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Training new staff on Rain POS

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Looking for recommendations:

We need something that handles retail operations well

Budget is around $131/month. What would you suggest?
Frank Wood 👑 Master
1,595 points • Member since Feb 2025

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Raymond White
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200 posts
Nov 12, 2025
Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach
Tom Cook
👑 Master
238 posts
Nov 12, 2025
I've been using Cake POS for 19 months and it has been working well for us
Raymond Wilson
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208 posts
Nov 14, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
Marcus Turner
👑 Master
233 posts
Nov 14, 2025
Training took about 1 days for our staff.
Frances Russell
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212 posts
Nov 15, 2025
Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.
Harold Nguyen
👑 Master
221 posts
Nov 15, 2025
The multi-location sync is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.
Tyler King
👑 Master
198 posts
Nov 16, 2025
We had the same issue. What worked for us was checking the cable connections
Tiffany Ross
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224 posts
Nov 17, 2025
Check out the customer loyalty program setting, that might help.
Frances Davis
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226 posts
Nov 18, 2025
Check out the inventory tracking setting, that might help.
Jack Hall
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224 posts
Nov 19, 2025
I've been using Poynt for 22 months and it has been working well for us
Janet Rivera
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214 posts
Nov 19, 2025
Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.
Tiffany Wright
👑 Master
210 posts
Nov 21, 2025
We had the same issue. What worked for us was reinstalling the app
Brenda Walker
👑 Master
243 posts
Nov 21, 2025
I've been using Lightspeed Retail for 15 months and it has been working well for us
Catherine Alexander
👑 Master
206 posts
Nov 21, 2025
Training took about 4 days for our staff.
Sharon Foster
👑 Master
195 posts
Nov 21, 2025
We had the same issue. What worked for us was contacting support
Brenda Park
👑 Master
231 posts
Nov 22, 2025
Cost us about $105/month all in. Worth it.
Scott Reed
👑 Master
218 posts
Nov 22, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
Brenda Lewis
👑 Master
199 posts
Nov 23, 2025
Great question! In my experience with TouchBistro, it has been working well for us
Sarah Barnes
👑 Master
206 posts
Nov 23, 2025
Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings
Ann Zhang
👑 Master
242 posts
Nov 23, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup

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