Is this a full retail POS?

No. It's inventory + invoicing + Quick Sale for small shops that don't need a dedicated POS platform. Under ~200 transactions/week is the sweet spot.

Do you support barcodes?

Barcode scanning via the phone camera works for lookup at Quick Sale. Dedicated USB scanners are on the roadmap.

How does Tap to Pay work?

On iPhone (XS or newer, iOS 16.4+), the Charge Card dialog accepts contactless cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay directly — no card reader hardware needed. Merchant approval required from Stripe.

Can I split payment (card + cash)?

Yes — the split-payment flow lets a customer pay part cash, part card, part gift card in one transaction.

What about sales tax?

Per-line tax control handles taxable / non-taxable / prepared food / etc. Sales tax reports export by jurisdiction for filing.

Inventory software for small retail and boutique shops

Small retail has an inventory problem generic invoicing apps ignore: every sale needs to decrement stock, every restock needs to add stock, and margin needs to be visible per SKU without a spreadsheet. Full retail POS platforms solve this at $100+/month per register — often overkill for a shop doing under 200 transactions a week.

Glo Invoice's parts-and-inventory engine works for retail too. Cost, sell, quantity, and margin per SKU; Quick Sale for counter transactions; Tap to Pay on iPhone for card acceptance; recurring invoices for wholesale accounts on net-30.

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How Glo Invoice does it

SKU-level cost, sell, quantity, margin

Every SKU has cost from the supplier, sell price, current stock, reorder threshold, and margin. Reports roll up by category, supplier, and month.

Per-SKU cost / sell / quantity / margin
Reorder alerts at custom threshold
Supplier cost updates via CSV import

Quick Sale at the counter

The Quick Sale screen turns any device into a countertop register. Pick items, take payment via Tap to Pay on iPhone or the Charge Card dialog, print or email a receipt. Stock decrements automatically.

Tap to Pay on iPhone (no card reader needed)
Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, cash
Email or SMS receipt to customer

Wholesale accounts on net-30

For B2B customers, invoice on net-30 terms with automated late-fee accrual and reminders. Recurring invoices handle standing wholesale orders. Card-on-file speeds collection.

How it works

Step 1
Import your SKU catalog
CSV import with cost, sell, quantity, category, supplier.
Step 2
Set markup and reorder thresholds
By category or per-SKU. Alerts fire when stock drops below threshold.
Step 3
Sell at the counter or on invoice
Quick Sale for walk-ins, invoice for wholesale and net-30 accounts.
Step 4
Reorder from reports
Weekly reorder report shows what's below threshold, filtered by supplier.

Which retail businesses use it

Boutique clothing, specialty food and beverage, hardware and garden centers, pet supply, hobby and craft shops, thrift and consignment, and pop-up / market vendors.

Retail shops Boutiques Coffee shops Farmers market vendors

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Related in Glo Invoice

Invoice app for retail Quick Sale POS Customer CRM Recurring invoices software Sales tax by state Markup calculator

Ring it up, count the shelf, know the margin

14-day free trial covers a small catalog. Tap to Pay on paid tiers.

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