Setting up Cake POS for the first time

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Sharing my experience in case it helps others.

We recently made some changes to our setup

Has anyone else seen this?

Adam Young 👑 Master

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Angela Long

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Jun 24, 2025

Had the same problem, support was frustrating when I contacted them.

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Dennis Cook

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Jun 28, 2025

Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.

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Rebecca Rogers

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Jun 30, 2025

Cost us about $122/month all in. Worth it.

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Jerry Stewart

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Jul 7, 2025

We had the same issue. What worked for us was checking the cable connections

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Robert Garcia

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Jul 13, 2025

Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup

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Brittany Moore

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Jul 18, 2025

Training took about 4 days for our staff.

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Tyler King

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Jul 27, 2025

Had the same problem, support was hit or miss when I contacted them.

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Frank Moore

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Aug 6, 2025

Great question! In my experience with Maitre D, it has been working well for us

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Frances Russell

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Aug 14, 2025

+1 to this. We've seen similar results.

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Laura Jackson

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Aug 25, 2025

Had the same problem, support was slow but eventually helpful when I contacted them.

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Raymond Sullivan

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Aug 28, 2025

Great question! In my experience with Lightspeed Retail, it has been working well for us

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Amber Foster

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Sep 12, 2025

Check out the cloud backup setting, that might help.

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Karen Lewis

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Sep 20, 2025

This is why we switched to QuickBooks POS. No regrets.

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Diane Green

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Oct 13, 2025

Check out the cloud backup setting, that might help.

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Sharon Walker

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Oct 17, 2025

Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings

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Lauren Powell

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Oct 21, 2025

Great question! In my experience with KORONA POS, it has been working well for us

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Stephanie Thompson

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Nov 11, 2025

The payment processing is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.

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Sandra Flores

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Nov 11, 2025

Great question! In my experience with Salon Iris, it has been working well for us

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