The point of sale system that brings shop and webshop together
Afosto POS is the till of the Afosto platform. Every receipt is straight away an order in the same system as your webshop orders: same stock, same customers, same prices. You take payment through your own PSP, with no transaction fees from Afosto.
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What is a point of sale system?
A point of sale system (POS) is the software you sell with in the shop: ringing up products, taking payment, printing the receipt and managing the cash drawer. A cloud POS runs in the browser instead of on a till computer with local software, so you can start without special hardware and every change is on all tills at once. Most till systems are an island: shop sales live in the till package and are synced through connections with webshop, stock and bookkeeping. Afosto POS works the other way around. The till is an app on the same platform as your webshop and order management:
- Every receipt is order and invoice: a shop sale gets an order number straight away in the same system as your webshop orders and counts as an invoice, no separate till administration
- One stock: shop and webshop sell from the same stock, and a sale at the counter counts immediately
- One price engine: price rules and customer-specific prices automatically apply at the till too
Afosto POS is built for retailers and wholesalers who combine physical and online selling. It is not a hospitality till: splitting receipts per table or a kitchen display is not part of it.
How it works
A shop sale from search to end-of-day
This is the real till the way your team uses it every day, recorded on our demo environment. From ringing up a product to closing the drawer at the end of the day.
- Step 1
Search or scan the product
Tap the search bar and search by name or item number. The overlay searches products, orders, contacts and organisations at the same time. One tap puts the product on the receipt; for something without an item number you use the shortcut for a manual product.
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- Step 2
Every receipt is straight away an order
The receipt is order and invoice at once, with its own order number in the same system as your webshop orders. Stock, revenue and customer history are correct without synchronisation. You give a discount per product or on the whole receipt, as a percentage or amount, with a description for your administration.
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Link the customer to the receipt
Search an existing contact or create one on the spot, as a private customer or as an organisation with delivery and invoice address. That way you build customer history from the till, and the same counter serves B2C and B2B customers, each with their own prices.
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- Step 4
Take payment the way the customer wants
The checkout screen shows the payment methods of your PSP: card through the connected terminal, cash, credit card or on account. Online methods like iDEAL, Apple Pay and Klarna are technically possible through your PSP, but in the shop customers almost always pay by card, cash, credit card or on account. With the Pay now field you split a payment, for example for a down payment on an order delivered later.
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- Step 5
Close the day with a drawer that balances
From the till menu you open the cash drawer, reprint the last receipt and manage the day overview: opening balance, adding or skimming cash and the end-of-day close. After closing, the overview is locked, ready for your administration.
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The till is a web app: put pos.afosto.app on your iPad home screen and you have a full till. You print receipts through the Spooler print service on your own receipt printer.
Already running on Shopify, Magento or WooCommerce?
You do not have to switch webshop to use Afosto POS. Afosto connects with Shopify, Adobe Commerce (Magento) and WooCommerce and sits as an order and stock layer under your existing webshop. Your till in the shop then sells from the same stock as your webshop, without giving up the e-commerce environment you know.
That way you use Afosto POS as an extension of your e-commerce: the same products, the same stock and the same customers, whether the sale happens in the shop or online.
Orders come together
orders from your webshop are imported automatically as Afosto orders, next to the receipts you ring up at the till. One place to follow everything.
One stock that is correct
a sale at the counter deducts from the same stock, and we write that stock back to your webshop. So you do not keep selling online what just went over the counter in the shop.
Your webshop stays your shop window
you keep the platform your customers are used to. Afosto adds the till, the order management and the stock underneath it.
The till in numbers
What makes Afosto POS different
Transaction fees from Afosto on top of your payments
System for till, webshop and warehouse: every receipt is an order
PSPs to choose from for card and online payment: Pay., Mollie, Adyen, CM Payments
Private and business customer at the same till, each with their own prices
What you handle at the till
Discounts with a description
A discount on a product or on the whole receipt, as a percentage or fixed amount. You add a description (clearance, goodwill, promotion) so your administration is correct later.
Returns from the till
Start a return with the return tile on the till screen. The refund and putting the item back into stock run through the same order system as the rest of your orders.
Down payment and part payment
Set a payment condition for down payments, for example 30% straight away and the rest on delivery. Handy for bikes, furniture and other orders delivered later.
Customer or company on the receipt
Link a contact or organisation to the sale, including delivery and invoice address. Customer history and customer-specific prices therefore work in the shop too.
Receipt printer and cash drawer
Print receipts through the Spooler print service on your own receipt printer, chosen per till device. You open the cash drawer from the menu or with a shortcut on the dashboard.
Day overview and cash control
Open the day with an opening balance, add or take out cash and close with a printed end-of-day report. After closing, the overview is locked.
Till, webshop and warehouse on the same stock
You rarely choose a till system on its own. The real question is how your shop sales work together with your webshop, your stock and your administration. Because Afosto POS is an app on the Afosto platform, that is not a matter of connections but the default:
Afosto charges no transaction fees on top of your payments; you pay only your own PSP contract. So a till system that does charge a percentage per transaction becomes steadily more expensive as your revenue grows.
Stock
a sale at the counter is an order in your order management system and counts straight away towards the same stock as your webshop and marketplaces
Prices
price lists and price rules are calculated in one place, so a B2B customer pays the same agreed price at the till as in the webshop
Receipts and documents
printing runs through the Spooler print service, the same service your warehouse uses for packing slips and shipping labels
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about the point of sale system
The questions retailers ask us most often about Afosto POS.
What is a point of sale system?
A point of sale system (POS) is the software you sell with in a physical shop: ringing up products, giving a discount, taking payment, printing the receipt and managing the cash drawer. Modern till systems run in the cloud, so product data and revenue are shared directly with your other systems. With Afosto the till is an app on the same platform as your webshop and order management: every receipt is an order in that system.
What hardware does Afosto POS run on?
Afosto POS is a web app at pos.afosto.app and runs in the browser. In practice an iPad works best: you put the web app on the home screen and use it as a full till app. You print receipts through the Spooler print service on your own receipt printer and drive the cash drawer from the till menu. For card payments you connect a payment terminal through your payment provider.
Which payment methods can I offer at the till?
You connect your own payment provider per payment method; Afosto works with Pay., Mollie, Adyen and CM Payments. At the till you take payment by card through the connected terminal, cash, credit card or on account. Online payment methods like iDEAL, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Klarna are technically possible through your PSP, but are rarely chosen at a physical till in practice. Down payments and part payments are possible too: you set what percentage is paid straight away and how the rest follows.
Does Afosto charge transaction fees per payment?
No. Afosto charges no transaction fees on top of your payments; you pay only the rates of your own payment provider. That difference adds up: till systems that do charge a percentage per transaction get steadily more expensive as revenue grows.
Can I serve B2B customers with their own prices at the till?
Yes. You link a contact or organisation to the receipt, and prices are calculated by the same pricing engine as in your webshop. A customer with their own price list or volume agreement therefore automatically pays the same price at the till. That way you serve consumers and business buyers at the same counter.
Is Afosto POS suitable for hospitality?
No. Afosto POS is built for retailers and wholesalers who combine a physical shop with online selling. Hospitality functions like table management, splitting receipts per table or a kitchen display are not part of it. If you are looking for a hospitality till, a specialist hospitality package is a better fit.
How Azalp brings webshop and showroom together
“With our old platform we increasingly ran into limitations. Product management was complex, customisation was difficult, and our showroom was separate from the online experience. Thanks to Afosto, we now have one futureproof platform where webshop, configurator, quotations and showroom come seamlessly together. That gives us the scalability and flexibility to grow further across multiple countries.”
Get your first till live in an afternoon
Create a free account, put pos.afosto.app on your iPad and ring up your first receipt. Or book a demo and we will walk through your shop and webshop situation together.