What I liked the most was how easy it is to set up and get going It has a great UI that's extremely easy to use daily. Automations make daily life easier and rate preview is a godsend.

The fact that it integrates with almost every platform - and even if it doesn't you can custom code your own store with their open API. Really, a fantastic piece of work.

It is perfect for a one-person business like myself and it removes a lot of manual work for me. I love it.

Even if you just shipped it that day. Packing slips are awful too.

Easy integration with the website, woo commerce,  nice discounts on UPS, better than what we can get as a company.

Setup is very quick and customer support via chat has been very responsive in my experience.

Connect it to your UPS, FedEx, or any other major parcel carrier and your shipping troubles are over. Creating shipments, printing labels, tracking and even business reporting are all in one program.

This is really a frustrating distraction, although it could have been worse - not being notified when we made sales.

Shipstation was easy to implement and is easy to use, whether you have standard products or custom products. It's user friendly and cost effective.

I was very impressed from day 1 and continue to grow in my appreciation. With features like adding logos to waybills and multiple warehouses, it is truly an amazing app.

Great experience overall, and it would be the first platform I'd recommend to someone looking for a shipping software.

It's very intuitive and user friendly, even for morons like me.

It has been nothing but amazing and a life saver for delivering out our medications to our patients. It is so quick and easy to use, would recommend to any one who delivers anything to anyone.

ShipStation has been a great improvement over what I was using before. It's just as clean and easy to use, but also provides a lot of physical efficiencies for my business.

They’ve been great - easy to use product, amazing customer service and support, and for a reasonable price. I can’t recommend them enough.

It is very straight forward to use, it is very intuitive, all the functions are clearly named and easy to find.

Setup and operation was a breeze, and if there was a bit more functionality for bar operations, we would have stuck with it.

It's great for small businesses, affordable, and super flexible. Their support is great too.

The monthly report very accurate and helpful for our company to easy calculate our monthly income statement. Tracking our COGS anytime so we can control our purchases.

Very few bugs or problems. Service - we rarely need but when we do, the response is fast.

It's integration with Shopify, Deputy and Square. Clean and pro looking (would like to be able to customize it more for my shops character).

The reporting suite is fantastic and allows us to analyze actionable data to make good decisions.

There is a support function incorporated within the website which is useful but the customer service is absolutely amazing: when I've had a query, I've always had an answer within the hour.

I would like to continue to see some improvements to the loyalty and rewards aspect, however these are not deal breakers.

Total lack of customer support during critical times.

Ultimately, there was a lack of complexity in the software for running a bar/taproom in terms of being able to use tabs.

We have absolutely loved the simplicity of the system both at the counter and in the warehouse. The interface is pleasant to the eye and really easy to navigate.

We really weighed our options when we first opened; and Vend really stood out. Great customer service, great pricing options, amazing add-ons for couponing and other web services.

Yes it's better for us in some ways than our prior POS, but at such a great cost of effort that we would never recommend it to anyone and constantly are on the look out for a better POS.

Quite easy to use and deploy. Integrated with other platforms.

The ease in setting up an online store and having the actual inventory be available is amazing.

I only used vend in making inventory to my operation projects because all tools was good and useful.

I adore the Reports tab for glancing at revenue and other numbers. Checking out customers is a breeze.

Stock control options are top notch. The ability to order, return and inventory stock directly from the app is fantastic.

It's an exact match (word order, spelling, exact!). My staff can't use the program, our inventory is a mess due to difficult contrast, laging.

We can put up with a lot of issues, and recognize no one platform is perfect.

Vend has a lot of great features and integrations that allow the business to have a simple checkout process.

The user-friendliness and intuitiveness of Vend was great for us in our start-up phase at our brewery. We operated a retail store and taproom/bar using Vend for about six months.

We shifted to Vend from a traditional PC POS.It was a breeze. We run a few thousand products without a problem.

Speaking to the live chat guy and he kept me waiting for over 3 hours with no reply when he told me that he will be transferring me over to the billing time for assistance.

If you want something that is really easy to use, very simplistic on reporting, and a staff that is always trying to improve the software, you will love Vend.

Absolutely love the ease of use of Vend. While I myself am rather technologically literate, some of my employees are not.

The easy to use functions and layout. It is easy to find what you are looking for, and the service is great whenever there are questions.

Vend is best in inventory management system and i always use this also in customer care. This help me a lot and help our department too.

I lost several 100 dollars before I discovered this on camera. So now all my employees are cashiers only.

Customer service is superb and interface is intuitive, easy to learn.

To get the most benefit and save a TON of time each day, you have to go with the fully integrated solution. This is true of whatever software you choose.

Great cost effective software for our retail business. Our associates find it easy to use and has regular updates that are easy to implement.

We are super happy with Vend. It really improve our workflow, our customers on-desk experience and our budget decisions incredibly.

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ShipStation is a multi-carrier, multi-channel shipping solution designed to expedite the shipping process for online retailers. Features such as batch shipping, discounted shipping rates, inventory and customer management, and custom branding helps streamline order fulfillment.


Import your orders from over 60 selling channels and let ShipStation automatically apply configurable presets and shipping options. Once you create shipping labels or send your orders to a fulfillment company like FBA or ShipWire, ShipStation transmits shipping statuses and tracking information to each selling channel.


Managing customer communications can be time-consuming, ShipStation simplifies this process by offering customizable packing slip, email, and tracking page templates to provide a unique, branded experience for customers. Other features include detailed reporting, prefilled international customs forms, the ability to combine and split orders, and advanced user permissions and restrictions.



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Product Identification

Forecasting

Special Order Management

Purchase Order Management

Shipment Tracking

Status Tracking

Barcode/Ticket Scanning

Multi-Channel Management

Order Entry

Mobile Alerts

Access Controls/Permissions

Dispatch Management

Retail Inventory Management

Shipping Services Integration

Order Management

Manufacturing Inventory Management

Customer Database

Order Fulfillment

Reorder Management

For eCommerce

Barcode Recognition

Shipping Management

Template Management

Warehouse Management

Item Management

Scheduling

Data Import/Export

Label Printing

Inventory Optimization

Accounting

Distribution Management

Email Templates

Multi-Location

QuickBooks Integration

Mobile Access

Cost Tracking

Inventory Tracking

Real Time Data

Real Time Comparisons

Routing

Inventory Auditing

Recurring Orders

Labeling

3PL Management

Shipping Labels

Workflow Management

Ground Shipping

Website Integration

Alerts/Notifications

Transportation Management

Vendor Managed Inventory

Returns Management

Customizable Templates

Accounting Integration

Delivery Tracking

Audit Management

Customizable Branding

Parcel Shipping

Inventory Control

Reporting/Analytics

Stock Management

Supplier Management

Customizable Forms

Order Tracking

Order Processing

Package Tracking

Purchasing & Receiving

Third-Party Integrations

Shipment Price Calculation

Sales Forecasting

Inventory Management

Search/Filter

eCommerce Management

Carrier Management

Delivery Management

Product Data Management

Mac OS

Linux

Web browser (OS agnostic)

Windows 10

Starter - $9/month
Bronze - $29/month
Silver - $49/month
Gold - $69/month
Platinum - $99/month
Enterprise - $159/month

Email/Help Desk

FAQs/Forum

Knowledge Base

Phone Support

Chat

Self-Employed

2-10

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1000

1000+

ShipStation

In Person

Live Online

Webinars

Documentation

Videos

Vend POS is a modern, web-based point of sale system. It can be used on desktop PCs or Macs, or accessed on an iPad, Android tablet or other types of mobile devices. With no server set-ups required, installation is fast and easy.

ShortDescription

Vend is a cloud-based point of sale system for retailers of all types and sizes. Vend offers tools to help manage the customer experience, as well as sales, inventory, customer data and more.


Vend is designed to work on various devices including Macs, PCs and iPads, and a dedicated iPad app is available. It can also operate with a range of in-store hardware including receipt printers, barcode scanners and cash drawers. An offline mode allows users to continue selling even if the internet goes down, and automatically resyncs once the system is back online.


Customers can check into a store using a mobile phone and pay using their PayPal account.  Vend can support input with a mouse and keyboard or a touchscreen, and the point of sale screen can be customized for access to popular products or actions. Other features include inventory management, tracking customer information, sales reports and integrations with Shopify.



Employee Management

Barcoding/RFID

SKU/UPC Codes

Electronic Signature

Retail POS

Customer Accounts

Gift Card Management

Email Marketing

Sales Reports

Ordering Automation

Touch Screen

Pricing Management

Returns Tracking

Layaway Management

Discount Management

Point of Sale (POS)

Loyalty Program

Free 30-day trial is available with no credit card required.  

The standard plan is available starting at $119/month for 1 registar and 1 location while the advanced plan is available starting at $199 per month for 1 user and 1 location. 

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