JET POS / Guides
What a POS actually costs you
Nine guides to the parts of a point-of-sale purchase that don't appear in the quote — written by people who sell POS hardware, sourced so you don't have to take our word for any of it.
The hidden fees in a POS system — the full list
Four layers of charges sit under every POS quote. The processing markup you can't see, per-device fees, add-on modules, and the exit costs. With the arithmetic.
12 min read · updated September 2026
Is a POS with no monthly fee real, or is there a catch?
Free software is real. Free POS is not. The four business models, who actually pays in each, and the volume where free becomes the expensive choice.
11 min read · updated September 2026
Can you keep your POS if you change payment processors?
Five mechanisms lock a merchant to one processor. Only one of them is technical. How to spot each before you sign, and how to escape after.
15 min read · updated September 2026
What happens to your POS when the internet goes down?
Six things can fail and only one is your internet. What survives each, what offline mode really does, and who eats the decline.
12 min read · updated September 2026
POS contracts, exit fees, and how to get out
A flat exit fee is a few hundred dollars. A liquidated damages clause is your monthly bill times every remaining month. Which one did you sign?
12 min read · updated September 2026
How to switch POS systems without closing for a day
You don't switch in a day — you switch in two weeks and cut over in an hour. The full runbook, including what doesn't move itself.
14 min read · updated September 2026
What AI actually does in a POS in 2026 — and what's just marketing
Thirteen AI features sorted into real, semi-real and marketing — with the independent measurements and a five-question demo test.
10 min read · updated September 2026
Can you charge customers a credit card fee?
Three practices, five prohibited jurisdictions, and the network rules that apply everywhere. Sourced to the statutes.
13 min read · updated September 2026
Do you actually need a kitchen display system?
A ten-point score to decide honestly, the real per-screen pricing, and the ticket-routing detail every cost comparison gets wrong.
12 min read · updated September 2026We'd rather you knew what you were buying.
JET sells POS stations outright: pay once, $0 a month for the software, no contract, and we take no cut of your card sales. That model only makes sense to a buyer who understands what the alternatives really cost — so these guides say where we win, and where we don't have the feature at all.