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A Reliable POS System Built For Retail Shift4 Retail POS System for Australian Businesses

Streamline your operations with Shift4's integrated Point of Sale (POS) system, designed for retailers small to large.

As an Australian retail business, you need reliable and easy-to-use systems to keep your day-to-day operations running smoothly.

From scanning items to managing customer data, we make administrative work fast, efficient, and easy for your entire staff.

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*Up to 12 months free POS offer is dependent on your business’ monthly turnover. Minimum contract terms apply.

Powering Australia’s Retailers

Shift4 powers over 40,000 businesses to take control of their sales:

Skin Body Spa saves $5,000 a year with Shift4’s flexible EFTPOS

Beauty salon interior with sunflowers on a makeup counter, lit mirror, and EFTPOS terminal for payments.

High-tech Skincare Meets Smarter Payments

Shops in Lachlan Court, Australia, offer gluten-free cakes. EFTPOS terminals visible, enhancing payment solutions.

Going ‘Against The Grain’ & Choosing Shift4 for EFTPOS

Why Retailers Choose Shift4

Shift4 has provided reliable payment solutions to businesses for over 20 years, and now, we are ready to take your retail management to the next level with the ultimate business tool. With the Shift4 POS System, you have:

The Shift4 advantage

We offer a powerful integrated POS and payments system designed for enterprise clients but simple enough for SMEs. As we’re the payment processor, you get a direct relationship with no middleman markups, and you get to choose how you manage your fees.

Complete overview

With Shift4's POS system, you have a complete overview of every part of your retail business. Our system is capable of chaining together your entire operation, from front of house to back-end staff, to customer relations and all-in-one inventory management.

Tailored for retailers

We’ve crafted innovative and convenient features tailored to retail managers’ needs. From inventory management to stock transfers, our tools are precise but easy to use. So you don’t have to be a tech genius to streamline your business.

Seamless integrations

Our system can also integrate with scales and scanners certified by the Australian NMI.

Streamline your retail operations today. Get started with Shift4.

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Tailored Solutions for Different Retail Businesses

Clothing and Accessories

Our system can efficiently process any clothing or accessory transaction, including unique variations such as size, colour or style, helping to ensure accurate stock levels. By using our fee-free Zero Cost™ EFTPOS, you can cut out middleman fees and ensure the customer covers the surcharge costs directly.

Grocery and speciality food

Group food items by expiry dates, selling prices or popularity for easier tracking with Shift4's POS system. By having a comprehensive overview of your inventory, you can ensure that you are consistently restocking, and that staff maintain a food waste log to remove expired items.

Homeware and furniture

As there’s a high volume of online purchases in the homeware and furniture business, we’ve ensured online reports and sales are as easy to categorise and manage as the rest of your retail data. With precise stock taking and sales reporting, online sales will go directly to your overall data reports, and can be easily retrieved by staff or customers processing a return.

Key Features of Shift4's Retail POS System

Fast payments anywhere

Payment can be processed quickly from any location with Shift4. Through the integrated Shift4 EFTPOS terminal, our system offers incredible versatility for any retail business.

Seamless Online Sales With Stress-Free Returns

Our POS system is just as useful online as it is in a physical storefront. Thanks to our precise stock taking, the returning process is as smooth and easy to perform for your staff as it is for your clients.

Retail POS That Plays Nicely With Your Business Software

Shift4's POS software is highly versatile and can integrate with a variety of other systems effortlessly. We will complement your existing business software with precise data gathering and a user-friendly interface.

Local Experts On Call 24/7

We have staff on-call 24/7 to ensure your business has minimal downtime. Whether you’re on the job or trying to sort out a problem after working hours, our experts are here to help you.

Reduce Mistakes With Simple, User-Friendly Design

From staff to upper management, our system is easy to navigate thanks to our clear and simple layout and design. Reduce bottlenecks, missing stock and inefficient operations by giving your team a single, easy-to-use platform with unified reporting.

Always Know What’s In Stock, Across Every Store

Shift4 offers comprehensive management of purchasing orders, sales, inventory and more. We’ll keep you informed of what's been sold, what’s still in stock and what needs replacing on a daily basis.

Grow Repeat Business Through Seamless Rewards and Promotions

Shift4 lets you manage all your promotions, seasonal specials and other offers in one comprehensive system. We can also help you craft customer profiles so you can tailor your offers to your most loyal clientele.

Track Sales, Staff, and Performance At A Glance

In addition to inventory management and sales reporting, Shift4's system gives you a comprehensive overview of your staff's working schedules.

Keep Your Data Safe With Secure, Cloud-Based POS

We’ll store all your vital data in a cloud-based server to ensure it remains safe at all times. We can also help you sort staff by privileges, ensuring passwords and other privileged information are only known by the most relevant party.

Streamline your retail operations today. Get started with Shift4.

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How It Works

Sign up

Just get in touch with us on 1800 531 490 during business hours or visit our website to get started.

Set up

You’ll speak directly to a POS & Payments Specialist to ensure you get the right hardware and set-up that suits your business.

Migrate

Compress your most important data, like customer profiles or sales reports, into a CSV file to prepare your system for migration.

Move in

And you’re ready to go! We’ll help you get set-up ready to go so that the transition process is smooth.

Flexible Pricing Plans Built for Every Retailer

Take control of your sales today with an affordable and transparent POS system that is just as suitable for small to medium businesses as it is for large enterprises.

Combine with Shift4 EFTPOS

Combine your POS with Shift4 EFTPOS and save even more on your daily sales. Compare plans and enquire today, get started with Shift4.

Shift4 Zero Cost™ EFTPOS

Say goodbye to EFTPOS fees

Savings: Unlimited fee free transactions
No Fees: No monthly EFTPOS terminal rental fee*
Reduced Admin: Automatic calculation of a minimal surcharge to cover the cost of acceptance - no admin or guesswork
Flexible Ways for Your Customer to Pay: Tap and pay a small percentage rate for convenience, or debit insert for a flat 30c fee - it's their choice!
Your choice: Ability to opt to pay a surcharge on a customer's behalf when processing a tranaction

Great for Cafes, Restaurants, Bars, Fast Food, Sushi & Butchers

Stop Paying Merchant Fees

Shift4 Simple Flat Rate

A predictable EFTPOS bill, every month

Predictable Costs: Know exactly what you'll pay on every transaction - no unexpected fees
Manage You Cash Floew: With just one flat rate on all Visa and Mastercard trasactions, you'll know what your bill will be at the end of the month
Flexible Ways to Pay: Your customers can pay in all the ways they prefer. Tap for convenience and enjoy one simple rate or debit insert for a flat 20c fee
No lock-in ontract: Know you're getting the best rate with us: there is no minimum term and no annual fees^

Great for Grocery Stores, Fashion, Bottle Shops, Repair Shops, Vet, Pet Supplies & Homeware

Keep Costs Low with Simple Flat Rate

POS & Payments Enquiry

Enquire Today

Get in touch today using the form and you'll hear from our POS & Payment Specialist, Sean.

Get a Demo

We'll find a time that suits you for a demo! It's as simple as that.

A Tailored Offer

Troy will share any offers tailored to fit your business.

You're On Your Way!

We'll help you get set-up with POS and payments that suits you and your business.

Small Business POS FAQs

To switch to Shift4 from your current POS system, take the following steps:

Make an enquiry: Our POS & Payment specialists will walk you through everything from deciding what hardware you need through to being ready to transact.

Prepare your data: Review your current system to identify what data needs to be transferred, such as customer profiles or inventory data. Clean up your items to ensure only essential information is moved, then export your sales data. Plan the transition: To ensure the process goes as smoothly as possible, plan each step of the transition. Outline key dates and make a plan that avoids your busy periods to prevent a rush. You should also plan for a small-scale launch of Shift4's system to learn and adjust to it before adding full customisation.

Train your staff: Ensure you fully train your staff on how to use the new system to prevent bottlenecks or confusion once you go live.

Make the switch: Start with a limited deployment of the new system to test and troubleshoot how it works for your business. Once you and your staff have adjusted to the system, you can completely switch over to Shift4’s POS system.

A retail-specific POS system focuses on features that improve the customer experience and streamline daily operations to save time on admin tasks and help businesses make more sales. Features a retail POS should have include barcode scanning, enabling stock transfers, product variants and other advanced inventory management and customer relationship management support.

To choose the right POS system for your business, assess your business needs, evaluate your software/hardware, compare pricing and fees, and consider key system aspects. Aspects to consider include scalability, ease of use, compatibility with existing tools, and system security.

Smartpay’s POS system is highly flexible, easy to use and can integrate seamlessly into a variety of different tools and platforms.

Yes, you can migrate inventory and customer data into Shift4's POS software by importing your current system into a CSV file and then importing that file.

Yes, owners can manage multiple stores using Shift4's POS system, as each Shift4 Merchant Identification (MID) typically corresponds to a single store that is grouped within a Shift4 hub. This allows you to manage stores, users and more across multiple stores from your account.