Pricing
Plans for every business size
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.
The solution you’ve been looking for
See how Square stacks up to other business software.
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 Square Retail Point of Sale app, online store, basic inventory tools and more.
$0
+ processing fees
Plus
For expanding businesses, sign up for advanced inventory tools, barcode label printing, COGS reports and more.
$79 per month, per location
+ discounted processing fees1
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 applies2
Features
Plans
- Free
- Plus
- Premium
Free
$0/mo.
Plus
$79/month
Premium
Custom
Processing rates per transaction
In person
In person
When a customer taps, dips or swipes their card in person. Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express all cost the same rate.
Online
Online
When a customer makes a purchase through your Square Online Store, Online Checkout or the eCommerce API.
Manually entered
Manually entered
When you manually key in your customer’s card details, use a card on file or send a payment link with Square Virtual Terminal.
Select Category
Inventory and Catalogue Management
Automatically create items
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
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
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
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
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 stock counts
Export your inventory information into a CSV or Excel file.
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GTIN and SKU barcodes
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
Inventory counting tool
Use the inventory counting tool to scan and search items, then update, review or confirm counts with your built-in iPhone or iPad camera.
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Bulk inventory intake
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
Cross-location bulk transfer
Transfer stock in bulk to another store or warehouse.
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Barcode label printing
Barcode label printing
Create and print barcode labels using supported dimensions, printing templates and printers.
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Smart stock forecasts
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
Purchase order management
Easily create, edit and manage purchase orders for every vendor. If stock’s running low, we’ll suggest an automatic purchase order that you can review and send right away. And you can save time by importing a CSV or Excel version of current purchase orders.
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Vendor management
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
eCommerce website builder
Build an online store with the powerful Square Online website editor.
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Automatic inventory sync
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
In-store pickup or delivery
Offer in-store pickup or curbside service for orders. Work with an in-house or third-party courier to offer delivery.
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Real-time shipping rates
Real-time shipping rates
Display the most accurate rates at checkout based on weight, destination and carrier.
Starts at $99/mo. for Square Online Premium plan
Starts at $99/month for Square Online Premium plan
Custom pricing available
Sell on social media
Sell on social media
Connect your Facebook and Instagram to your Square Online website to drive more online orders.
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Search tools
Search tools
Drive awareness and discovery of your brand with SEO tools and Google Business Profile.
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Advanced customization customer accounts
Advanced customization customer accounts
Customizable design themes help you reflect your brand effortlessly. All themes come preloaded with layouts, pages and sections built specifically to help you drive conversions and inspire your creativity.
Your customers can create accounts to track orders, get recommendations and save their payment information.
Starts at $36/mo. for Square Online Plus plan
Starts at $36/month for Square Online Plus plan
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Professional website tools
Professional website tools
Connect a custom domain, upload fonts, embed widgets, remove Square branding from your website and access advanced site layouts, customization and controls.
Starts at $36/mo. for Square Online Plus plan
Starts at $36/mo. for Square Online Plus plan
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Payments and Checkout
Integrated payments
Integrated payments
Easily take payments with a tap, chip or swipe.
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Invoices
Invoices
Manage every aspect of remote sales. Send digital invoices, estimates and reminders. Plus accept payments.
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Next-business-day transfers
Next-business-day transfers
Transfers are initiated Monday–Thursday evening for payments taken Monday–Thursday and will arrive in your linked bank account in one to two business days. Payments taken on Friday will be sent Sunday night and will arrive in your bank account on Monday (or Tuesday if Monday is a public holiday).
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Gift cards
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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Square Virtual Terminal
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 text transactions.
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Customizable item grid
Customizable item grid
Organize 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
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
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
In-cart customer management
Add your customer to their cart so you can save and reopen it later, access their preferences and purchase history, and create personalized automatic discounts.
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Transaction search
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
Scan price-embedded barcodes
Make checkout quick and easy with price-embedded barcodes.
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Exchanges
Exchanges
Seamlessly process exchanges with just a few taps.
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Refunds management
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
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 Fulfillment
POS order management
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
Cross-location order management
Fulfill orders with items across all locations – meaning if you’re out of stock for an item at one location, you can easily fulfill it from another location to avoid losing out on a sale.
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Split shipping/per item fulfillment
Split shipping/per item fulfillment
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
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
Product sales
Dig deeper into what’s selling by item, category, timeframe, location and more.
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Inventory adjustments report
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
Cost of goods sold
Keep an eye on your profit margin by keeping your topline metrics — cost of goods, total revenue, profit and profit margin — front and centre.
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Project profit report
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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Vendor sales
Vendor sales
View which items are sold in a given time frame, sorted by vendor. By selecting a date range and filtering by vendor, you’ll have an accurate look at how each of your vendors are performing, as well as additional insights for each item sold.
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Inventory by category
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
Inventory sell-through
Get a daily snapshot of all the information you need to manage your inventory effectively – making purchasing decisions and price adjustments, and identifying dead stock more easily.
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Customer Management
Create customer profiles
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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Email marketing
Email marketing
Easily create, send and track email campaigns from your Square Dashboard.
Starts at $20/month for 0–500 customer contacts
Starts at $20/mo. for 0–500 customer contacts
Custom pricing available
Square Text Messaging marketing
Square Text Messaging marketing
Stay top of mind with customers with automatic text campaigns and track the results right away.
Starts at $20/month for 1–250 text messages
Starts at $20/mo. for 1–250 text messages
Custom pricing available
Square Loyalty
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.
Starts at $60/month for 0–500 loyalty visits
Starts at $60/mo. for 0–500 loyalty visits
Custom pricing available
Square Staff Management
Unlimited passcodes
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
Time tracking
Easily track how many hours your employees have worked, and view reports about their hours and wages.
Scheduling
Scheduling
Create and publish schedules so your team knows when and where they are scheduled to work.
Unlimited custom permission sets
Unlimited custom permission sets
Protect your business and empower your team with custom permission sets.
Starts at $45/mo. Learn more
Up to two permission sets included. For unlimited, starts at $45/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 Square Retail Point of Sale app, online store, basic inventory tools and more.
$0
No monthly fees
Processing rates per transaction:
2.65% for all major credit cards (in person)
0.75% + 7¢ per Interac chip and PIN or tap
2.9% + 30¢ (online)
6% + 30¢ AfterPay (online)
Plus
For expanding businesses, sign up for advanced inventory tools, barcode label printing, COGS reports and more. Start with a 30-day free trial.
$79
Per month, per location
Processing rates per transaction:
Discount: 2.6% for all major credit cards (in person)1
0.75% + 7¢ per Interac chip and PIN or tap
2.9% + 30¢ (online)
6% + 30¢ AfterPay (online)
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 requirements2
Processing rates per transaction:
Custom processing rates available when you contact Sales.
How to get started
Need support? Talk to our team
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.
Start selling.
Reach customers in-store, online or on the go, and track every sale from your integrated POS system.
Stay up to date
Learn about features and promotions and hear stories from other retail businesses and our experts.
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FAQ
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.
You can upgrade from the Square for Retail Free plan to the Square for Retail Plus plan by subscribing to it here. You’ll be able to utilize 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.
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.
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.
1The rate of 2.6% for contactless and chip and PIN payments for all major credit cards is only applicable to payments processed when signed in to a Square for Retail Plus account on the Square Retail POS, and the standard Interac contactless and chip-and-PIN rate applies.
2If your business processes $250K or more in credit card sales each year (not including Interac debit sales), you may be eligible to save money with a custom rate. Contact Sales.
3Square Shifts is free for up to five team members. For businesses with six or more employees, see additional plan options here.