Custom POS or Square: an honest build-vs-buy guide
Off-the-shelf point of sale software has gotten genuinely good. Here's where Square and Lightspeed still win outright, and the specific operational shapes where a custom build earns its cost.
Retail and POS
Point of sale, inventory, and when a custom build beats an off-the-shelf tool.
Retail and POS softwareKeeping Shopify in sync with an inventory system
A one-way push to Shopify works until the first order lands from the other side. Here's the architecture for a sync that stays honest: push on change or cron, listen for what comes back, and reconcile what neither side reports.
Serialized inventory: why furniture retail can't run on stock counts
Quantity fields work for interchangeable stock. Big-ticket furniture retail needs a record per physical unit, and here's why the difference matters once returns and repairs enter the picture.
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