Why There Will Always Be A Market For Fixed Point Of Sale

By Billy Cripe, CMO, Field Nation

Point of sale (POS) systems have long stood at the heart of every retail business and remain one of the largest technical investments a retailer will make during the initial development of its company. With new technologies emerging on a seemingly daily basis, new ways of accepting payment are fast arriving on the market. To some VARs, the new mobile point of sale technologies have begun to transform the services available to brick-and-mortar retail — but in light of this transformation, many retailers (and consumers) are reluctant to move away from the reliability offered by fixed POS.

Different Options For Point Of Sale

Today, there are two ways in which businesses can accept payments through point of sale. The recent introduction of mobile POS systems has allowed retailers to process payments using credit card readers attached to tablets and smartphones, digital wallets which process online payments (such as PayPal), mobile apps, and mobile wallets. On the other hand, traditional point of sale systems use technology such as:

• credit card terminals
• cash registers
• bar code scanners
• receipt printers
• touch screens

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