Vend POS: Core Features

Sales and Payments

Vend’s payment processor integrations allow users to process their credit and debit sales through top brands including Paypal, Shopify, and Square. Gift cards, split payments, and partial payments are all supported with Vend’s platform. Staffers can even create custom buttons to more easily accept cash, checks, or other payment forms.

Inventory

Vend offers a robust suite of inventory features. The service uses one central product catalog that syncs across all channels, to ensure pricing and stock counts stay the same regardless of discounts or markups. Managers can import or add products along with barcode information and variants (one product can come in multiple sizes, colors, or materials). Stock orders can also be automated in order to ensure fast-selling products never run out.

Ecommerce

Another stand-out area for Vend’s third-party integrations is ecommerce. Users with Shopify or WooCommerce accounts can take advantage of those services’ online stores, connecting them to the Vend POS to deliver a streamlined omnichannel sales experience to their customers. Products, inventory, customers and sales can all be synced up to Vend within minutes, or users can create their online store from scratch and connect it to Vend immediately.

Customers

Customer profiles can be created in order to help managers better understand the habits and interests of their regulars. Profiles log the customer’s purchase history, loyalty account, and available balance. Custom loyalty programs can be created to retain customers. In another example of Vend’s flexibility, existing customer lists can be imported through a CSV upload.

Add-Ons

Yes, Vend’s third-party integrations cover even more than ecommerce and payments. Here are a few more common POS features that Vend users can access through Vend’s interface:

• Employee management — Add staff scheduling functions with Deputy
• Appointment management — Schedule customer appointments with Timely
• Sales channels — Add Amazon or eBay sales channels to your ecommerce options
• Accounting features — Quickly process store data with Xero or Quickbooks Online
• Email marketing — Log and manage customer email addresses with MailSync

Vend ranks 4th in our list of the best retail POS providers.

Vend POS Plans and Pricing

Vend offers three paid service plan tiers in addition to their limited free option. The paid tiers are Lite, Pro, and Enterprise, with Pro being the most popular.

The Vend Lite plan costs $99/month, billed annually. It is aimed at smaller retailers and offers core POS functions for one register. Additional registers are $49/register/month, but the Lite plan is capped at just one location. Monthly turnover is capped at $20,000 USD: If your operation exceeds the limit three times in any 12-month period, you’ll be bumped up to the Vend Pro plan.

The Pro plan costs $129/month, billed annually, with each additional register after the first one costing another $49/register/month if billed annually. It offers more advanced reporting and loyalty features, and includes all add-ons and ecommerce channels, and supports multiple locations with unlimited turnover.

Finally, the Enterprise plan: Users will need to request a quote from Vend to learn the exact cost for their business. This plan includes a dedicated account manager and a customized onboarding package.

The Verdict

Vend is a recommended POS system. It’s a good fit for small businesses that need a flexible software that can integrate well both with their current hardware and with their current payment processor. It’s also a good fit for larger businesses that need a fairly priced, well-supported solution with a broad range of features.