing breaks, and tracking hours worked. The solution also includes granular permissions, giving you precise control of which staff can use certain parts of the system.

Comprehensive Reporting

POS Nation for Retail offers over 50 reports, all of which can be easily exported to Microsoft Excel. Retail Mobile Dashboard (a chargeable extra at $15 per month) gives you access to your reporting from anywhere.

All of POS Nation’s packages – both paid monthly and paid up-front – come with a basic hardware setup as standard. It’s based around a Windows touchscreen PC, as well as a barcode scanner, cash drawer, receipt printer, and contactless payment device. You can add additional hardware, such as barcode printers and pole displays. POS Nation offers a range of suggested equipment, including devices from mainstream manufacturers such as Star and Epson.

POS Nation for Retail is rather limited when it comes to integrations, especially when compared to POS systems that provide a large “app store” style selection. Accounting integration with QuickBooks is available as a chargeable extra. There’s also an eCommerce module that allows you to connect POS Nation for Retail to your website. These integrations will be adequate for many retail businesses, but some may be left wanting.

POS Nation for Retail is built with ease of use in mind, and there are plenty of customization options that allow you to create the optimum setup for your team. It’s simple to integrate item photographs, and there are “hotkey” layouts available for promotions or frequently purchased items. Users of POS Nation for Retail often highlight the ease of use (as well as the company’s good quality support).