There is a con online that is duping small business retailers. The con is POS software comparison websites … that they do not compare software.
Too often POS software comparison websites do no comparison at all. They will accept any POS software business to be listed through them as long as that business agrees to the fees charged by the comparison website. It really is that simple. Pay the bucks and your business is put forward as one recommended as worthy of consideration.
There is no comparison done by POS software comparison websites. They are an ad platform that POS software companies pay to be listed on.
We know this from first hand experience being signed up to a POS software comparison website for a short time. They didn’t;t compare us, check us out, look at our software or do anything that could be considered an assessment of our suitability.
POS software comparison websites do not comp0are POS software.
Sure, you enter responses to some questions – this is only so they can provide their customers, the paying POS software companies, more information about your needs.
POS software comparison websites are an ad platform plain and simple.
Look at the POS software listed through them and you may not be seeing all of the software options that could be suited to your specific business needs.
There is no substitute to thorough research. You owe it to your retail business to do that. This is why we recommend against using a POS software comparison website – they restrict the businesses pitched to you. They do this without really understanding your business needs.
POS software comparison websites do not compare software, certainly not in our experience at least.
Our opinion is that if your business is serious about its POS software you need to do your own research, create your own short.list and do the work of looking at the software yourself. This way you are pursuing the outcome that is most appropriate to your own business needs, based on your own work and focus. We are certain this approach will give you a better business outcome.
Buyer beware. That POS software comparison website that says it has done the work for you and done the comparison and found the best of the best may have done none off those things.
