Till and stock for every island, from Santiago to Sal

Point of Sale & Inventory Management Software in Cape Verde

Give each island its own branch, till and shelves, and run them all from one account. ArmPOS is point of sale software with inventory management for shops in Praia, Mindelo and Santa Maria, counted in escudos.

Free plan · No card needed

Built for mobile

A mobile POS system on the phone you already have

ArmPOS runs in the browser on Android phones, iPhones, tablets and computers, and installs like an app. Scan barcodes with the camera, take payments and check stock from the shop floor, with no special hardware to buy.

  • Works onAndroid & iPhone
  • Install fromyour browser
ArmPOS point of sale on a phone

Why ArmPOS

One system for sales, inventory and every branch

Most small businesses juggle a till, a stock book and a spreadsheet. ArmPOS brings your point of sale, inventory management, purchasing and accounting into one system, so every sale updates your stock and your numbers at once.

Every branch, one view

See stock in every shop and warehouse from one account, down to the rack. Move items between branches with approved transfers, and every movement is recorded.

Know before you run out

Set an alert quantity for each product. When stock falls to it, ArmPOS flags it in the notification bell and on the dashboard, branch by branch, so you reorder before a customer leaves empty-handed.

Speaks your team's language

Use ArmPOS in 24 languages, including English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Hindi and Chinese, with right-to-left screens for Arabic.

Profit you can see

Sales, profit and stock value update with every sale. Open the dashboard on any device and know how today is going, branch by branch.

Sell online too

Open your own online shop with the same products and stock. Online orders become sales in ArmPOS, so you never sell what you no longer have.

How ArmPOS works

From sign-up to daily profit

Create your free account and set up your shop in minutes. Import products, customers and suppliers from Excel, and give each person on your team their own login.

Scan a bottle of grogue, let the visitor pay with notes, card, a transfer or two of them, and email the receipt.

Every sale, purchase, return and transfer updates your inventory. See what your stock is worth and what is running low in each branch.

Sales, profit, inventory and staff reports for any branch and any dates, ready to print or export to PDF and Excel.

Signing up for ArmPOS on a tablet at a shop counter

Simple, Transparent Pricing

Starter

Start selling on your own.

  • 1 user
  • 1 warehouse
  • 50 products
  • 50 customers
  • Unlimited WhatsApp messages
  • 16 modules

Free

$0

On desktop and mobile

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Enterprise

  • 15 users
  • 15 warehouses
  • 10,000 products
  • 5,000 customers
  • Unlimited WhatsApp messages
  • 24 modules

Save 19%

$47.50 /mo

$570 billed yearly

On desktop and mobile

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Islands apart, one stock count

Containers from Portugal and elsewhere unload in Praia and Mindelo, and a good part of their cargo then sails on to another island. ArmPOS follows each load across the water and onto the shelf, and your phone shows what every island holds.

  • Card on the terminal, notes in the drawer

    A visitor's card goes through your bank's terminal, and the cashier picks card as the method on that sale. The two never connect: ArmPOS keeps a record of how the bill was settled. Notes and bank transfers go in the same way, and one bill can be shared between two methods. Each terminal you add in Settings gets its own daily total.

  • Escudos tied to the euro

    The escudo is fixed at 110.265 to the euro, so the escudo cost of an order from Lisbon is known before it ships. Every shelf label, till slip and profit figure is in escudos. ArmPOS plans appear in escudos on the pricing section, worked out again each day.

  • Craft shops, clothing stalls and restaurants

    A craft shop in Santa Maria sells most in the high season, when the flights from Europe fill Sal. A rabidante at Sucupira market tracks every size and colour of the clothes she brought back from Fortaleza. In Mindelo, a fish restaurant rings up each table at the till, and the kitchen display shows what to cook.

  • Island to island

    Run the Sal or Boa Vista shop as a branch of the same business, with tills, staff and stock kept apart from Praia. Cartons shipped from the Praia warehouse sit on a transfer, and both islands' counts wait for a manager to approve it. Read each island's figures alone or next to the others.

Point of sale features

Everything you need at the counter: a fast POS screen on any device, flexible payments, and receipts your customers can keep.

  • Fast checkout

    Search or scan products, apply discounts and promo codes, and complete a sale in seconds on a computer, tablet or phone.

  • Barcode scanning

    Scan with a USB scanner, a phone or tablet camera, or weighing-scale labels that carry the weight in the barcode.

  • Split payments

    Take cash, card and other methods in one sale, and record exactly how each customer paid.

  • Receipts and invoices

    Print receipts on 58mm or 80mm thermal paper or A4, or send them by email or SMS. Turn quotations into sales and PDF invoices.

  • Held sales and returns

    Park a sale and finish it later, and take returns at the till that put items straight back into stock.

  • Cash register

    Open and close the register, record cash in and out, and see what the drawer should hold at the end of each shift.

  • Customers and loyalty

    Keep customer records and balances, and reward repeat buyers with loyalty points they spend at the till.

  • Keeps selling offline

    If the internet drops while you sell, ArmPOS keeps recording sales on the device and syncs them when you're back online.

Inventory management features

Know what you have, where it is and what it's worth, in every shop and warehouse. Your stock updates itself as you sell, buy, return and transfer.

  • Multi-branch inventory

    Track stock in every shop and warehouse, down to the rack, from one account.

  • Stock transfers

    Move stock between branches with transfers that need approval, so every item is accounted for.

  • Low stock alerts

    Set an alert quantity per product, and the bell, the dashboard and the quantity alerts report show what to reorder in each branch.

  • Purchases and suppliers

    Raise purchase orders, receive stock into the right warehouse and track what you owe each supplier.

  • Batches and expiry dates

    Track batches with expiry dates and sell the earliest-expiring stock first, for pharmacies and food businesses.

  • Serial and IMEI numbers

    Record serial or IMEI numbers for phones and electronics, and trace every unit from purchase to sale.

  • Variants and units

    Sell in sizes and colours, by the pack or by the piece, with unit conversions handled for you.

  • Counts and adjustments

    Download a count sheet by warehouse and category, then record adjustments and damages so your records match the shelf.

Run the whole business

Beyond the till: your online shop, your accounts, your team and the tools you already use, in the same system as your sales and stock.

  • Your online shop

    Your own web shop with collections and banners. Customers pay by card or cash on delivery, and orders come from the same stock.

  • Accounting and profit

    Expenses, cash and bank accounts, profit and loss, and a full accounting module with journals, a trial balance and a balance sheet.

  • About 60 reports

    Sales, payments, tax, customers, suppliers, staff and inventory reports, including stock value, ageing and expiry, to print or export.

  • Staff and permissions

    Give each person their own login and decide what they can see and do. Keep shifts, leave and attendance records too.

  • Integrations

    Sync products, stock and orders with WooCommerce and Shopify, and send your sales to QuickBooks as invoices.

  • Messages and campaigns

    Send invoices and marketing campaigns by email, SMS and WhatsApp to bring customers back.

  • Hardware that fits

    Works with USB barcode scanners, 58mm and 80mm receipt printers, label printers, a customer display and cash drawers through QZ Tray, or simply the phone you already have.

  • Kitchen display

    Send orders from the till straight to a kitchen screen, so cafés and takeaways prepare them in order without paper tickets.

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Features vary by plan. See the pricing page for details.

Integrations

Works with the tools you already use

Connect ArmPOS to WooCommerce and Shopify to keep products, stock and orders in step, and send your sales to QuickBooks as invoices.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best point of sale software for a shop with branches on several islands?
It is the one that treats each island as a branch and each boat load as a transfer. In ArmPOS, the Praia shop and the Sal shop keep their own stock, tills and staff. Goods pass from one to the other only when someone with permission accepts the transfer.
Goods land in Praia by container and continue by boat to Boa Vista. How do I know what is on its way?
Create the transfer from Praia to Boa Vista on the day the cargo is loaded, listing every item and quantity. Until it is approved, those goods still count as Praia stock. When the boat unloads at Sal Rei, the manager checks the cartons, approves, and the Boa Vista count goes up.
My shop in Santa Maria sells far more in the high season. How do I avoid running out between boats?
Give each product an alert quantity that covers the days until the next delivery reaches Sal. Drop below that number and the bell flags the item, which also appears in the Product Quantity Alerts report. That leaves time to order before the next sailing.
I am a rabidante bringing clothes from Fortaleza and Lisbon in many sizes and colours. Can I count every piece?
Yes. Medium blue, large blue and medium red each get a barcode and a stock figure under one style. At your Sucupira stall you can see that medium has sold out in blue while large is still on the rail. What you paid for each batch goes in as a purchase.
I hire extra staff on Sal for the high season. How do I control who was on the till?
Each person signs in with a login of their own. The role you give them sets what they can do, such as selling without changing prices. Whoever opens the register at the start of a shift closes it at the end, with the expected drawer on screen. The attendance records tell you who covered which days.
I run a restaurant in Mindelo. Can orders go from the till straight to the kitchen?
Yes. Every order rung up at the till appears on a kitchen screen, with no paper slips passing from hand to hand. On days when a cruise ship docks at Porto Grande and the dining room fills, the cooks see each table as soon as it orders.
Can I sell online to people in Lisbon or Boston ordering for family in Santiago?
Yes. An online shop comes with ArmPOS, with your own collections and banners, and it sells from the stock on the Praia shelves. A food parcel ordered from Boston comes off the same count as a sale across the counter.
How much does ArmPOS cost, and how do I pay from Cape Verde?
Starter costs nothing, and no card is needed to open the account. Upgrading means a card payment in US dollars, and the escudo figures in the pricing section are those prices converted daily. Read the plan cards above for the details of each.

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Every island on one account

Your first shop can be selling on a free account today; the Sal or São Vicente branch joins when its doors open.

  • 14-day free trial
  • No card needed
  • Android & iPhone
A cashier selling with ArmPOS