Point of sale for independent shops
Ring up a basket in three taps, count the stockroom with your phone and close the day in ten minutes. Tillman runs on the iPad you already own, for shops with one to five registers.
30 days free, no card, no contract. Used at 1,240 shop counters in 44 states.
A Saturday at the counter, from open to close
Four moments from one day at Wren Street Goods, a home and gift shop in Burlington, Vermont, with two registers and a web store.
Open the till at 9:02
Count the float note by note and see what needs doing first: web orders to pack, items running low and rewards waiting. The float is kept on record for tonight’s close.
Starting float
$150.00
Time to open
Under 2 minutes
Ring up a basket at 11:42
Tap or scan, add the customer and take any tender. Rewards apply themselves, and the receipt goes by email or paper.
This basket
$85.07, 5 items
Tenders
Card, cash, split, gift card
Count the back wall at 2:15
Theo counts candles and kitchen while Maya keeps selling. Counts and sales never fight, and every difference shows in units and in dollars.
Counted so far
64 of 96 items
Differences
3, worth $34.00
Close the day at 6:04
The drawer, the tenders and the day’s sales on one screen. Short by $2.50? You see it before the bank does, and the report lands in your inbox.
Taken today
$2,184.60 over 71 sales
Time to close
9 minutes
Switch on a Tuesday, sell on Wednesday
Most shops move over in one afternoon. We move the data, you check it, and the old register goes in a drawer.
Customer lists, gift card balances and loyalty points come across free.
Import your catalog
Send us the export from your old register or a spreadsheet. We map items, variants, prices and barcodes, and you check them before anything goes live.
Pair the counter kit
Sign in on your iPad, pair the card reader and plug the printer and drawer into the stand. No technician visit.
Ring up a test sale
Sell yourself a candle, refund it and close a practice day. When it looks right, open the doors.
Everything the counter needs, for $575
Bring the iPad you already own. Add only what your counter is missing, or take the whole kit for $23.96 a month over two years.
Any iPad from 2019 or later, Star and Epson receipt printers and most USB cash drawers.
If a card reader fails, a new one ships the same day. Every part carries a one year warranty.
Everything pairs from the register in about ten minutes.
Works with the books, web store and payroll you already run
Sales, fees and tax post to your accounting every night. Stock moves between the counter and your web store every five minutes.
QuickBooks Online
Daily sales, card fees and sales tax post as one journal entry every night.
Xero
Sales, refunds and deposits land in Xero with your own account codes.
Shopify
One stock count for the counter and your Shopify store, synced every five minutes.
WooCommerce
Web orders take stock from the same shelf count your registers use.
Mailchimp
Customers who opt in at the counter join your Mailchimp list with their last visit.
Gusto
Staff clock in on the register, and approved hours go to Gusto before payday.
Slack
A short sales summary posts to your shop channel when the day is closed.
Zapier
Send new sales, low stock alerts or new customers to thousands of other apps.
Shops that switched, in their own numbers
“Our Saturday line used to reach the door. Now a sale takes under a minute, and I close the till in nine minutes instead of forty.”
Dana Whitcomb
Owner, Juniper Lane Books, Missoula, Montana
“Counting 2,600 parts used to eat a whole Sunday. Two of us do it in three hours with our phones, and the shop stays open.”
Luis Carrera
Owner, Ferro Bicycle Works, Chattanooga, Tennessee
“We sell the same 900 toys in the shop and online. In eleven months on Tillman we have not oversold one.”
Aisha Brooks
Co-owner, Tallgrass Toy Co., Lawrence, Kansas
One price per location, and card rates in plain numbers
Counter
One register, paid as you sell. For a market stall or a first shop.
- One register and three staff logins
- Card, cash, split and gift card tenders
- Email and printed receipts
- A sales summary every night
- Keeps selling offline for 24 hours
Shop
Most shops pick thisFor a shop with a stockroom and a web store.
- Up to three registers
- Stock counts from any phone
- Purchase orders and vendor lists
- Loyalty points and customer notes
- Stock synced with your web store
- Phone support 8 am to 8 pm, seven days
Group
For two or more locations that share stock and staff.
- Unlimited registers
- Transfers between locations
- Staff roles and approvals
- Reports across every location
- API and webhooks
- A named person for your setup
Questions shop owners ask before they switch
Something else on your mind? Call (616) 555-0162 from 8 am to 8 pm Eastern, seven days a week, and a person on our support team picks up.
Do I have to sign a contract?
No. Plans run month to month or year to year. If you leave, you take every sale, item and customer with you as a CSV file.
What happens when the internet goes down?
The register keeps selling. Card payments are stored on the reader for up to 24 hours and sent the moment the connection comes back. Cash and gift cards work as normal.
What does it cost to take a card?
2.6% + 10¢ in person on Counter, 2.5% on Shop and 2.4% on Group. Online and keyed payments are 2.9% + 30¢. There is no monthly minimum and no PCI fee.
Can I use the hardware I already have?
Most likely. Tillman runs on any iPad from 2019 or later and works with Star and Epson receipt printers and most USB cash drawers. Only the card reader has to be ours.
How long does switching take?
An afternoon for most shops. We import your catalog, customers and gift card balances for free, and check them with you before you sell.
Who picks up when something breaks on a Saturday?
A person on our support team, from 8 am to 8 pm Eastern, seven days a week. The average wait last month was four minutes.
Open your first register this afternoon.
Bring the iPad you already own. We move your items, customers and gift card balances for free, and a person answers when you call.
30 days free on the Shop plan. No card, no contract.