Shopify POS Review UK: Pricing, Pro & Hardware

Shopify POS Go is no longer sold

The old version of this guide treated POS Go as a current Shopify hardware option. It is no longer available for sale.

Shopify’s current UK replacement options include:

• Verifone Victa Mobile, an all-in-one handheld running Shopify POS;
• WisePad 3, a compact card reader that pairs with a phone or tablet;
• Shopify POS Terminal, a countertop payment terminal; and
• Tap to Pay on compatible iPhone or Android devices.

Existing POS Go devices can continue in mobile selling mode for a limited support period, but a new buyer should not build a 2026 hardware plan around a discontinued device.

Shopify POS Lite vs POS Pro

The old language can be confusing because Shopify does not sell “Lite, Pro and Go” as three equivalent plans.

Casual in-person POS features are included with Shopify’s paid platform plans. These are often still referred to as POS Lite in comparisons.

POS Pro is the £69/month per-location upgrade for permanent retail stores that need more advanced staff, inventory, returns and omnichannel workflows.

For a pop-up seller or ecommerce business taking occasional in-person payments, the included POS feature set can be enough. POS Pro becomes relevant when the physical store itself is a substantial part of the operation.

This is the strongest reason to choose Shopify POS

Shopify’s advantage becomes obvious when the customer does not care which channel they used.

With the right Shopify setup, a retailer can:

• track inventory across shops, warehouses and online;
• offer in-store pickup for online orders;
• sell an item in store and ship it to the customer;
• accept online purchases back in a physical store;
• send an in-store cart to a customer to finish online;
• ship ecommerce orders from retail stock;
• use one customer profile across channels; and
• see online and physical sales in the same Shopify admin.

For a clothing retailer with a busy website and two stores, this can remove a lot of duplicated systems and manual stock reconciliation.

For a barber shop with one till and no ecommerce operation, most of that value is irrelevant.

POS Pro is easier to justify once you have a retail team

POS Pro adds stronger staff controls including unlimited POS staff, roles and permissions, manager approvals and sales attribution.

This matters when the owner is no longer standing behind the counter on every shift.

A member of staff may need to sell products and process normal returns but not edit tax settings, make arbitrary discounts or access every Shopify admin feature. POS Pro lets the business separate those responsibilities more cleanly.

Using another payment provider can add Shopify transaction fees

Shopify’s current UK pricing lists additional third-party payment-provider transaction fees of:

• 2% on Basic;
• 1% on Grow; and
• 0.6% on Advanced.

Those charges are important if you plan to use an external provider instead of Shopify Payments.

Do not assume a merchant acquirer offering a cheaper headline card rate will automatically reduce your total cost once Shopify’s own transaction fee is added.

What could Shopify POS Pro cost for one shop?

Consider a retailer using Shopify Basic, one POS Pro location and £25,000 a month of in-person card sales.

That excludes VAT where applicable, hardware, apps and any other services.

The same retailer may consider the £19 Shopify plan irrelevant to the POS decision if it would be paying for Shopify ecommerce anyway. This is why Shopify comparisons need to separate existing ecommerce cost from the incremental cost of running the physical store.

Who should probably look elsewhere?

• Purely physical micro-retailers: Square’s £0 core software can be substantially simpler.
• Restaurants: dedicated hospitality platforms and restaurant EPOS systems may fit table and kitchen workflows better.
• Businesses that want a third-party acquirer: Shopify’s extra transaction fees can change the economics.
• One-person shops with basic stock: POS Pro may be more capability than you need.
• Retailers with no ecommerce strategy: much of Shopify’s main advantage goes unused.

Questions to ask before moving your shop to Shopify POS

1. Would we pay for Shopify ecommerce even without the physical store?
2. Which locations genuinely need POS Pro? You can upgrade selected locations rather than assuming every location needs it.
3. How many staff need POS access?
4. Do customers regularly return online purchases in store?
5. How often do we transfer inventory between locations?
6. What hardware does each till actually need?
7. Would we use Shopify Payments or an external processor?
8. What apps are essential and what will they add monthly?
9. How much card turnover will each location process?
10. What would Square cost for the same real-world workflow?

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