POS - a new discussion - for MAC users - Barista Exchange2024-03-28T14:32:02Zhttps://www.baristaexchange.com/forum/topics/pos-a-new-discussion-for-mac?commentId=1688216%3AComment%3A994495&feed=yes&xn_auth=noJeff, what has your experienc…tag:www.baristaexchange.com,2012-05-30:1688216:Comment:13861602012-05-30T19:23:31.242ZDan Gorderhttps://www.baristaexchange.com/profile/DanGorder
<p>Jeff, what has your experience been with OWN? I was not happy at all with my demo, but I really like the potential and I'm kinda waiting for them to get things more in order to try again. I also think that it's expensive relative to what other cloud POS systems are charging, especially when you start adding terminals.</p>
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<p>Jeff, what has your experience been with OWN? I was not happy at all with my demo, but I really like the potential and I'm kinda waiting for them to get things more in order to try again. I also think that it's expensive relative to what other cloud POS systems are charging, especially when you start adding terminals.</p>
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<blockquote cite="http://www.baristaexchange.com/forum/topics/pos-a-new-discussion-for-mac?id=1688216%3ATopic%3A993196&page=3#1688216Comment1350386"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Check this out. This is a POS app developed for my friend at his shop that is now available for purchase. I'm using OWN myself, but his system looks pretty sweet as well.</p>
<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/36296851" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://vimeo.com/36296851</a></p>
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</blockquote> This looks interesting. I cou…tag:www.baristaexchange.com,2012-05-30:1688216:Comment:13860982012-05-30T17:52:26.938ZJanicehttps://www.baristaexchange.com/profile/Janice
<p>This looks interesting. I couldn't find it in the app store - mind giving me some info on how to contact?<br></br><br></br>Thanks!<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Jeff Hoeppner said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.baristaexchange.com/forum/topics/pos-a-new-discussion-for-mac?commentId=1688216%3AComment%3A1386092&xg_source=msg_com_forum#1688216Comment1350386"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Check this out. This is a POS app developed for my friend at his shop that is now available for purchase.…</p>
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<p>This looks interesting. I couldn't find it in the app store - mind giving me some info on how to contact?<br/><br/>Thanks!<br/> <br/> <cite>Jeff Hoeppner said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.baristaexchange.com/forum/topics/pos-a-new-discussion-for-mac?commentId=1688216%3AComment%3A1386092&xg_source=msg_com_forum#1688216Comment1350386"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Check this out. This is a POS app developed for my friend at his shop that is now available for purchase. I'm using OWN myself, but his system looks pretty sweet as well.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://vimeo.com/36296851" target="_blank">http://vimeo.com/36296851</a></p>
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</blockquote> Awesome video! I hope he does…tag:www.baristaexchange.com,2012-05-30:1688216:Comment:13860922012-05-30T17:06:28.383ZJeffrey Pollockhttps://www.baristaexchange.com/profile/JeffreyPollock
<p>Awesome video! I hope he does well =)</p>
<p>Awesome video! I hope he does well =)</p> Check this out. This is a POS…tag:www.baristaexchange.com,2012-02-09:1688216:Comment:13503862012-02-09T20:56:43.543ZJeff Hoeppnerhttps://www.baristaexchange.com/profile/JeffHoeppner
<p>Check this out. This is a POS app developed for my friend at his shop that is now available for purchase. I'm using OWN myself, but his system looks pretty sweet as well.</p>
<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/36296851" target="_blank">http://vimeo.com/36296851</a></p>
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<p>Check this out. This is a POS app developed for my friend at his shop that is now available for purchase. I'm using OWN myself, but his system looks pretty sweet as well.</p>
<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/36296851" target="_blank">http://vimeo.com/36296851</a></p>
<p></p> Hi Janice,
I feel your pain w…tag:www.baristaexchange.com,2012-02-09:1688216:Comment:13504652012-02-09T20:51:58.074ZLucas Viahttps://www.baristaexchange.com/profile/LucasVia
<p>Hi Janice,</p>
<p>I feel your pain with Vitalink. I've known a few others who have had problems similar to what you described. Being a Mac fan myself I would recommend going with one of the Tablet POS systems. Lightspeed is good but geared a bit more towards the retail sector rather than the hospitality and food industry. There are a variety of tablet based POS systems that run on either the iPad or other tablets and are specifically designed for cafes.</p>
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<p>Hi Janice,</p>
<p>I feel your pain with Vitalink. I've known a few others who have had problems similar to what you described. Being a Mac fan myself I would recommend going with one of the Tablet POS systems. Lightspeed is good but geared a bit more towards the retail sector rather than the hospitality and food industry. There are a variety of tablet based POS systems that run on either the iPad or other tablets and are specifically designed for cafes.</p>
<p>My personal recommendation would be to check out Own Point of Sale. Its very user intuitive (requires no training of employees) and cloud based. Being cloud based you can check all of your sales data, employees who are clocked in, change menu items, etc. from your Mac at home, work, or wherever you are. It runs on the biggest tablet out there and provides a wide variety of features but isn't too complex or overrun with unnecessary features. Check them out at <a href="http://ownpointofsale.com" target="_blank">Ownpointofsale</a>.com</p>
<p>As mentioned below, Square is a great application but its primary goal is to process credit cards. It is not nearly as robust as others I've seen but it can have a simple menu and accept credit cards. Definitely not a full POS. </p> Is anyone using Lightspeed wi…tag:www.baristaexchange.com,2011-03-16:1688216:Comment:10554182011-03-16T00:44:23.701ZDavid Myershttps://www.baristaexchange.com/profile/DavidMyers
Is anyone using Lightspeed with a touch screen?
Is anyone using Lightspeed with a touch screen? I can assure you Own is very…tag:www.baristaexchange.com,2011-03-01:1688216:Comment:10427532011-03-01T02:29:07.245ZVerdi Ergunhttps://www.baristaexchange.com/profile/VerdiErgun
<p>I can assure you Own is very real. We are still testing our system. If you are interested in testing please contact us here <a href="http://ownpointofsale.com/beta/" target="_blank">http://ownpointofsale.com/beta/</a> and either myself or Bill will get back with you.</p>
<p>I can assure you Own is very real. We are still testing our system. If you are interested in testing please contact us here <a href="http://ownpointofsale.com/beta/" target="_blank">http://ownpointofsale.com/beta/</a> and either myself or Bill will get back with you.</p> Just because it's catered to…tag:www.baristaexchange.com,2011-02-04:1688216:Comment:10222292011-02-04T21:38:26.350ZJeremy Grayhttps://www.baristaexchange.com/profile/JeremyGray
<p>Just because it's catered to retail doesn't make it bad. Heck Coffee Shop Manager is tailored to, designed for, and built for coffee shops and my opinion is, it's terrible. Don't get me wrong there are a few things I like about CSM, but in my setting, it is way to slow to use. Like to ring in a double 12 oz vanilla latte for a loyalty customer paying with debit card in CSM would take 12 button pushes and 4 screen changes, where as with Restaurant Pro Express it's 4 buttons and the screen…</p>
<p>Just because it's catered to retail doesn't make it bad. Heck Coffee Shop Manager is tailored to, designed for, and built for coffee shops and my opinion is, it's terrible. Don't get me wrong there are a few things I like about CSM, but in my setting, it is way to slow to use. Like to ring in a double 12 oz vanilla latte for a loyalty customer paying with debit card in CSM would take 12 button pushes and 4 screen changes, where as with Restaurant Pro Express it's 4 buttons and the screen never changes. This may seem petty or pointless, but when I have a line of people, it makes a HUGE difference. It really comes down to each person's needs and wants in a POS. I really do think Own is very promising, but like mentioned above it's not for Mac, they will have their required hardware(can't use stuff you already have) and required credit card processing(at what cost, my current processor is untouchable by anyone that has tried), no loyalty features built in(which will cost you more money to use a service). I hope they can produce what they're claiming and keep it at a reasonable price, just a lot of questions still. Like they told you end of march, they told Jeremiah april and I was told june:)</p>
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<p>The Revel Systems POS I mentioned above has a sweet feature if your in a more urban area. They give you an app in the app store with your logo that people can click on and pre-order to your shop and it will pop up on your screen automatically. Now that is a sweet feature, gives your shop a lot of hype to have your own app in the app store! <br/> <br/>
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<blockquote cite="http://www.baristaexchange.com/forum/topics/pos-a-new-discussion-for-mac?page=2&commentId=1688216%3AComment%3A1022140&x=1#1688216Comment1022140"><div>Shopkeep looks cool, but just like Lightspeed it's catered to retail. One of my business partners spoke to someone at Own and was very pleased with the info they presented. They're saying it will be released at the end of March. Still not sure how their pricing structure works. It's cool that it's being designed with a cafe. Seems like it will be perfectly tailored to our industry. It would, however, be great if there was a version of Lightspeed that would work for us.</div>
</blockquote> Shopkeep looks cool, but just…tag:www.baristaexchange.com,2011-02-04:1688216:Comment:10221402011-02-04T21:01:30.189ZJeff Hoeppnerhttps://www.baristaexchange.com/profile/JeffHoeppner
Shopkeep looks cool, but just like Lightspeed it's catered to retail. One of my business partners spoke to someone at Own and was very pleased with the info they presented. They're saying it will be released at the end of March. Still not sure how their pricing structure works. It's cool that it's being designed with a cafe. Seems like it will be perfectly tailored to our industry. It would, however, be great if there was a version of Lightspeed that would work for us.
Shopkeep looks cool, but just like Lightspeed it's catered to retail. One of my business partners spoke to someone at Own and was very pleased with the info they presented. They're saying it will be released at the end of March. Still not sure how their pricing structure works. It's cool that it's being designed with a cafe. Seems like it will be perfectly tailored to our industry. It would, however, be great if there was a version of Lightspeed that would work for us. Shopkeep is now beta testing…tag:www.baristaexchange.com,2011-02-04:1688216:Comment:10220392011-02-04T19:18:15.290ZJeremy Grayhttps://www.baristaexchange.com/profile/JeremyGray
<p>Shopkeep is now beta testing their software on iPad. You can sign up for free on their site.</p>
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<p>Shopkeep is now beta testing their software on iPad. You can sign up for free on their site.</p>
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