What to look for in a retail POS

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Quick question for the community:

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

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

Angela Reed 👑 Master

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Jack Hall

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Jul 7, 2025

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

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Catherine Alexander

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Jul 16, 2025

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

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Nancy Park

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227 posts

Aug 3, 2025

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

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Dennis Cook

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Aug 5, 2025

We had the same issue. What worked for us was updating the firmware

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Angela Reed

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210 posts

Aug 11, 2025

Training took about 5 days for our staff.

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Lauren Powell

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Aug 24, 2025

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

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Nathan Foster

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Sep 3, 2025

Great question! In my experience with DoorDash Storefront, it has been working well for us

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Nancy Rogers

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Sep 5, 2025

Cost us about $56/month all in. Worth it.

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Catherine Alexander

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Sep 6, 2025

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

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Ann Harris

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Sep 17, 2025

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

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Nicole Young

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Oct 8, 2025

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

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Frances Chen

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Oct 16, 2025

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

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Janet Park

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Oct 22, 2025

Training took about 2 days for our staff.

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Elizabeth Green

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Oct 23, 2025

Training took about 4 days for our staff.

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