Is Square POS software right for your retail business?

Square POS is an American point of sale program. It is pitched to small business retailers as low cost and easy to use. It is often bundled with free hardware.

There is no doubt that Square POS is easy to set up. Retailers like that.

As to cost, you need to do your homework to fully understand how the costs of using Square POS accrue for a business. Look at your sales. How many transactions each day, and the total value of those. Then calculate the cost of Square POS based on your own business numbers.

When considering POS software cost, it’s reasonable to look at it over a three year period, to understand the total cost of onwership.

Tower Systems offers an alternative to Square POS. Ours has no cost tied to transaction volume or transaction value. In other words, your costs are capped. You know exactly what the software costs on a daily basis. It is only a few dollars a day for the software and access to real human support.

If you are interested in Square POS, call Square. Pick up the phone and call them. Have some questions ready. We suggest you call Tower Systems too, on any of our local office numbers, our mobile numbers, or our national sales line 1300 662 957. Or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

If you call Square, or at least try to, and then you call us, we think you will have had very different experiences. One of the reasons local small business retailers choose our POS software over Square is the easy access to customer service. Human access to customer service. And that we are local.

POS software can be complex and confusing. A quick phone call with a human can easily answer any questions. It is when you cannot reach someone that it gets frustrating. This is why we say call Square with a question or two. See how they respond, and factor that into your consideration.

Let us go back to the headline. Is Square POS software right for your retail business? Only you can decide. As part of that decision, reflect on the ease of access to customer service, the local nature of that service, and whether it is what you will need to get the most out of the POS software you choose.