Point of sale features
Everything BelloPOS does, for wherever you sell
The whole list, grouped by what you are trying to do. Anything without a badge is in every plan, including the free Lite licence.
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Features that fit the Ethiopian counter
Every BelloPOS feature runs on the computer in your shop, so the counter keeps moving when the network is slow or the internet is cut. Sell from a touch screen or a keyboard, scan barcodes with any USB or Bluetooth scanner, open the cash drawer and print receipts on a 58 mm or 80 mm printer with your shop name, sub-city and phone number in the header. Stock goes down with each sale and up with each delivery, every movement is kept in the history, and low-stock alerts tell you what to reorder.
The paid plans add what Ethiopian traders ask for most. Go brings dubie accounts with limits and statements, wholesale price groups for suks, hotels and offices, purchase orders, sales export to PDF and scheduled backups. Pro adds tables and kitchen printing for cafés and restaurants, extra tills on your shop network and a phone app for waiters. Ares, the AI assistant, answers questions like which items sold best today. BelloPOS is not an MoR-accredited machine, so fiscal receipts stay with your accredited system.
Highlights for Ethiopian businesses
Keeps selling offline
Sales, stock, receipts and reports all run on your own PC or Mac. When the internet is cut or mobile data is slow, the counter carries on. Put the PC, router and printer on a UPS and you also trade through power cuts. Only Ares AI and plan activation need a connection.
Cash, telebirr and bank on every sale
Add the payment methods your shop takes and choose one on each sale, so every sale shows how it was paid. At closing, count the drawer against the day's sales and check telebirr, CBE Birr and bank transfer sales against their statements.
Dubie accounts instead of the book
Regulars who take goods on credit get a proper account in Go: a limit checked at the till, a ledger of every purchase and payment, and a printable statement at month-end. No more lost dubie books or arguments over what is owed.
Wholesale and retail from one stock
Give suks, hotels, offices and contractors their own price group in Go. Pick the customer at the till and the right price appears, while walk-in buyers pay the shelf price. Cartons, sacks and single units come from the same product list.
Staff logins and stock checks
Each cashier or waiter signs in as themselves, and roles decide who can void, discount or open the drawer. Go adds an activity log, and stock counts show the gap between the system and the shelf, which matters for high-value lines such as oil, coffee and drinks.
How Ethiopian businesses use BelloPOS
Minimarket in CMC, Addis Ababa
A minimarket with about 1,000 items scans everything at one till and prints labels for the rice, sugar and lentils it repacks. Deliveries from wholesalers in Merkato are booked in against the order, and the low-stock list shows what to buy before the weekend. Neighbours who pay at month-end have dubie accounts with limits. Tax receipts still come from the shop's accredited sales register machine.
Café and pastry shop in Bole, Addis Ababa
On Pro, the café runs a counter till, a kitchen printer and waiters' phones over its own Wi-Fi. Macchiato, buna and pastry orders go from the table to the bar at once, and each table keeps its own bill. Coffee, milk and flour come off stock as they sell. The receipt the customer must receive is issued by the café's accredited machine.
Wholesale and retail shop in Kezira, Dire Dawa
The shop sells by the carton to small suks and by the piece to walk-in buyers. With Go, each suk owner gets a wholesale price group and a credit account with a statement, so the owner knows who owes what before releasing more stock. Purchase orders track goods arriving from Addis Ababa, and Ares reports which lines move slowest.
Building materials shop in Bahir Dar
Contractors and individual builders buy cement, paint and fittings from the same counter at different prices. Contractors get a trade price group and a credit limit in Go, and every purchase and payment goes into their ledger. Each salesperson logs in with their own account, and only the owner can void a sale or change a price.
Checkout
Ringing up a sale, taking the money and handing over the receipt.
Checkout
Add items, add tax and take payment.
Read moreDiscounts
Give a discount on a line or on the whole sale.
Read moreDelivery companiesGo (Included from BelloPOS Go)
Send orders out with your delivery companies.
Read moreOrder notes & statusGo (Included from BelloPOS Go)
Add a note and a status to each order, with one-tap quick notes.
Receipts & invoices
Print small receipts or big A4 pages, with your shop name on top.
Read moreCustomer second screen
Your customer sees what they are buying on a second screen.
Read moreReceipts without watermarkGo (Included from BelloPOS Go)
Take the BelloPOS line off your receipts.
Read moreNo ads on the lock screenGo (Included from BelloPOS Go)
The promotional banner at the top of the login screen goes away.
Customer screen adsPro (Included in BelloPOS Pro)
Show your photos and videos on the customer screen.
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Catalog, stock & customers
What you sell, how much of it is left, and who buys it.
Products & categories
Add your products, groups, brands, taxes and ways to pay.
Read moreProduct options & variantsGo (Included from BelloPOS Go)
Sizes, colours and other options on one product, with a price for each variant.
Read moreScan to create
Scan a barcode the shop doesn't know yet to create that product on the spot, in a quick new-product form.
Read moreSmart search
Product search ignores accents and capitals and matches several words at once.
Read moreExcel & CSV import and export
Import and export products as Excel (.xlsx) or CSV files, or paste product rows straight from Excel.
Read moreInventory & barcodes
Know how much stock you have. Print barcode labels.
Read moreCustomers & suppliers
Keep a list of your customers and suppliers.
Read moreCustomer credit & statementsGo (Included from BelloPOS Go)
Let customers buy now and pay later. Set a limit and see what each one owes.
Read moreWholesale pricesGo (Included from BelloPOS Go)
Make price groups, like wholesale, each with its own price for every product.
Custom fieldsGo (Included from BelloPOS Go)
Your own fields on products and customers — warranty, origin, birthday, loyalty card — on the forms, the receipt, the search and the Excel files.
Read moreManage purchasesGo (Included from BelloPOS Go)
Order from suppliers, add new stock and save what you paid.
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Staff & control
Who works the till, what they may do, and what they did.
Reporting
Where the money went, in numbers you can act on.
Sales history
See past sales. Change them, cancel them or print them again.
Read moreAnalytics dashboardGo (Included from BelloPOS Go)
See your sales, your profit and your best products.
Read moreExpensesGo (Included from BelloPOS Go)
Record rent, bills and other running costs by day or month, in your own categories, with charts and export to CSV, Excel or PDF.
Read moreSalariesGo (Included from BelloPOS Go)
Pay your staff by day or month, bonuses included, with each employee's history and export to CSV, Excel or PDF.
Read moreAres AI assistantGo (Included from BelloPOS Go)
Ask in plain words. Ares adds products, finds sales and builds reports, in the app or on Telegram. It uses your own Gemini or DeepSeek key.
Export invoicesGo (Included from BelloPOS Go)
Save all the invoices and receipts of a period as PDF.
Read moreTelegram / email reportsPro (Included in BelloPOS Pro)
Get your reports sent to you by email or Telegram.
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Restaurant
Tables, the kitchen pass, and taking orders away from the counter.
Restaurant modulePro (Included in BelloPOS Pro)
Draw your rooms and tables, and send orders to the kitchen.
Read moreKitchen web appPro (Included in BelloPOS Pro)
The kitchen sees new orders on a phone or tablet.
Read moreHandheld web appPro (Included in BelloPOS Pro)
Take orders, and repair tickets with Services, on a phone. It uses the same data as your till.
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Services
Repairs, bookings and on-site jobs: each with its status, parts and payments.
Services: jobs, bookings and repairsPro (Included in BelloPOS Pro)
Repairs, bookings and on-site jobs for 19 service trades — phone repair, garages, laundries, salons, plumbers and more — with statuses, quotes, parts, payments, warranty and printed tickets.
Read moreService calendarPro (Included in BelloPOS Pro)
Appointments, visits and due dates by month, week or day, per technician. Drag a ticket to reschedule it.
Read moreService invoicesPro (Included in BelloPOS Pro)
Invoices for repairs and service work in their own numbered series, with credit notes and the total in words.
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Runs anywhere
The part that keeps working when the internet does not.
Works fully offline
You do not need internet to sell.
Read more36 languages, including French, English, Arabic, Spanish and Portuguese
Use the app and print receipts in your own language.
Free monthly updates
A new version every month. Free on every plan.
Automatic backupsGo (Included from BelloPOS Go)
Save a copy of your data on a schedule, and bring it back if you need it.
Read moreMulti-terminal (server / client)Pro (Included in BelloPOS Pro)
Use many tills in one shop. One main PC keeps all the data.
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