[BCMA] POS systems

Fri Jan 20 14:58:22 PST 2023

Hi there Karen,

Here at HAMM we found amazing POS system from Square.  Very low fees, takes Visa/MC, and Interac.  It even takes cash with no fees.

We’ve been with Square since their beginning and now have their small hand held terminal which we use for all of our transactions, from admissions to donations to gift shop to invoicing.  All of our items that need to go through the POS system are easily accessible through their online inventory control system.  You can enter non taxable as well as taxable amount.  The moment we run a sale our treasurer/accountant gets an email notification as well as week end or month end reports.

We also would be able to use our iPad as a keypad for the system, but we found that the hand held unit to be perfect for its size, wireless capability, and style (it is not like the standard black “90s Cordless Phone” look.  

It doesn’t take much time to set it all up.  Make sure you have everything you currently want to run through the POS (we run everything currency related) ready before hand, then use their website dashboard to enter all your departments.  It is a slight learning curve but once you’ve entered one or two items, you’ll see how easy it is.  Once it is saved on the website dashboard, all that information is then downloaded into the hand held (or tablet) device.  Your inventory control is taken care of.  You can even keep track of staff hours, check ins and outs, etc.

at your service,

Lewis Bartholomew
Founder & Executive Director

mrbarth at alberniproject.org

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> On Jan 20, 2023, at 8:26 AM, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv <listserv at lists.museum.bc.ca> wrote:
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> Hi colleagues,
> 
> I'm interested in learning about what POS systems you would recommend. We're currently with Lightspeed, and I'm not happy with how service has been for the last 3 months. 
> 
> I need something that tracks inventory, gift shop sales and tickets, as well as customer (primarily membership) info. Integration with an online store feature would be fantastic.
> 
> I'm aware of Profitek and have requested a quote. Are there other platforms you've used and like?
> 
> Many Thanks,
> Karen
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