Point of Sale

Nov. 9, 2025

The update that happened in Spring 2024 made it so slow to process orders. You have to click 9-10 times to get the most basic sale done. Im looking for a better option now

Oct. 15, 2025

You can have over Millions in sales and over 5 Years.But they can suddenly hold your entire companies payments. Without a good reason. im absolutely shocked they think that any small to medium business would stand for such practice. I immediately switched back to my old POS Also doesn't work on Desktop/Laptop needs to be NEW apple Ipad ( old ones will lag ) . And of course you need to buy theirs ecosystem products otherwise all other products have compatibility issues... shop is great for your website but they CLEARLY missed the mark here.

Sept. 3, 2025

I came here to read recent reviews because we are still struggling with syncing between our in-store square system and our Shopify website and I keep HOPING Shopify POS systems have improved. By the reviews I read, obviously not. We've tried Shopify POS TWICE and both times it was unreliable. No peripherals - barcode scanner, credit card machine - would remain connected to the iPad so we would have to jump through hoops, WITH CUSTOMERS WAITING IN LINE to reconnect them. Customer support sent us 3 pages of instructions which were insane & STILL didn't fix the problem. HOW CAN SHOPIFY INVENT THE BEST RETAIL SOFTWARE SYSTEM/WEBSITE BUT CAN'T DO POS WORTH A DAMN? So incredibly frustrating.

Aug. 10, 2025

Disappointing Support & Lack of Flexibility for Small Businesses We purchased the Shopify POS system and hardware solely for a single annual pop-up event, which typically brings in around $900 in sales. Unfortunately, due to a minor oversight when managing multiple new subscriptions for our website, we didn’t realize the POS subscription was still active. The system was used 1 day out of the 365, with the last sale being almost a year ago, yet we were charged over $1,000 during this period of inactivity. When I contacted Shopify to explain the situation and request even a partial refund or credit, I was met with a strict “no refunds” policy, despite their acknowledgment of the minimal usage and the nature of the oversight. Many companies offer goodwill adjustments in such cases to support small businesses — sadly, Shopify did not. While the POS itself works fine for basic transactions, this experience left me feeling that the service is not flexible, empathetic, or supportive when small merchants make an honest mistake. If you’re a seasonal or occasional seller, be very cautious — you won’t find much understanding here if you forget to cancel. looking for a different system for my once a year pop up events

June 30, 2025

Running a small retail bakery, switched from Square because of their sub-par online product. However, Shopify's POS is really behind. To start, very slow to respond - adding items or discounts to the cart takes forever. With a line of customers waiting, that's no good. Secondly, no modifiers/options (!!!). Customer wants to add toppings to their pizza? forget about it. Third party app for this on the POS are very limited and so slow that it's easier to take order by hand. Also, there are no real tickets. There are drafts, but you cannot print them to attached to orders. No scheduling for order without clunky third party apps, that are even slower. Text and icons are all tiny, especially when adding multiple of the same item there's a little bubble with the number that you can barely see. The "smart grid" presents only 10 tiles at a time (Square fit 25 on the same screen). We keep scrolling up an down as the customers give their orders. For a product that charges $89 a month, this is just embarrassing.

May 3, 2025

1. The app won't integrate with any other card reader other than their Stripe machine. We spent $500 on their machine only to realise it doesn't accept Eftpos cards, which is New Zealand's most popular debit card. 2. There is no way to process an In-Store pick up through POS. We have customers come into store daily who want to order special items in however there is no way to create an order in POS with a button to notify the customer that their order is ready for collection In-Store. 3. The app does not display product SKU's when searching for items. This makes it very difficult to search for products by SKU as it only displays the Size/Colour etc and often results in our staff selling an incorrect product. 4. There is no way to refund orders to store credit, only a gift voucher which messes with our accounting system. 5. There is no way for our warehouse to "Fulfil" an order on the POS Go device. So when customers come in to collect their order, they have to log in to the desktop version to fulfil an order. I have contacted Shopify multiple times about these issues and they couldn't care less. They keep releasing "Updates" but don't actually include any of the necessary features that people are actually asking for.

April 26, 2025

The biggest waste of money! Such an expensive devise that does nothing! It goes flat in about 30 minutes and then takes 8 hours to charge. It doesn't even do everything I need. Every time I turn it on it updates for about 30mintues. Its like something from the 80s trying to do the work of things in 2025. TERRIBLE!!!! AVOID!!! Just pay $9 a month for EasyScan!

April 8, 2025

The advertised POS Terminal with the PRO subscription; turned out to be the now discontinued POS Go with a disabled barcode scanner and Dock...As a hopeful pop-up market vendor working with a catalogging system for efficient turn-around. This was disappointing; - Automated Discounts should 100% be available to LITE users.. It's not any more special than adding a tile to the POS device.. - Cancellations should be more accessible.. I will not be making an international call that will cost more time and money likely to be asked "to return the hardware and call back". The product page for the Terminal need to clearly specify - These devices are upcycled retro-grade hardware. I made a concise decision based on mixed information and was very much under impression I had a functioning POS terminal with alot of features; not a glorified Customer Display Unit. It's my genuine hope that many of these problems can be addressed and that more support for Third Party systems out of preference and commercial flexibility can be added.

March 20, 2025

I hope I can reach someone before they make the same mistake we did. If you are just starting out, or are running a very small operation, 1 to 2 locations, this POS would be an excellent choice. If you have more than 2 locations, have a lot of inventory, lots of employees, or already have a more robust POS, this app is not for you. It is very limited, and after you pay for the apps that will make it less limited but still very lacking, you will be paying more than your old POS. Shopify Online is amazing. Shopify POS needs so much work.

Jan. 20, 2025

Got this app for free as part of Shopify plus. When we downgraded to shopify standard Shopify decided it would be ok to start billing us for it. We've never agreed to any kind of paid plan for this app, but Shopify have been billing us for over 12 months before we'd noticed. They don't want to refund us for an app we never agreed to pay for so I guess we're taking them to court.

Jan. 7, 2025

Customer care is a joke. Requested to speak with someone over the phone multiple times. Insisted on dealing with issue through chat. absolute joke

Nov. 5, 2024

If you're running a sizeable retail store, I would not advise against using Shopify POS. We transitioned from a specialized POS provider, which we had successfully used for seven years, only to realize within a week that moving to Shopify POS was a mistake. While Shopify is strong as an e-commerce platform, its POS system has serious limitations that make it unsuitable for established or multi-location retailers. Key Issues: Limited Support: Shopify advertises 24/7 support, but in reality, this is chat-only with slow response times, which can be frustrating when immediate assistance is needed for in-store operations. Nobody to help you out with transitioning from existing to Shopify POS. Weak Reporting and Search Functions: Extracting meaningful reports is a challenge, and the search functionality is cumbersome. This makes basic day-to-day tasks much harder than they should be. Poor CRM and Inventory Management: Customer relationship management and stock tracking are inefficient and often unreliable. Managing inventory across multiple locations is especially problematic, which is a major drawback for any growing retail business. High Maintenance Needs: Due to the above limitations, it seems almost necessary to dedicate an employee solely to troubleshooting and managing issues with the system. In summary, Shopify POS may be adequate for small or single-location stores, but for anyone managing multiple stores or a more complex retail operation, this system is far from optimal. It has potential as a website platform, but for POS, look elsewhere.

Oct. 23, 2024

IT'S DEFINITELY A POS. Hangs constantly and has way too many bugs. Really terrible and tough to get help. We got the overpriced docking station hoping it would help to have everything connected but it doesn't. Shopify should be embarrassed.

Oct. 11, 2024

I wish I could leave ZERO stars. Not retail friendly in any way. Constant glitches. We regret ever signing on to Shopify POS. Spare yourself and don’t use this company.

Sept. 21, 2024

$89 a month for limited "PRO" features is such a waste for small businesses. The most troubling issues amongst a few are: the inability to limit my staff's view of order history. There should be an option to perhaps allow staff to only view at a certain location's order history on the day they're perhaps working, or within a certain time period. Any business owner will understand the concerns that come with staff being able to view the store's ENTIRE order history. There's not option to limit this. Furthermore, I have a traveling company that sells across local markets, to have to pay $89 per market to keep location inventory in sync is just ridiculous. Shopify POS is a ripe off.

Sept. 4, 2024

I do not recommend POS for France market : - No distinct bank payout per store location - No cash reconciliation - No ZDECAISSE (specific report for France) - Cannot print labels per "supplier order", have to print each individually... The POS idea is good but the product is below standard.

July 9, 2024

Pessima app. Non è assolutamente un POS completo, ci sono tantissime lacune e spesso presenta dei bug al checkout. Inoltre è limitato in tutte le sue funzioni. Esperienza terribile non lo consiglio a NESSUNO.

July 2, 2024

Constant, constant, constant issues. Hardware that must be purchased from them is absorbently priced & not reliable. Even used hardware purchased cheaper is over priced & horrible. Card readers, scanners, printers are only consistent at disconnecting then slow to reconnect---if they even decide to reconnect. So many in person sales have been lost because of this. It's very embarrassing & makes us look unprofessional and ill prepared. After this past week's issues, I'm seriously debating leaving Shopify altogether. And YES, everything is up to date. It would be wonderful if there was a PC version and hard wired hardware. This wifi and bluetooth enabled garbage is extremely unreliable. Shopify has an excellent ecommerce platform, but their POS is very limited as to what can integrate and the hardware is, simply put, junk. I've brought these issues up before with a CSR in a chat, but none of my opinions or experiences have been taken seriously, nor have the issues been resolved. I feel as if I've wasted not just money, but time and valuable customers.

July 1, 2024

I'm looking for a new POS system. The checkout just hangs, sometimes as you're trying to add a product to cart, other times before loading the payment screen, and at other times when completing the payment. It's awful, even more so since the most recent update. It's also cumbersome to add products to the cart in the first place. POS needs to be quick, and at the moment I'm losing customers because of this awful app. I'm heading into my busy part of the year and I simply cannot rely on this app. If Shopify want to see what a good POS app looks like, then see how Zettle's works - it's head and shoulders above this one. I wanted to be able to run my ecommerce store and POS via the same company, but now it's looking like I'll need to revert to Zettle for POS and keep the store with Shopify. That's more work for me, in terms of adding and syncing inventory, but this app is barely usable. Another minor issue is that, as the checkout is loading, the margin (in actual GBP) pops up quickly. How would a customer feel if they saw that? My life flashes befoe my eyes each time as I try to shield the tablet from them. Seriously, Shopify - do better. in the meantime, I'll decide whether to revert to Zettle or find another provder. Awful, awful, AWFUL app.

June 27, 2024

The most recent changes have made the checkout process so slow! There is so much unnecessary tapping and lag to check a customer out, and there is zero customization to bypass it. If you are selling in a fast-paced environment, get ready for delays. We bought the 3 POS machines last summer and are now stuck in this ecosystem. This was a huge mistake.