February 22, 2023
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Are you a UK retailer that wants to know whether you can use Shopify PoS? The short answer is that you can use the Shopify PoS iPad app, but you will need to take the actual payment using another method, typically in cash or with a PDQ card machine.
The Shopify card reader is dependant on Shopify Payments, which is only available in Canada and the US.
The point of sale app still has a lot of great features that you'll have access to as soon as you install it on your iPad.
Some of the benefits of Shopify PoS are:
So it's still worth using even though you can't take payments with it. Grab it from the Apple app store here.
The short answer is that we don't know, though the recent news that Shopify has raised $100m suggests they are planning to expand at a grand rate. Let's hope that's internationally too.
Once Shopify Payments is launched in the UK, you'll be able to instantly transform your iPad in to a point of sale device by plugging in the card reader, as well as adding other accessories like a cash draw and receipt printer.
Pretty snazzy huh?
You can download the Shopify app from the Apple app store here.
You can try Shopify for free here.
Here's a video of the app in use along with card reader. So those of you in the UK will have to imagine the payment bit is done with a normal PDQ machine that isn't linked with your iPad.
