About Shopify POS

Shopify isn’t only for ecommerce — you can also offer your clients a full retail experience with Shopify POS. Shopify POS is a user-friendly iPad app that lets merchants make sales in store. You can run it on its own, or sync it with an online Shopify store to track all your client's online, mobile, and in-store orders in one place.

We’ve assembled this collection of videos and articles to help you get your clients running Shopify POS in their stores.

Hardware

Shopify POS integrates with a cash drawer, iPad stand, barcode scanner, receipt printer, and credit card reader.

If you want to resell the POS hardware for profit, you can use the hardware reference numbers to acquire the hardware from a distributor such as BlueStar that can dropship the product for you.

If you don't want to resell the POS hardware, it can be purchased at the Shopify Hardware Store piece by piece or as a complete kit.

Build the POS for your merchant

If you want to build the store for your merchant, you can create a development store to do so.

Note to designers

When you build an online store for a merchant, you are also building their POS system. The merchant just needs to download the Shopify POS app and use their Shopify credentials to log in and explore. Shopify POS automatically syncs with the merchant's online store.

You can help merchants learn to use Shopify POS by sharing the Point of sale section and the Shopify POS Launch and Operations Path on Shopify Academy. More resources are available on the Shopify POS page from your Partner Dashboard.

Shopify admin

The Shopify admin is where merchants manage their POS system. They can access their Shopify admin from any browser to keep track of their customer information, Shopify account, and product inventory.

Setup

The following are some common tasks to review before using the Shopify POS app:

• Add products to your client's Shopify POS store
  • Set product availability to appear on Shopify POS or online store
  • Organize products into collections
  • Add barcodes to products
• Configure payment options
• Customize the HTML email receipt
• Activate gift cards

Shopify POS app setup

The Shopify POS app handles all customer-facing activities and in-store settings. You can provide the merchant with a link to the Shopify POS documentation so that they can learn about using the app.

Refer a merchant

If you have a client who is interested in Shopify POS, then submit the lead through the Shopify POS lead form in your Partner Dashboard. Learn more about how Partners can earn money by referring merchants to Shopify.

Ongoing support

If you have any questions about building stores for merchants, then contact Shopify Support. When you log in, you can select your Partner organization name for questions related to your Partner Account or a development store for questions related to stores.