Square Register - A fully integrated point of sale (POS) system 💰

for some reason i really want this but i don't even own a store

The genius of Square was its ability to tap into ubiquitous devices (read: iPhones) to enable anyone to accept credit cards. It wouldn't be where it is today if it went hardware-first but their brand and reach makes Square Register an obvious extension. 👏🏼

This is the sexiest cash register ever.

Big move leaving the iPad. What was the thought process behind that decision?

Is the device running Android?

Like the screen on the customer-facing hardware...makes for lovely UX. And apropos of nothing, I'm the 111th upvote on this. 😜

Is all major cards at 2.5% + 10¢ per tap a good deal? Not familiar with the US side of things but that seems more expensive per transaction than Stripe for instance (although I know they don't do POS devices) Did a little googling and Barclaycard (UK) would offer the following rates if your turnover was around £500,000pa Debit 0.38% Credit 1.21% Visa Business Debit 0.53% Commercial 1.85% If you got that matched with a POS from Nobly (which comes highly recommended on PH) you would save quite a significant amount of revenue. So even though the product is very nice, it seems the fees are quite high.

One day I will open a store just because of this!

Supports Bitcoin/Litecoin?

I have not used this product and my feedback comes from reading about the features the video. I have deep experience in this small retail and IMO , this product is on the right-way to be a winner.

Pros:

Simple Design, Key features for a shop, Integrated unit

Cons:

Many more integrations are required

Could be huge for legal cannabis if one could decouple the gateway and integrate a closed loop FI.

I've been on board with Square for years, using it on my phone when I meet with customers. I much prefer it over the clunky POS systems usually in place. I love the way you can use it as a register in a storefront, but take it on the road if need be. I wish there was better website integration, so I could use it to do online sales.

Pros:

Easy to use, great UI, flexibility, has been expanding based on listening to user needs over the last few years.

Cons:

No good website integration.

This is an area that needed disrupting. it should be helpful for smaller businesses.

@jack no budget for better lighting to see the product? On a serious note, this is great news for many merchants. Look out Verifone, NCR, and First Data.

Loving the "2 screen" implementation. @jack what was the insight that led to that?

I really like the double screen. Flipping just one screen back and forth is annoying.

Marketing team did an awesome job here.

If I'm reading the website correctly, I think that one of the biggest wins here is the enhanced ability to build a customer directory and/or manage loyalty. Having tried to use Square for event registration before, there's a bottleneck that happens when the customer is trying to enter their information and you are trying to ring people out, all on the same iPad. The solution we found was to actually rent 1 additional Square stand/iPad per checkout station — 1 for payment and 1 for registration. This obviously couples this all together more neatly and can help to guide the customer to enter their email, or prep their payment, while you're worrying about ringing them out.

Looks great. Simplicity is key to these types of systems... Paying for anything is a key friction for any business so anything that helps is going to improve customer experience.

This is a great piece of hardware but businesses should be extra dilligent when considering switching from Square's original POS system. You can see why in this piece I wrote: https://goo.gl/9GzEXF