What to look for in a general POS

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Quick question for the community:

We're trying to figure out the best approach for our general

Would love to hear from others who've dealt with this.

Raymond Wilson 👑 Master

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Frances Chen

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Jul 6, 2025

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

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Patrick Lee

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Jul 22, 2025

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

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Harold Reed

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Jul 31, 2025

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

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Karen Lewis

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Aug 13, 2025

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

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Harold Mitchell

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Sep 17, 2025

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

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Jennifer Carter

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Sep 20, 2025

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

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Eric Coleman

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Sep 29, 2025

Training took about 3 days for our staff.

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Megan Foster

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Oct 1, 2025

Training took about 2 days for our staff.

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Sandra Taylor

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Oct 2, 2025

The receipt customization is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.

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Kenneth Ramos

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Oct 4, 2025

For general, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options

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Peter Stewart

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Oct 15, 2025

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

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Nancy Jenkins

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Oct 16, 2025

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

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Carol Reed

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Oct 20, 2025

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

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Frances Russell

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Oct 22, 2025

I've been using Stax for 24 months and it has been working well for us

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Susan Moore

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Oct 24, 2025

I've been using Talech for 17 months and it has been working well for us

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Carol Reed

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Oct 24, 2025

Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach

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Peter Stewart

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Oct 28, 2025

Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach

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Jack Hall

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Nov 1, 2025

Cost us about $133/month all in. Worth it.

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Lauren Howard

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Nov 1, 2025

I've been using Cumulus Retail for 22 months and it has been working well for us

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Rebecca Foster

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Nov 4, 2025

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

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