Material POS
A POS built for retailers, around stock, Shopify sync and repeat customers. It is a flat $99 a month for the software, with loyalty, texting and QuickBooks Online on the plan.
Built for retailers, $99 a month for the software. If you run a store, this is the one to beat. If you serve food, skip it.
Who it's built for
★ best = where we recommend it first for this kind of business.
What it can do
What Material actually is
Material is built for retailers. Boutiques, clothing, shoes, gifts, beauty, pet supply. That focus shows up where retail systems usually fall apart. Sizes and colors, stock history, and getting customers back in the door.
It is more a set of connected tools than a register. The iPad checkout, your Shopify store, loyalty, texts and reports all run off one stock list. Shoptiques, an online marketplace for retailers, can connect to it too. Sell the last medium in the shop and the website updates on its own. No double entry. No matching up spreadsheets on Sunday night.
Then there is the price. It is $99 a month. Loyalty, up to 50 text conversations a month, timesheets, QuickBooks Online and Shopify sync are on that plan. Hardware, card processing and Shoptiques are not. We broker the processing behind it. And we are the local team that sets it up on your counter.
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What it does well
Stock by size and color
Reports group your products by color and size. Every stock change is recorded, so you can check it later.
One-click Shopify sync
One source of truth for in-store and online. What sells at the counter updates the website on its own.
Shoptiques marketplace
An add-on, not part of the $99: $25 a month plus 20% per order, per Material. You ship the orders; their team drives the traffic.
Loyalty and automated texts
Reward points and automated text campaigns bring customers back. The plan covers up to 50 SMS conversations a month.
Reporting that knows retail
Reports on inventory, sales, taxes and staff performance, built for how a store runs.
Dual pricing at no extra cost
Material offers dual pricing to every customer at no additional cost. Your card processor must support dual pricing.
The $99 price is the headline here.
Retail owners rarely get burned by the base price of a POS. They get burned by the fourth add-on. Material puts loyalty, texting and QuickBooks Online on its $99 plan. Our job is to bid the processing behind it. So the flat software price sits on rates we actually bid down.
Material offers dual pricing at no additional cost, as long as your card processor supports it. Add the processing we bid down. Your software line stays at $99. On a floor with big-ticket items, customer financing runs at the same counter. The customer who was going to think about it can pay over time instead.
The $99 question.
Retail POS pricing is a base sticker plus a stack of add-ons. Here is Material next to the three systems owners ask us about most. We go feature by feature. A check in the Material column means it is on Material's $99 plan.
✓ Included · $ Costs extra or needs a higher tier · ✗ Not there at all
| Feature | Material | Shopify POS | Lightspeed | Clover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced inventory management | ✓ Advanced stock reports | $ Costs extra | ✓ Included | $ Costs extra |
| Customer loyalty programs | ✓ Included | $ Costs extra | ✓ Included | $ Costs extra |
| SMS texting | ✓ 50 conversations a month | $ Costs extra | $ Costs extra | $ Costs extra |
| Employee time tracking | ✓ Included | $ Costs extra | ✓ Included | ✓ Included |
| QuickBooks Online integration | ✓ Included | $ Costs extra | $ Costs extra | $ Costs extra |
| Ecommerce data sync | ✓ Shopify | ✓ Shopify | ✓ Included | $ Costs extra |
| Custom website build | Offered by Material, not in the $99 | ✗ Not there at all | ✗ Not there at all | ✗ Not there at all |
| Card processing rates | Negotiated through us | 2.6% + $0.10 | 2.6% + $0.10 | Negotiated through us |
| Monthly price | $99 | ~$89–$713+ | ~$89–$347+ | ~$85–$572+ |
Yes, Clover is on this table. And yes, we install Clover every week. Clover is the do-everything system. Material is the retail one. Tell us what you sell. We will tell you straight which one wins for your store. Material's price is from materialretail.com/pricing, checked October 2026. Material says dual pricing needs a card processor that supports it. Other prices vary by plan and add-ons.
Run a store? Get the $99 math for your counter.
The hardware
iPad register
Runs on an iPad you already own, or buy a hardware package. A cloud dashboard backs it up, and you can read it from anywhere.
Card terminal
A paired terminal that faces the customer. They tap, dip or swipe there.
How businesses run it
The boutique that sells on Instagram
One stock list sits behind the rack, the website and the marketplace. Sell the last unit in one place and the others update on their own.
The clothing shop drowning in sizes and colors
Reports split stock by size and color, and point out items running low so you know what to reorder.
The gift shop that runs on regulars
Loyalty points and texts that go out on their own. They turn a one-time browser into a repeat customer.
Best for
- Boutiques and apparel
- Shoes, gifts and beauty retail
- Pet supply and specialty shops
- Stores that sell on Shopify
Where it falls short
Material is built for retailers. Do you run a restaurant, a coffee shop, a bar, a liquor store or a convenience store? Look at HotSauce, Clover, Exatouch or Korona instead. And if you do not sell products with SKUs, this is not your system.
We carry eleven systems. That way we never have to push the wrong one on you.
What you get for the $99
Four jobs carry a retail day. Ring people up. Keep your numbers in one place. Get customers back through the door. Know what to reorder. Material covers all four. Here is what its $99 plan includes. Hardware and card processing are separate.
POS software
An iPad app on your counter, with the cloud behind it. Timesheets are built in, and each employee gets a PIN and role-based permissions.
Powerful integrations
One-click product sync with Shopify, plus QuickBooks Online. Through Shopify, your catalog can reach Google, Facebook and Instagram. Your catalog, your books and your web stores stop being separate jobs.
Turn every shopper into a VIP
Automated text campaigns. A rewards program built in. Real back-and-forth texting from your own local number, up to 50 SMS conversations a month. So the customer who bought once actually hears from you again.
Stay ahead of demand
Stock reports, a list of items running low, and reports by product, color and size. You reorder off numbers, not a hunch.
Shoptiques, an online marketplace for retailers
Shoptiques is an online marketplace for retailers. It is an add-on, not part of the $99: $25 a month plus 20% per order, per Material. Your stock goes in front of shoppers who came looking for stores like yours. You don't build a second catalog. You don't count stock twice.
Sell on an online marketplace
Your products reach shoppers online. Their marketing team drives the traffic. Their support team fields the questions.
Import from Material or Shopify
Import your products to Shoptiques from Shopify or the Material dashboard. One stock pool sits behind the counter, the website and the marketplace.
Hassle-free ecommerce
When an order comes in, you ship it. Their team handles the traffic and the support around it.
If you also need the website built
Material will build you a new Shopify site, or sync the one you already have. That is their service, not ours, and it is not part of the $99. You would set it up with them directly. It matters here for one reason. When you price Material against a POS company that sells software and nothing else, this counts on the Material side.
Shopify builds
Material offers to build you a new Shopify store, or sync your existing one, so the web store and the register share one stock list.
Northwest Payment Brokers does not build websites or run ads. We bring it up because it changes the comparison. We are not selling it.
Material, answered
What does Material cost?
A flat $99 a month. Loyalty, up to 50 SMS conversations a month, timesheets, QuickBooks Online and Shopify sync are on the plan. Hardware and card processing are not part of the $99.
Can Material work if I run a cafe or a restaurant?
Material is built for retailers. For food we would quote HotSauce, Clover or Exatouch.
Does it really sync with Shopify?
Yes, built in, with one-click setup. Stock and sales flow both ways. In-store and online stay one pool, not two jobs.
What is Shoptiques?
An online marketplace for retailers. You import your products from Shopify or the Material dashboard. It is an add-on: $25 a month plus 20% per order, per Material. You ship the orders. Their team handles the traffic and the support.
Can I set up dual pricing in Material?
Yes. Material offers dual pricing to all its POS customers at no additional cost. Your card processor must support dual pricing.
My stock is in another system. How hard is the switch?
Material includes training and support, and helps train new staff as you hire. We are the local team walking your counter through it.
Not sure Material is the one?
Tell us what your business does. We'll match the system, even when the answer is a cheaper one.