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Budget POS for starting store?

🛒 Buying Advice 👁️ 5,048 views 💬 25 replies 📅 Sep 8, 2025
Looking for recommendations:

We need something that handles retail operations well

Budget is around $148/month. What would you suggest?
Helen Martinez 👑 Master
1,295 points • Member since Mar 2025

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Mike Martin
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208 posts
Sep 9, 2025
We had the same issue. What worked for us was reinstalling the app
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Adam Flores
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216 posts
Sep 12, 2025
Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.
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Dennis Davis
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211 posts
Sep 17, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
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Rebecca Foster
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218 posts
Sep 17, 2025
The multi-location sync is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.
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Robert Garcia
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220 posts
Sep 22, 2025
Check out the purchase orders setting, that might help.
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Scott Peterson
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208 posts
Sep 26, 2025
This is why we switched to Aloha POS. No regrets.
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Catherine Wilson
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206 posts
Oct 2, 2025
The multi-location sync is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.
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Jonathan Taylor
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215 posts
Oct 7, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
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Janet Park
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206 posts
Oct 9, 2025
Check out the inventory tracking setting, that might help.
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Raymond Ward
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214 posts
Oct 11, 2025
I've been using BlueCart for 19 months and it has been working well for us
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Henry Russell
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223 posts
Oct 12, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
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Jennifer Young
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218 posts
Oct 17, 2025
Check out the barcode scanning setting, that might help.
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Carlos Ford
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209 posts
Oct 18, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
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Tyler Morgan
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244 posts
Oct 19, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
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Harold Mitchell
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213 posts
Oct 20, 2025
I've been using Granbury Solutions for 24 months and it has been working well for us
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Kyle Ross
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236 posts
Oct 22, 2025
For retail, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
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Kevin Robinson
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214 posts
Oct 25, 2025
Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings
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Janet Rivera
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214 posts
Nov 4, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
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Raymond Chen
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191 posts
Nov 10, 2025
Cost us about $58/month all in. Worth it.
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Tom Hill
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198 posts
Nov 10, 2025
We had the same issue. What worked for us was updating the firmware
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