POS for kiosks & mall carts

A POS built for the mall floor.

Q: What makes a POS system good for a mall cart or kiosk?

Four things most retail POS systems handle badly: negotiated pricing, because cart sellers close on price; commission tracking, because staff are usually paid on what they sell; a tiny footprint, because the counter is the size of a placemat; and no per-location software fee, because cart operators run several carts on thin margins.

Q: Can staff negotiate prices without giving away the margin?

Yes. Every product carries a retail price and a minimum price. Sellers can discount freely between the two, and the register will not go below the floor you set. The difference between the price they closed at and the minimum is tracked as spare, so you can see exactly how much negotiating room each seller used.

Q: Does it work for seasonal or holiday carts?

That is the case free software fits best. There is no monthly software fee to pay in the months a seasonal cart is closed, and no contract to cancel. You pay a flat 2.79% on card sales — or the rate you already pay, matched — and only while the cart is actually selling.

$0/mo with VoVi Payments (2.79% flat, or we match your rate). Bring your own processor: $99/mo per location. Either way, 30 days free, no credit card.

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Price floorsnegotiate without losing margin

One tabletis the whole register

$0/moper cart, however many you run

Outside the US?

Same POS. Use your own card machine. $99/mo per location, 30 days free. Start now.

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This edition keeps books in USD. Configurable tax rates are added at checkout; foreign cash can be recorded with an exchange rate. Local-currency accounting and country-specific fiscal reporting are not included.

A kiosk seller hands a customer her shopping bag across a mall cart counter — a tablet register propped beside the till. — Five feet of counter. Ten seconds to close

Cart selling is a conversation, not a checkout lane. Your POS should keep up with the conversation and stay out of the customer's eyeline.

Why a generic retail POS fights you

Four things about cart and kiosk retail that most point-of-sale software simply never modelled.

Your prices move

Shoppers at a cart expect to negotiate, and your sellers close on price. A POS with one fixed price per SKU forces manual discounts, and manual discounts are where margin quietly disappears.

Your sellers work on commission

Cart staff are usually paid on what they personally sell. If the POS can't attribute each sale to a seller and calculate commission, that job lands in a spreadsheet every single week.

Your counter is tiny

There's no room for a monitor, a tower and a cash drawer the size of a briefcase. And you can't leave $1,200 of proprietary hardware bolted to a cart in an open mall corridor overnight.

You run more than one

Cart operators grow by opening carts, not by opening flagships. Per-location software fees turn every new cart into a monthly bill before it sells anything — and seasonal carts pay in the off months too.

How VoVi handles each one

Negotiate down to a floor, never past it

Every product has a retail price and a minimum price. Sellers move freely between the two; the register won't go below your floor. The gap they didn't give away is tracked as "spare", so you can see who negotiates and who just discounts.

Commissions calculated, not reconstructed

Each sale is attributed to the seller who made it. Commissions, sales competitions with prize pools, and a live leaderboard are built in — no Sunday-night spreadsheet.

One tablet is the whole register

VoVi runs in a browser and installs to the home screen. A tablet on a stand, a card reader, done. Lock the screen per seller with a PIN, and take the tablet home at close.

Every cart, one back office

Each cart is a location; locations group into regions. Transfer stock between carts, set staff per cart, and report across all of them — or drill into the one that's having a strange week.

Cash handled like cash matters

Cart retail still runs on cash. Drawer counts, over/short tracking per shift, expenses and an end-of-day report that reconciles to the money in the box.

Know the moment it happens

Instant alerts for unusually big sales, voids and refunds, and low stock — so you find out from your phone, not from next month's inventory count.

Built for carts. Right for a lot of neighbours

If your shop negotiates, pays commission, or runs lean on space, the same design fits.

Mall carts & kiosks

Cosmetics, accessories, phone cases, jewellery, toys, seasonal gift carts — the negotiated, high-turnover end of retail.

Specialty shops

Small storefronts with a few staff, a real catalogue, and an owner who wants the numbers without hiring a bookkeeper.

Pop-ups, fairs & markets

Short leases and seasonal runs, where a monthly software subscription in the off-season is pure loss.

Get a cart selling this afternoon

Tell us about your carts
Leave your name and number. We set up your company, each cart as a location, and your sellers with you — personally.
Load products with a floor
Type them in or import a CSV. Set retail price, minimum price and spare — from that moment your margin is protected on every negotiation.
Open the tablet
Each seller unlocks with a PIN. Cards at 2.79% flat — or your current rate, matched — cash for free, and the dashboard on your phone moves while you're still in the parking lot.

Kiosk & cart POS questions

What makes a POS system good for a mall cart or kiosk?

Negotiated pricing, commission tracking, a tiny hardware footprint, and no per-location software fee. Those four are exactly what cart operators need and what general retail POS systems usually treat as an afterthought.

Can staff negotiate prices without giving away the margin?

Yes. Each product has a retail price and a minimum price; sellers discount freely between them and the register refuses to go below the floor. The unused room is tracked as spare, per seller and per sale.

Do I need special hardware for a kiosk POS?

No. VoVi runs in the browser on any tablet, laptop or phone and installs to the home screen like an app — one tablet on a stand can be the whole register. You'll need a supported card reader for card payments, and we'll help you pick one during onboarding.

How does VoVi handle several carts under one owner?

Each cart is a location, locations group into regions, and the back office reports across all of them or any subset. Stock transfers between carts, staff are assigned per location, and the software stays $0/month however many carts you open.

Does it work for seasonal or holiday carts?

That's the case free software fits best: nothing to pay in the months the cart is closed, and no contract to cancel. You pay a flat 2.79% on card sales — or the rate you already pay, matched — and only while the cart is actually selling.

What does it cost?

$0/month for the software plus a flat 2.79% on Visa, Mastercard and Discover card sales — American Express is 3.5% — or a flat $99/month per location if you'd rather keep your own card processor. Already on a lower rate? Send a recent statement and we'll match it. Both plans include every feature — the full breakdown is on the pricing page.

Your cart shouldn't pay rent twice.

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