Setting up Shift4 SkyTab for the first time

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Hey everyone,

Setting up Shift4 SkyTab for the first time

I'm running a restaurant in New Orleans, LA and looking for advice. We currently have been looking at different options. Any recommendations or experiences to share?

Thanks in advance!

Carlos Hughes 👑 Master

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Joyce Perez

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Sep 18, 2025

Check out the happy hour pricing setting, that might help.

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Nicole Young

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Sep 28, 2025

Cost us about $91/month all in. Worth it.

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Harold Mitchell

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Oct 10, 2025

Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.

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Tom Cook

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Oct 13, 2025

I've been using POS Nation for 7 months and it has been working well for us

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Eric Coleman

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Oct 14, 2025

This is why we switched to Talech. No regrets.

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Tyler King

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Oct 15, 2025

Had the same problem, support was frustrating when I contacted them.

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Benjamin Turner

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Oct 20, 2025

This is why we switched to Agilysys. No regrets.

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Betty Hamilton

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Nov 8, 2025

Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings

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Rebecca Rogers

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Nov 14, 2025

We had the same issue. What worked for us was restarting the terminal

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Kimberly Watson

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Nov 18, 2025

We had the same issue. What worked for us was reconfiguring the network settings

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