Square is a commerce platform for small businesses. It covers point of sale, online ordering and websites, invoicing, appointments, payments, and business checking and savings accounts.
The Square POS app tracks stock at every location, sends low-stock alerts and lets you export inventory reports, and it keeps taking payments if you lose Wi-Fi or service. A customer directory shows who visits most often and most recently, plus how much they spend on average. Staff clock in at the POS with a personal passcode, and you can set team permissions and see all activity. Sales made in person, online and through third-party apps all show up in the POS.
Square’s POS comes in versions for restaurants, retail, beauty and service businesses. Restaurants get features suited to quick service, full service and bar service, while beauty businesses can offer booking and rebooking. Service businesses can send invoices on the go. Hardware includes Square Register, Square Terminal with built-in payments and a receipt printer, Square Stand for an iPad, portable Square Readers that pair with your device, and the pocket-sized Square Handheld.
The Square App Marketplace lists apps that connect to a Square account, including accounting apps for QuickBooks Online and Xero. For example, the Square Connector by QuickBooks app imports your Square transactions into QuickBooks automatically. Developers can use Square’s developer platform and APIs to build apps that add features for Square sellers. If you need help, you can contact Square Support in your preferred language.
Square Free has no monthly fee, and you pay processing fees per payment. Plus and Premium add marketing, loyalty, staff tools and reporting and lower the processing rates, priced per location. Current prices and rates are in the pricing box above.