[olug] Looking for good POS software

Thu Mar 5 16:44:27 CST 2015

He uses an external reader, but he also has a payment gateway he can use,
currently he just runs them manually

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Justin <ndjstn at gmail.com> wrote:

> If he accepts cards then your friend pays a fee for services, no one in
> this world has a free merchant services account.  He may as well and use
> something like square.  It is also web based and they can check in where
> ever they want.  They usually have the funds transferred over by the next
> business day.  They should create a separate account for card transactions
> and use it as a shield to not tie up business capital during operations.
> Transferring the funds over to another account helps and people not doing
> this has been the basis of their issues with companies like PayPal and
> Square as they are required to do certain things for their risk model,
> insurance, and PCI compliance.  The fees are not that much and they can
> just manage the inventory spreadsheet template they offer.  You can sign up
> for access to their developer API and write an add on yourself.  It is web
> based and avoids a lot of PCI compliance responsibility from you on to the
> vendor as well.  You could also charge a fee for credit card use or glass
> half full and offer a cash discount.  I have used it successfully and they
> have a lot of nice features including a web presence.  Just remember to
> watch state to state laws as that is what sent Tommy Chong to prison not
> drugs; but smoking paraphernalia.
>
> Hope that helps good luck.
>
> On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Sean Sinclair <seanfsinclair at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I haven't tried any these but synaptic suggests lemonpos, hoteldruid, or
> > dolibarr.
> >
> > Lemonpos
> >
> > This package is a configurable general point of sale, not focused to a
> > specific
> > sector. It can be used at a general store, a fast-food restaurant or a
> > book store.
> >
> > hoteldruid
> >
> > HotelDruid is designed to make hotel rooms, bed and breakfast apartments,
> > or any other kind of daily rental easy to manage from a web browser.
> >
> > Main features:
> >  * automatic assignment of reservations to rooms by user-defined rules;
> >  * creation of public web pages displaying room availability, etc.;
> >  * saving, printing, and emailing of documents and invoices;
> >  * electronic point of sale;
> >  * management of groups and privileges for multi-user operation;
> >  * generation of statistical reports.
> >
> > It uses an SQLite database by default but can be configured for use
> > with MySQL or PostgreSQL.
> >
> > dolibarr
> >
> > Dolibarr ERP & CRM is an easy to use open source/free software for small
> > and medium companies, foundations or freelances. It includes different
> > features for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship
> > Management (CRM) but also for different other activities.
> >
> > It's a web software you can install as a standalone program or on any web
> > hosting provider to use it from anywhere with any web browser.
> >
> > Dolibarr was designed to be easy to use. Only the features that you need
> > are visible, depending on which modules were activated.
> >
> > This is an example of most common used modules:
> >
> >  * Customers, Suppliers or Prospects directory,
> >  * Contacts directory,
> >  * Orders management,
> >  * Commercial proposals management,
> >  * Invoices management,
> >  * Products and services catalog,
> >  * Stock management,
> >  * Foundations members management,
> >  * Bank accounts management,
> >  * Point of Sale,
> >  * Payments management,
> >  * Commercial actions management,
> >  * Contracts management,
> >  * Standing orders management,
> >  * Shipping management,
> >  * Donations management,
> >  * Bookmarks management,
> >  * Mass Emailings,
> >  * Reports,
> >  * Wizards to export and import data,
> >  * LDAP connectivity,
> >  * PDF exports,
> >  * And a lot more modules...
> >
> > You can also add third parties external modules or develop yours.
> >
> > On 03/05/2015 11:13 AM, Justin Reiners wrote:
> >
> >> Linux, even web based would be awesome, know of any good ones? This is
> for
> >> my good buddies vape shop in town.
> >>
> >>
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