The till, and everything behind it.
Point-of-sale software and hardware set up for real counters — multi-till, offline-tolerant, and reporting to one place.
- Electron
- SQLite
- Stripe Terminal
- Zebra
- Node
Sounds familiar?
If any of these are true, this is the fix.
- 01Each till has its own idea of the price
- 02The internet drops and trading stops
- 03End-of-day is a manual reconciliation
- 04Head office finds out about stock on Friday
What you get
Six things, not a proposal deck.
- 01
POS software
Set up around your counter flow, not a generic one.
- 02
Hardware
Terminals, scanners, printers and drawers, installed.
- 03
Offline mode
Keeps trading when the line goes down, syncs after.
- 04
Multi-site sync
Every till and branch reporting to one place.
- 05
Stock integration
Sales move stock without a second entry.
- 06
Staff training
On the actual machines, before go-live.
What changes
- Minutes of downtime at cutover
- %
- Tills on one report
- day
- Staff training, on site
Typical range — replace with your own figures once measured
- 01
Walk the counter
Peak hour, not a quiet Tuesday.
- 02
Spec the kit
Hardware chosen for the volume it will actually see.
- 03
Pilot one site
Prove it on a single counter first.
- 04
Roll out
Site by site, with training ahead of each.
Start here