Hey all,
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I’m building a POS system for small shops, cafes, and restaurants. It does the usual stuff:
<ul>
<li>Tracks products &amp; inventory</li>
<li>Manages employees &amp; suppliers (Small HR system)</li>
<li>Fast checkout</li>
<li>Works offline + automatic backups</li>
<li>analytics</li>
<li>Updates &amp; support</li>
<li>Mobile App (future)</li>
</ul>
I’m stuck on how to price it. I’m thinking:
<ul>
<li>Monthly: $10–$50/month</li>
<li>Yearly: $100–$500/year</li>
<li>One-time: $200–$1000</li>
</ul>
If you ran a small business, which one would you pick, and roughly how much would you pay?
Any thoughts or experiences are super helpful 🙏

Lonely Programmer

A developer seeks community feedback on pricing strategies for their POS system targeting small businesses. The system includes inventory tracking, employee management, offline functionality, analytics, and automatic backups. They're considering three pricing models: monthly ($10-$50), yearly ($100-$500), and one-time purchase ($200-$1000), and want input from potential users on preferred pricing structure and willingness to pay.

How much would YOU pay for a small-shop POS? 💸 Quick poll

In Pakistan, a shittier POS than your way better UI/UX POS cost 120 USD yearly. I guess set regional pricing based on purchasing power not fixed.

you should check with your competitors too and how many new features you have.

don’t go monthly. i am fedup with monthly payments. yealry or one time are good. it depends software is offllien or online. sell one time offlien then pay online service monthly or yearly as an addon.

NGL I just would try to make it myself, fail then pay anything the first product asked…

Keep in mind that some stores would have multiple POSs, so I would defo consider making brackets, example 1 POS $x amount, 1-5 $xamount, 5-20 $x amount etc etc
One time initial purchase and a small amount per month or year depending on amounts of POSs would be my preferred choice and would be reasonable and flexible for various business requirements.