Every business takes cards. Almost nothing else is the same.
A bar, a boutique, and a van in a driveway have one thing in common — and a hundred things that aren’t. We set up the processing and the POS around how you actually work.
High volume, tips on top, and the biggest processing bill in town.
Restaurants and bars run more card volume than almost anyone, and tips inflate every ticket. It’s where a fraction of a percent turns into real money — and it’s usually the bill nobody has looked at in years.
Restaurants
Tables, tabs, tickets to the kitchen, and tips — plus the processing bill nobody reads.
See the setup → SQUARE FORCoffee Shops & Cafés
A queue out the door, a hundred drink variations, and $5 tickets that fees love.
See the setup → SQUARE FORBars & Taprooms
Open tabs, pre-auths, happy hour, and last call — without losing a card behind the bar.
See the setup → SQUARE FORFood Trucks & Mobile Food
One window, two hands, patchy signal, and a lunch rush that lasts ninety minutes.
See the setup →You have a counter and a catalog.
Barcode checkout, inventory that stays honest, and reporting that tells you what earns its shelf space.
Clothing & Apparel
Sizes and colors, seasonal stock, returns, and online sales in one connected system.
See the setup → SQUARE FORConvenience Stores
Move a long line fast, keep thousands of SKUs straight, and see margin on every shelf.
See the setup → SQUARE FORLiquor Stores
A deep catalog, case-and-single pricing, and age verification without slowing the counter.
See the setup → SQUARE FORGrocery & Specialty Food
Weighed items, perishable stock, thin margins, and a queue that never really stops.
See the setup → SQUARE FORJewelry Stores
High tickets, layaway, repairs, and a processing rate that costs you hundreds per sale.
See the setup → SQUARE FORGift & Souvenir Shops
Wild seasonality, consignment from local makers, and a thousand small things.
See the setup → SQUARE FORFlorists
Perishable stock, delivery, and two days a year that make the whole quarter.
See the setup →Your “counter” is a chair, a bay, or a driveway.
Bookings, estimates, invoices, and taking payment wherever the work happens. Different products, usually a cheaper setup — and the wrong place to be sold a register.
Beauty Shops & Salons
Bookings, chairs, commission, and the shelf of product out front — in one system.
See the setup → SQUARE FORBarbershops
Walk-ins, chair rent, quick tickets, and tips — without a front-desk bottleneck.
See the setup → SQUARE FORGyms & Fitness Studios
Memberships on file, class packs, drop-ins, and the failed-card problem.
See the setup → SQUARE FORAuto Repair Shops
Estimates, approvals, parts and labor, and getting paid at pickup.
See the setup → SQUARE FORHome Services
Quote it, do it, get paid before you leave the driveway. No counter required.
See the setup →This list grows as each one earns a page worth reading. If you run something that isn’t here, it doesn’t matter — if you take cards, we can review what you’re paying. Tell us what you do.
Find out what you’re actually paying.
Ten minutes, free, no obligation. If your rate is already good, we’ll tell you.