@Daniel Kimotho. You would have issues - Security. -Bandwidth.-online shoppers or slow counter sales wont be problem.But a serious restaurant,supermarket etc .you might end up having a paper and pen before posting later. -You would need to play with a number of tricks to be sure that what you are reading in reports is real.Order management(online and offline),Available items(for online and offline),order statuses,sales etc. -You might need strategies on both online/offline processing of data over single site to business spread over multiple locations. -Somewhere you might need to seperate things up and have an integration instead when it comes to real operation. You can view this simple PHP http://www.phppointofsale.com/ for POS features. POS is always a complex segment of business software.My experience shows that you would always find something to improve, somethings to bend, something to loosen , as business procedures are not standard,always evolving .some customers can change their practices to fit the software,but others find it hard to change ways that have been giving them advantages over competitors.Sometimes changes would mean business losses. I think the more tech guys try more POS products around and share their honest analysis and experiences,the more likely we can come up with a powerful product that would fill the gap. -- Regards, Nicholas Peter.* Kinpro Computers.* *Box:*16954,Arusha. *Tel :*+255 732 972287. *Mobile**:* +255 754 914652 *Email: *kinprocomputers@gmail.com =============================================== Products: Software systems for :School management, Point of Sale On 1/28/15 1:22 PM, Daniel Kimotho via skunkworks wrote:
Speaking of which,im developing a shopping site,i would like to add POS components to it...that are practical in East Africa ...I would like any ideas of what POS components can make that site a valuable and practical business tool.