Point of Sale (POS) System

Geoffrey Goodfellow

Does anyone have a Point of Sale (POS) system that integrates fully with Blackbaud? We would be using this for selling items in our cafeteria and in our bookstore among other ideas. As far as I can tell, Blackbaud does no have a POS of its own, but I've reached out to my Account Exec for confirmation. I can see some school lunch options in the Blackbaud Marketplace, but they look more geared for hot lunch pre-ordering and other features rather than simply POS, but I hope to explore those third-party websites some more. Clearly, there are some sophisticated stand alone third-party POS systems where data could be transferred back and forth via .CSV files, but I would prefer something more seamlessly integrated with Blackbaud Merchant Services or Smart Tuition or Financial Edge along with student data from SIS. Thanks for your insight!

Brian Gray

@Geoffrey Goodfellow - We have been using Odin (odin-inc.com) in our bookstore for more than 3 years. They connect to the SIS, so new students are added and departing students are inactivated within an hour or so.

They handle credit cards via Square. They have POS terminals for Windows and iPads. (The Windows version can control a cash drawer.)

They have options to run on their cloud server or your local server. We run it locally. They have remote access to our virtual server to provide support and do software updates, etc.

We don't use Blackbaud's student billing, so I don't know if/how they tie into that. They developed a CSV export that our Business Office uses to transfer charges from Odin to our billing system. They also have an option for pre-paid accounts.

We have been happy with the product and their service. On the very few occasions that something went wrong, they fixed it quickly.