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Plans for every business size

Learn about the Square for Retail plans.

Why switch to Square for Retail?

Plans that grow with you

Add more selling channels and try new marketing tactics with plans that are flexible with your next step.

Everything on one platform

All the features you need are built into Square. If you need to add more apps, integrations are easy.

See what apps integrate

The solution you’ve been looking for

See how Square stacks up to other business software.

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Pick the plan that works for you.

Start with a 30-day free trial of Square for Retail Plus, then choose the plan that’s best for your business. No hidden fees. Cancel anytime.

Free

For businesses that are getting started, get a free Retail Point of Sale app, online store, basic inventory tools and more.

$0

+ processing fees

Get started

Plus

For expanding businesses, sign up for advanced inventory tools, barcode label printing, COGS reports and more.

$109 per month, per location

+ processing fees

Start free trial

Premium

For established businesses, get a plan that helps you scale, fits your exact needs and includes one-on-one onboarding support.

Custom pricing

Eligibility criteria applies¹

Talk with an expert

Features

Plans

Free
Plus
Premium

Free

$0/mo.

Plus

$109/mo.

Premium

Custom

Processing rates per transaction

In-person

When a customer taps or inserts their card in-person. Visa, Mastercard, EFTPOS, JCB and American Express all cost the same rate.

1.6% per tap or insert

Custom pricing available if you process more than $250K per year. Talk with an expert.

Online

When a customer makes a purchase through your Square Online Store, Online Checkout or the eCommerce API.

2.2%

Custom pricing available if you process more than $250k per year. Talk with an expert.

Manually entered and online Invoice

When you manually key in your customer’s card details, use a card on file or send a payment link with Square Virtual Terminal.

2.2%

Custom pricing available if you process more than $250k per year. Talk with an expert.

Afterpay

6% + 30c (excl. GST)

Select Category

Inventory
Online selling
Payments and checkout
Order management
Reporting
Customers
Staff

Inventory and catalogue management

Automatically create items

Search or scan a GTIN barcode to add items to your catalogue automatically. Import your existing catalogue in bulk. The amount of items you can add has no limit.

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Edit product options

Once an item is added, it’s easy to update information like size or colour.

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Create item categories

Make it easy to find similar items by adding categories that group them together.

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Square Photo Studio

Use this in-app tool to get studio-quality product photos that show up everywhere you sell.

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Low-stock alerts

Set an alert for when stock counts dip below a certain quantity so you can get ahead of knowing when it’s time to restock.

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Cross-location stock sync

Stock counts will stay accurate and synced for businesses with more than one location.

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Export stock counts

Export your inventory information into a CSV or Excel file.

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GTIN and SKU barcodes

Easily add, search for and manage products by using a GTIN, or create SKUs for your products through your online Square Dashboard.

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Inventory counting tool

Use the inventory counting tool to scan and search items, then update, review or confirm counts using your iPhone or iPad camera.

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Bulk inventory intake

When you receive a delivery, scan one barcode and adjust the item count to how many items are included to keep inventory updated.

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Cross-location bulk transfer

Transfer stock in bulk to another store or warehouse.

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Barcode label printing

Create and print barcode labels using supported dimensions, printing templates and printers.

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Smart stock forecasts

Get recommendations on what to reorder based on how fast products are selling and what stock is running low.

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Purchase order management

Easily create, edit and manage purchase orders for every supplier. If stock is running low, we’ll suggest an automatic purchase order that you can review and send right away. Save time by importing a CSV or Excel version of current purchase orders.

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Vendor management

Create and edit vendor profiles to use when making barcodes, purchase orders and reports.

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Online selling

eCommerce website builder

Build an online store with the powerful Square Online website editor.

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Automatic inventory sync

Automatically sync all of your in-store and online orders, items and inventory.

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In-store pickup or delivery

Offer in-store pickup or kerbside service for orders. Work with an in-house or third-party courier to offer delivery.

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Shipping manager

Create multiple shipping options for customer orders placed online or in-store.

Starts at $99/mo. for Square Online Premium plan

Custom pricing available

Social selling

Sell where your customers are with Facebook shops and Instagram Shopping.

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Search tools

Drive awareness and discovery of your brand with SEO tools and Google Business Profile.

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Advanced customisation

Customisable design themes help you reflect your brand effortlessly. All themes come pre-loaded with layouts, pages and sections built specifically to help you drive conversions and inspire your creativity.

Starts at $36/mo. for Square Online Plus plan

Custom pricing available

Professional website tools

Connect a custom domain, upload fonts, embed widgets and remove Square branding from your website.

Starts at $36/mo. for Square Online Plus plan

Custom pricing available

Payments and Checkout

Integrated payments

Easily take payments with a tap or chip + PIN. Or get started right away with no hardware by taking payments with Tap to Pay on iPhone.

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Invoices

Manage every aspect of remote sales. Send digital invoices, estimates and reminders. Plus accept payments.

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Next day transfers

When you sell with Square, you get standard transfers from Square Balance to your bank account daily, even on weekends. (Excluding public holidays)

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Gift cards

Offer digital and physical gift cards that can be purchased in person and online.

Physical gift cards must be purchased separately.

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Surcharging (card and weekend/public holidays)

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Square Virtual Terminal

Accept and record payments on your computer, even when your customers aren’t in front of you. Great for phone, mail or even SMS transactions.

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Customisable item grid

Organise your items and key functions on your POS into pages, categories and display groups for a faster checkout experience.

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Quick actions at checkout

With just one tap you can create an item, add a custom amount, view customers from your grid and more.

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Advanced search

Find things quickly by searching for an item, a customer, a category or a discount during checkout.

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In-cart customer management

Add your customer to their cart so you can save and reopen it later, access their preferences, purchase history and create personalised automatic discounts.

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Transaction search

Easily look up a transaction by scanning the receipt barcode, payment card or customer information.

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Scan price-embedded barcodes

Make checkout quick and easy with price-embedded barcodes.

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Exchanges

Seamlessly process exchanges with just a few taps.

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Refunds management

Issue full or partial refunds to the original payment or as store credit. After it’s issued, print a new receipt for the transaction.

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Cross-location returns

Inventory syncs across locations, so no matter where a customer made a purchase, it’s easy to accept their returns and exchanges at any location.

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Order management and fulfilment

POS order management

Easily search, filter and manage your in-person and online orders straight from your Square Retail POS or on your Dashboard. Plus, create orders from your POS to be picked up at a later time or shipped to your customer.

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Cross-location order management

Fulfil orders with items across all locations – meaning if you’re out of stock for an item at one location, you can easily fulfil it from another location to avoid losing out on a sale.

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Split shipping/per item fulfilment

Easily split orders into multiple shipments if you’re waiting on additional inventory or can’t fit everything into one package.

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Reporting

Sales reports

Select a date range to track a sales summary, including payments and fees. Check out daily, weekly and yearly sales trends.

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Product sales

Dig deeper into what’s selling by item, category, timeframe, location and more.

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Inventory adjustments report

Get insights into the flow of your cross-location inventory by viewing historical adjustments. Make bulk adjustments for missing or inaccurate information.

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Cost-of-goods sold

Keep an eye on your profit margin by keeping your top-line metrics (cost of goods, total revenue, profit and profit margin) front and centre.

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Project profit report

See the potential profit of your business inventory. Break your data into smaller sections to see the performance of an item, view each location’s profit potential and see how each inventory category is contributing to the strength of your business.

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Supplier sales

View which items are sold in a given time frame, sorted by supplier. By selecting a date range and filtering by supplier, you’ll have an accurate look at how each of your suppliers are performing, as well as additional insights for each item sold.

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Inventory by category

Compare the data from vendor sales and projected profit reports to show the cumulative value of your inventory by category. It includes your total inventory value, potential profit and profit margin by item category.

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Inventory sell-through

Get a daily snapshot of all the information you need to manage your inventory effectively – making purchasing decisions, price adjustments and identifying dead stock easier.

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Customer management

Create customer profiles

Automatically capture customer information from each transaction. Collect an email when a customer chooses a digital receipt. Securely store payment methods and easily create customer groups.

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Buy now, pay later

Grow your sales by enabling Afterpay acceptance for in-person and online sales.

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Email marketing

Easily create, send and track email campaigns from your Square Dashboard.

Learn more

Starts at $20/mo. for 0-500 customer contacts

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Square Loyalty

Enrol and reward customers directly from your POS or Square Online. Track data with a loyalty report to see total loyalty customers, rewards and top customers. You can even compare average spend and visits from loyalty versus non-loyalty customers.

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Starts at $49/mo. for 0-500 loyalty visits

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Square staff management

Unlimited passcodes

Hire as many employees as you need and create unlimited personal passcodes for them to clock in with.

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Time tracking

Easily track how many hours your employees have worked and view reports about their hours and wages.

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Scheduling

Create and publish rosters so your team knows when and where they are scheduled to work.

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Unlimited custom permission sets

Protect your business and empower your team with custom permission sets.

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Up to two permission sets included. Unlimited starts at $35/mo. Learn more

Custom pricing available

Sign up for Square for Retail today.

Free
Plus
Premium

Free

For businesses that are getting started, get a free Retail Point of Sale app, online store, basic inventory tools and more.

$0

No monthly fees

Processing rates per transaction:

1.6% per tap or insert

2.2% per online transaction

Afterpay 6% + 30¢ (excl. GST)

Get started

Plus

For expanding businesses, sign up for advanced inventory tools, barcode label printing, COGS reports and more. Start with a 30-day free trial.

$109

Per month, per location

Processing rates per transaction:

1.6% per tap or insert

2.2% per online transaction

Afterpay 6% + 30¢ (excl. GST)

Start free trial

Premium

For established businesses, get a plan that helps you scale, fits your exact needs and includes one-on-one onboarding support.

Custom

Must meet eligibility requirements¹

Processing rates per transaction:

Businesses processing $250,000 or more in yearly payments may be eligible for custom pricing. To learn more, please get in touch with our experts.

Talk with an expert

1.6% card present rate applies for Square Sellers who sign up on or after 30 May 2024, or who signed up prior to this date and subscribed to Square for Retail Plus or Premium. The rate of 1.9% will apply for all other Square Sellers who signed up prior to this date when using Square Reader, Square Stand or Tap to Pay, as listed in the Square Fee Schedule.

How to get started

Need support? Talk to our team

Sign up in minutes.

Download the Square for Retail app on your iPhone and iPad, and order POS hardware that fits the way your business sells.

Sync your catalogue and existing apps.

Import your inventory in seconds or scan new items to build your catalogue. Then, integrate your third-party apps so everything works together seamlessly.

Explore more apps

Start selling.

Reach customers in-store, online or on the go, and track every sale from your integrated POS system.

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FAQs

How do I switch from my current solution?
It’s simple and fast to sign up for Square for Retail. If you currently use Lightspeed Retail, Shopify POS or another similar retail POS system, Square for Retail will likely fit your needs with a user-friendly interface. Just select your plan, sign up and import your inventory. You can easily transfer your existing inventory with bulk intake importing.

You can rely on transparent pricing and no long-term contracts. And if you need help, Square Support is here for you.
Can I upgrade my Square for Retail plan?
You can upgrade from the Free Retail plan by subscribing to the Plus plan. You’ll be able to utilise all existing features, and you’ll only have to set up the added functionality included with your upgrade. After your 30-day free trial of the Retail Plus plan, you’ll be given the option to pick your plan. If you don’t choose one, you’ll automatically be downgraded to the Free Retail plan.

To upgrade to the custom Premium plan, contact our sales team.
Can I downgrade my Square for Retail plan?
You always have the option to downgrade your subscription from Plus to Free in your Square Dashboard. When you downgrade, you’ll see messaging in your Dashboard letting you know which features you’ll lose, like certain smart inventory management features, multi-location stock management and barcode label printing. You can see and compare plan features on our pricing page.

You can also pause your subscription at any time from your Dashboard. When you pause a subscription, you will not be billed. You can resume at any time and your account will be ready for you without losing your past data.
What’s the difference between Square for Retail POS and Square Point of Sale?
Square for Retail is a comprehensive, all-in-one POS solution designed specifically for retail businesses. Square for Retail builds on features from the standard Square Point of Sale and includes advanced functionality to help retailers run their business more efficiently.

Compare Square Point of Sale and Square for Retail Free and Plus plans to find the best POS solution for your business.

¹Custom pricing may be available if you process more than $250k per year. Talk with an expert.

²Square Shifts is free for up to five team members. For businesses with six or more employees, view additional plan options.