Selling in person with Shopify

You can pair the Shopify POS app with retail hardware to sell in person and accept different payment types. Shopify POS syncs with your Shopify admin to keep track of orders and inventory across retail locations, your online store, and other active sales channels.

All Shopify plans include access to the Shopify POS app (iOS and Android). If you want to use retail hardware, open and close register shifts, or create POS staff PINs, then you need to use Shopify POS for iPad and add the retail package (+$40/month) to your Shopify plan. You can add hardware piece-by-piece, or buy the complete hardware kit for a full in-store setup.

Device comparison

The Shopify POS apps for iPad, iPhone, and Android have different features. Use the following device comparison to help decide which device has the features you need:

Feature	iPad	iPhone	Android
Take payment	Yes	Yes	Yes
Card swiper	Yes	Yes	Yes (Swipe (audio-jack) card reader only)
EMV capability	Yes	Yes	No
Product details capability	Yes	No	No
Create new customer before checkout	Yes	No	Yes
Add customer to an order	Yes	Yes	Yes
Add line-item discount	Yes	Yes	Yes
Add cart discount	Yes	Yes	No
Add discount code	No	No	Yes
Toggle default taxes/add custom tax	Yes	Yes	Yes (cart tax rates only)
Sell and accept gift cards (requires the Shopify plan or higher)	Yes	No	No
Receipt customization	Yes	No	No
Custom payment methods	Yes	Yes	No
Fits in your pocket	Some	Yes	Yes
Mark order as fulfilled	Yes	Yes	Yes
Add shipping address	Yes	No (can be added as an order note and included as a shipping address later from the Shopify admin)	No (can be added as an order note and included as a shipping address later from the Shopify admin)
Add shipping cost	Yes	Yes (must be added as a quick sale item)	Yes (must be added as a quick sale item)
Refunds	Yes	No	No
Embedded apps	Yes	No	No

Read about the Shopify POS retail package to find out about the additional retail features available to each app.