Shopify POS Pro vs the POS features in your plan: when per-location pricing pays
Every paid Shopify plan includes casual in-person selling. POS Pro adds staff permissions, rich customer profiles, stock transfers, in-store pickup workflows and inventory reporting, for $89 per location per month, or $67 on a 12-month term (checked Oct 5, 2026). Decide per location, not per business.
What every paid plan already includes
Shopify says casual in-person selling comes with every paid plan: taking in-person payments, capturing basic customer information, and accepting limited returns and exchanges. On the pricing page, Basic lists "Limited staff can access POS", while Grow and Advanced list "Unlimited POS logins".
What POS Pro adds, per location
From Shopify's POS pricing FAQ:
- Unlimited POS logins for staff
- More control over staff permissions
- Rich customer profiles and lifetime value reporting
- Faster workflows for discounts, exchanges, stock transfers and in-store pickups
- In-depth inventory reporting
What it costs
| POS Pro term | Price per location | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $89 per month | Shown on shopify.com/pos/pricing with monthly billing selected |
| 12-month term | $67 per month | Billed monthly over a 12-month term; cancelling early means paying the remaining months (shopify.com/pos/pos-pro-yearly) |
Checked October 5, 2026. Two locations on POS Pro cost $178 a month on monthly terms, or $134 a month on the 12-month term. That is on top of your Shopify plan and card processing.
Shopify's POS Pro yearly page also lists launch offers at the time we checked: help from a Shopify POS expert with migration and setup (or a credit toward a partner's costs if you already work with one), a discounted Verifone Victa Mobile device, and a $200 credit once a location processes $10,000 through Shopify Payments within 90 days. Offers change; check the page on the day you subscribe.
How to decide, location by location
Choose POS Pro for a location when at least one of these is true:
- More than one person works the register, and you want to control who can discount, refund or open the drawer.
- You move stock between locations, or offer buy-online-pick-up-in-store.
- You want sales and inventory reports for that location.
- Customer history (what someone bought before) matters at the counter.
Stay on the included features when the location is a pop-up, a market stall or a one-person counter with a small catalog.
A note on how we're paid
If you choose POS Pro after working with us, Shopify may pay us a one-time referral bonus and a share of its payment-processing profit on your in-person sales. It never changes your price, and it is the same whether you choose monthly or yearly terms.
Questions
- Can we mix POS Pro and non-Pro locations?
- Yes. POS Pro is priced per location, so a flagship store can be on Pro while a pop-up uses the features included in your plan.
- Do we pay the year up front on the 12-month term?
- No. Shopify says the yearly subscription is paid monthly at the discounted price over a 12-month term.
- Is there a location limit?
- Shopify’s POS Pro yearly page says plans below Plus can have up to 10 retail locations.
Sources
Merchant Dash LLC may earn referral revenue from Shopify if you choose a paid Shopify plan or Shopify POS Pro after working with us. That never changes what you pay Shopify.