Bluestore POS Review

Bluestore Live is cloud-based and compatible with Apple, Android, and Windows devices, so you can use whichever system you’re most comfortable with. With up-to-the-minute reporting, this point of sale system is powerful yet easy to use. Read on for more information on this product!

Bluestore Live POS Features  

The Bluestore Live POS has lots of handy features, including kitchen printing, pricing and range lists, suppliers and cost price management, stock management, customer data, and more. Its proprietary admin console is the hub of your business, with all data held securely on encrypted, cloud-based servers so you can access it from anywhere.

Kitchen Printing

For restaurants, the Bluestore Live POS provides the ability to print orders to a second receipt printer in your kitchen, eliminating the need for staff to physically bring orders to the cooks. You can also enable options to add a table number when orders are placed.

Price and Range Lists

Bluestore Live’s Point of Sale system saves all products to a default price list, enabling flexible matrix pricing for one item or one hundred. This helps maintain order in all departments, and allows for smart spending decisions.

Supplier and Cost Prices

This is one the POS’s star features, as it allows you to create and maintain lists of all your suppliers, vendors, and business partners and their contact information. Your business will be ahead of the game by setting a personalized “Recommended Stock Reorder,” ensuring there will never be a shortage of popular products.

Custom Receipts

Add a company logo, change the layout or whatever you need to make your receipts reflect your business. The Bluestore Live POS can design custom receipts, labels, and even barcodes!

Store & Forward Mode

We all know that sometimes internet connections go down. If that happens to you, Bluestore Live will still let you continue with your transactions, saving them for later. Once you have an internet connection again, records are updated automatically.

Reporting

The Bluestore Live POS offers a detailed “Transaction Journal” for its users, allowing for the reporting of every single transaction that occurs throughout your business, from store to store and terminal to terminal. There are dozens of different reports available, from basic stock to customer growth data. Business owners will love the customized approach to reporting, ensuring all data is accurate and accounted for.

Bluestore Live POS Pricing for Credit Card Processing

Bluestore does not offer credit card processing itself, but the POS system can support processing through almost any processor. Your specific pricing will vary depending on your processor.

Basic credit and debit card processing is done with a separate connected device, such as a countertop credit card terminal, but the Bluestore Live POS will record the amount of a payment and whether it was successful. Bluefish Retail offers countertop card processing machines like the Verifone vx 820 for sale on its website.

If you’d like to find out exactly what you’d pay for processing, you can request a quote from processors that support the Bluestore POS system right here at CardFellow. Our no-obligation quote request tool is free and private, so you can check pricing specific to your business without pressure from sales reps. Try it here.

Bluestore Live POS Pricing

The Bluestore Live POS suite can be run on a desktop PC, tablet or other device. The software itself – along with all its features – starts at around $25 per month for one terminal. There is no up-front cost and the company does offer a free trial for business owners shopping around for a new system. It should be noted that the website’s prices are in British pounds, so conversion rates should be considered.

Bluestore Live POS Equipment and Accessories

The Bluestore POS software works on almost any computer, but can also be installed on dedicated POS system hardware. Bluefish Retail offers several accessories for sale on their website so you can tailor the hardware and accessories to your needs. Options include touch screens, barcode scanners, receipt printers, cash drawers, and card reading devices. There is also an option to subscribe to Magento, popular another eCommerce solution that can integrate with Bluestore Live.

Bluestore also offers a lightweight iPad version of its POS system if you’re selling on the road, or prefer a portable POS option.