POS, Inventory management, and merchant services all in one? Wow, game changer.
Just needs chip/flash (EMV) support!
Shopify POS
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#62I realize that POS is a term that is widely used as a TLA for point of sale, but it feels like Shopify POS is an unfortunate name given that it's also a TLA for piece of sh*t.
I always liked that parallel, because when I worked in college as a waiter or in retail, every POS I used was indeed a POS.
I'm glad we finally have a generation of POSs that no longer fit the pun.
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#63I realize that POS is a term that is widely used as a TLA for point of sale, but it feels like Shopify POS is an unfortunate name given that it's also a TLA for piece of sh*t.
If you ever spent a few days in a retail environment, anywhere...POS means point of sale.
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#64I realize that POS is a term that is widely used as a TLA for point of sale, but it feels like Shopify POS is an unfortunate name given that it's also a TLA for piece of sh*t.
As other's have said, it's an industry standard term. Whilst in acronym heaven, I actually had to look up what TLA meant. Three Letter Acronym for those wondering.
Or "three letter agency" when talking about IRS, NSA, &c.
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#65In the POS 2.0 space (referring to new, tablet/cloud services), how many players will survive 5 years down the road?
Is this a "winner take all" or "winner + 2nd place take all" space?
I feel bad for the local cafe that hitches their wagon to an eventual loser–especially if their data is locked in.
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#66Am I missing something here? This is a parody that is to subtle for my sleepy mind right now? Am I the only one that immediately reads it as Shopify Piece Of Shit?
:) - Point of Sale - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_of_sale
That of course makes sense. :) I would maybe have considered a different name anyway. But maybe it is just me, I also have problems with people who have Bull Shit in e.g. Cosmology or Biology.
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#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you guys have an API by any chance? Can I push orders to a Shopify store via an API call of some kind?
The API documentation is here: http://docs.shopify.com/api There's no API order creation at present, but the API is consistently evolving as the platform does.
How about discount codes? I had to write a screen-scraping python script to get student discount codes working and then I then had to write it again to deal with Shopify 2's new interface!
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#68I wonder how many people are primarily online merchants that move into physical stores.
Perhaps think of something inbetween too. Someone who sells online then attends farmer markets/artist events/trade shows/flea markets and wants to do physical transactions.
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#69Coming from a Bitcoin world, 2.1% + 30cents fees sounds ridiculous!
Do you feel like that's a really useful comment and added anything to the conversation? Bitcoin is fascinating but represents what % of global transactions today?
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#70I realize that POS is a term that is widely used as a TLA for point of sale, but it feels like Shopify POS is an unfortunate name given that it's also a TLA for piece of sh*t.
Only to vulgar, childish individuals. The target demographic for this is businesspeople leading honorable lives.