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  • 1.  POS system for gift shop

    Posted 4 days ago

    We are looking for a new POS system for our gift shop.  What do you recommend for a small museum?



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    Stef Staley
    Executive Director
    Grand Traverse Lighthouse Museum
    Northport MI
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  • 2.  RE: POS system for gift shop

    Posted 2 days ago

    These are the best and most user friendly:

     

    Smaller Museum Retail Operations

    • Clover
    • Shopify
    • Lightspeed
    • Square

     

    Larger Museum Retail Operations

    • Retail Pro
    • Counterpoint

     

     

     

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  • 3.  RE: POS system for gift shop

    Posted 2 days ago

    We started using Square about three years ago.  It could be a bit more user friendly and intuitive, but it has helped us tremendously.  I like that we can have images of the items on the screen our volunteers use to help them make sure they ring up the correct item.  We use their POS system and that is easy to use and train volunteers on.  Lots of ways for people to pay with credit-debit cards.

     

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  • 4.  RE: POS system for gift shop

    Posted 2 days ago

    We mvoed to Lightspeed three years ago. It's a great platform!  We have three museum store locations, and this works for maintaning seperate inventories, tranfers and reporting. Well worth investigating! 



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    Richard Osgood
    Executive Director
    Door County Maritime Museum - Sturgeon Bay
    Sturgeon Bay WI
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  • 5.  RE: POS system for gift shop

    Posted 2 days ago

    We actually use PayPal's system which is not as intuitive as some of the others but fully integrates with our existing PayPal account and with Quickbooks. It was called Zettle (when we purchased it 3 years ago), but it looks like its now part of Lightspeed.



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    Jen Peters
    Executive Director
    Troy Museum & Historic Village
    Troy MI
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  • 6.  RE: POS system for gift shop

    Posted yesterday

    We are a small museum and we also began using Paypal Point of Sale about three years ago when it was called Zettle. We needed a way to sell tickets and beverages at several locations during our outdoor fundraiser. Zettle allows us to do this using an app on our personal cell phones in conjunction with the card readers. The setup is easy enough and can be tailored to simple or more thorough descriptions of gift shop items. Some of my more long term volunteers have difficulty in using it, but I think they would have this issue with any new POS system.



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    Sharon F. Corey
    Collections Manager
    Georgetown County Museum
    Georgetown, South Carolina
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