Set up your retail business with Square
About Square for Retail
Square for Retail is a comprehensive, all-in-one POS solution designed specifically for retail businesses. It’s a complete suite of tools made for retailers, making it easy to streamline your business by integrating sales, inventory management, purchase orders, a customer directory, and reports in one place.
Before you begin
The steps in this guide are the basic setup instructions for Square for Retail, so ensure you have an active Square for Retail subscription. If you don’t have an active Square for Retail subscription, sign up for Square for Retail.
Step 1: Select your point of sale hardware
Get the right hardware for your business to start accepting payments, printing receipts, and scanning barcodes. Visit Square Shop to order your Square hardware and compatible accessories. You can also visit your local retail store.
Step 2: Verify your identity and link your bank account
Select a transfer schedule and link your bank account to begin receiving funds from your sales, and complete your identity verification to activate your Square account. You need your Australian bank account for this step. Learn how to link your bank account.
Step 3: Add your business location
Create the locations for your business. For each location, you can create unique business profiles with specific hours, add individual bank accounts to differentiate transfers, and more. Learn how to create and manage multiple locations.
Step 4: Create items
Items are sellable goods and services that make up your item catalogue. You can create, edit, and manage items to check out customers faster, know what's selling best, and track inventory. Learn how to create and edit items.
Step 5: Download the Square Retail POS app
Start taking payments from customers on your mobile device by downloading the Square Retail POS app from the App Store on your compatible iOS device.