POS Nation for Retail 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

POS Nation for Retail

4.6

(133)

Pricing

Starting at $149.00 per month

About POS Nation for Retail

POS Nation is built to support retailers, including specialty businesses such as convenience stores, liquor, wine and beer stores, tobacco and vape shops, lawn and garden centers, and hardware stores.

The software comes with all the features you need included out of your box, and specific to your industry--not as add-ons.

Built-in discounting and sales pricing, the ability to accept and create coupons, age verification, and hotkeys, among other features, help businesses complete faster checkouts and easier transactions.

Case- and carton-break inventory tracking, automatically generated purchase orders with reorder thresholds, an unlimited number of SKUs, and more, ensure inventory management is as simplified and streamlined as possible so owners and employees can always know what's in stock.

Built-in employee management, customer loyalty, security, reporting and analysis all come within this powerful software to provide a complete retail point of sale system that doesn't just help you manage your store, but grow your business.

POS Nation is also outfitted to handle multiple businesses and offers software add-ons such as cloud backup, mobile reporting, quick books integ...

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POS Nation for Retail Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $149.00 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

Flex Monthly

$149.00

flat rate, per month

Plan includes:

24/7 Support
Cash Drawer
Chip Card Reader
POS Software
Receipt Printer
Scanner
Touch PC

Freedom

$999.00

flat rate, one time

Plan includes:

24/7 Support
Cash Drawer
Chip Card Reader
POS Software
Receipt Printer
Scanner
Touch PC

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POS Nation for Retail Features

Popular features found in Retail POS System
Barcode/Ticket Scanning
Gift Card Management
Inventory Management
Pricing Management
Returns Tracking
Sales Reports
Touch Screen
More features of POS Nation for Retail
Accounting Integration
Alerts/Notifications
Barcode Recognition
Barcoding/RFID
Billing & Invoicing
Cash Management
Check-in/Check-out
Commission Management
Cost Tracking
Credit Card Processing
CRM
Customer Accounts
Customer Database
Customer Management
Customizable Reports
Discount Management
eCommerce Management
Electronic Signature
Employee Management
Forecasting
For Retail
Inventory Optimization
Inventory Tracking
Item Management
Layaway Management
Lottery Management
Loyalty Program
Mail Order
Merchandise Management
Mobile Access
Multi-Location
Ordering Automation
Payment Processing
Point of Sale (POS)
Price/Margin Management
Purchase Order Management
Reorder Management
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & Statistics
Restaurant POS
Retail Inventory Management
Retail Management
Retail POS
Returns Management
Sales Trend Analysis
Serial Number Tracking
SKU/UPC Codes
Supplier Management
Time Clock
User Management

POS Nation for Retail Integrations

BigCommerce

Shopify

WooCommerce

Adobe Commerce

POS Nation for Retail User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.6

Ratings Breakdown

68%

24%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.5

Value for money

4.5

Customer support

4.7

Functionality

4.5

Verified

Reviewer

Restaurants

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2019

Life made easier

This system has benefited us so much at McDonals, because it helps keeps us organized and up to date with everything that we may need help with or inventory on. It also makes it a lot easy for our crew too.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The most that I like about this software is that I am able to manage everything on this system at McDonald's. I can check times, check products and look at all the orders that had came through that day. Also with this system you are able to do schedules and make sure that the inventory is put in. With this system you can do just about anything even knowing the total sales for that day and month. This system helps keep everything together.

Cons:

The only thing that I did not like was the fact that sometimes when I was trying to do an order, it automatically started rebooting itself and doing an update. It did not happen too often.

Kathleen C.

Verified reviewer

Retail

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed May 2024

Happy with the system

The transistion period was pretty rough becuae we had a ton of inventory, and we didn't understand the program, but we always had amazing customer support. My sstaff adn I are

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Amazing support from tech support. The credit card processing is excellent They matched my rate which was the best in the industry.

Cons:

Tough to move over to it. We really liked Quick Books POS but it didn't integrate with E-Commerce. Looking forward to getting our e-commerce going agan.

Reasons for choosing POS Nation for Retail

It was a scam product that was so bad we never even got it installed. The custoemr service was so bad we didn't even get the inventory loaded. Never used the system. It cost a bunch of $$ and was not just useless but so frustrating I nearly lost my mind.

Reasons for switching to POS Nation for Retail

QB POS was not useful any longer. We couldn't use it with the e-commerce.

Mandeep S.

Verified reviewer

Retail

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed June 2021

Terrible team, horrific software and non-reliable hardware!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Great liars and getting customers onboard.

Cons:

Terrible team, horrific software and non-reliable hardware! The system was sold on a lie. The features discussed during phone calls and via email did not match the actual system. They tried blaming the initial issues on the credit processing company but later learned that their software was not compatible when accepting EBT cash. Then the software upgrade (May 29, 2021) began showing the same error and froze both of my POS systems on numerous occasions. Instead of resolving the issue brought on by their upgrade, they asked me sign up for monthly service or pay $239 dollars. Their keyboard has a mind of it’s on. At times the CAP lock is activated or the number lock. Their scanners are worthless. I'm being charged $200+ dollars for a wireless scanner that is available on Amazon for $100 dollars. Scanner reviews on Amazon clearly show that no one invested any time conducting a thorough research. Lastly, it’s missing the automated decimal point and the change due does not disappear automatically when initiating a new transaction. Instead of helping resolve their software/hardware issues I received an email from Will that they are cancelling my software service. I emailed my concerns to [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN], but yet to receive any response. Do you want to start your day asking yourself if your POS system is going to work or not?

Sean G.

Verified reviewer

Retail

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2019

POS Nation Review

I have enjoyed using POS Nation. With each fix or call to the tech team, I learn the system more and more. The POS Nation employees have been wonderful, and the hardware has held up well for the time we have had it.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I enjoyed the setup process. The instructor was great to work with, and very informative. The features within the system fit just about any scenario we run into. The ease of learning the system was also a relief.

Cons:

I will occasionally run into issues finding the correct reports to run for specific information. Also, I have experienced "speed" issues with the system taking many seconds to finish transactions and open the drawer. However, both of these issues are resolved fairly quickly after calling customer support.

Reasons for choosing POS Nation for Retail

We have Toast in our Restaurant program. Their poor hardware performance and lack of customer service dissuaded us from pursuing any further business with them.

Reasons for switching to POS Nation for Retail

Inventory and reporting capabilities. Also, to get with a more modern system.

Vendor Response

We're happy you're enjoying your system, Sean! Thanks for the review.

Replied January 2020

VIVIAN W.

Verified reviewer

Sporting Goods

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2020

sPORTING GOODS

Love it

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The point of sale is easy to use. Reports are great..

Cons:

It kicks you out often but you can get rite back in. The inventory is complicated way to many steps

Reasons for switching to POS Nation for Retail

Needed more options to enter items and get reports

Vendor Response

Vivian, Reviews like this really make our team proud. We are happy to hear that the reports are great for your business. Thank you so much for your kind words, and for being a valued POS Nation customer!

Replied December 2020

Carol D.

Verified reviewer

Retail

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed October 2020

Wonderful Step By Step Guidance

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

[SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] , our delightful Customer Success Manager, has been by our side since day one helping us get our new POS system up and running. We have found the software rather intuitive and easy to use so far.

Cons:

Right now I am having a difficult time getting data I need from the Reports. This may be due to my inexperience with the new system.

Reasons for switching to POS Nation for Retail

I made the switch from QuickBooks POS due to poor support. When you are running a retail business, and have an issue with your POS, you need help right away or you lose customers.

Vendor Response

Carol, We are glad to hear that you enjoyed your experience with your Customer Success Manager, and that he represented POS Nation well. We look forward to working with you again soon! Please reach out to us if you would like additional training in regards to the reports at customercare@posnation.com

Replied October 2020

Haig K.

Verified reviewer

Retail

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed April 2024

use of POS

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

ease of use for checkout, ease of understanding . simple to set up . not complicated and very user friendly

Cons:

the complicated inventory management of scanning each single sku and having to label each exact product but because of size difference each sku is different so therefore we just dont use the inventory side that much

KACIE N.

Verified reviewer

Retail

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2024

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