Answer #1
POS, or point of sale, systems are critical to allowing a business to make money, since they are where a customer pays for goods or services. If it is difficult for a customer to complete a transaction, then it does not matter how easy-to-use the rest of your website is. This makes POS systems a critical component of any online business.
Point of Sales (POS) Research Paper Topics
- Why have so many small businesses rejected implementing a central POS system, instead choosing to still use a combination of other methods including separate cash registers, credit card terminals, and bookkeeping programs?
- Does using a host’s embedded sales service complicate or simplify integrating sales records into your POS system?
- How can POS systems help you track customer purchases and target advertising to potential customers?
- Can PayPal effectively be used as a POS system for small business?
- For small local business startups that may use larger websites, such as Etsy, to market their goods, what POS is the most effective and easily scalable as business increases?
- How can a POS system help you anticipate periods of high-demand and help ensure you have sufficient inventory to meet customer needs?
- Does an effective POS system need to process all major credit cards, or can you limit customer choices in cards without impacting sales?
- How well do Square and similar small retail POS devices integrate into existing POS systems?
- Compare and contrast the merits and downsides of two competing POS vendors.
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of creating an in-house POS system instead of relying on a vendor-supplied POS system? What technological support, hardware, software, and human resources do you need to have available to create and sustain an in-house system? What type of additional yearly costs would this ad to the company? Would the employee need to be dedicated specifically to POS or could a generalized IT professional handle the task?