Buying a POS in the Philippines
Most of what you will read while choosing a POS was written by people selling one. These guides are written to be useful even if you do not buy from us — they explain what the claims mean, how to check them, and what to ask. Run every one of them against WSI POS as well.
Guides
BIR accreditation for a POS: what it actually means
The claim on almost every Philippine POS website, unpacked: supplier accreditation versus your own Permit to Use, the 13 system features BIR evaluates during a system demonstration, what must be printed on your receipts, and six questions worth asking any vendor. Includes a plain statement of where WSI POS stands — we are not accredited today and do not claim to be.
Read the guideOffline reliabilityHow to test a POS offline mode in 10 minutes
A short test you can run during one shift on any system, including ours: disconnect mid-order, finish the sale, restart the app, print a reading, then reconnect and check for duplicates and gaps. Includes what a pass and a fail look like, and why the reconnection step is the one nobody tests.
Read the guideFree tools
POS cost calculator
Compare a prepaid bundle against a monthly subscription over 12, 24 and 36 months, with VAT and hardware handled properly. Shows upfront cash, effective monthly and the break-even monthly fee.
Open the toolOperationsMenu margin calculator
What a menu item actually earns once 12% VAT comes out of a VAT-inclusive Philippine menu price, plus what a Senior Citizen or PWD sale leaves behind.
Open the toolThe 12-point due diligence checklist
Take this to every demo. A vendor who cannot answer these plainly is telling you something, and a vendor who gets defensive about item 2 or item 7 is telling you more.
- Ask for the total cost of the term you are considering, in writing, with VAT stated either way.
- Ask what happens to your sales data if you stop paying — and get the answer in writing.
- Disconnect the internet mid-order and finish the sale. Watch the connection, not the demo.
- Restart the application while still offline and confirm your offline sales survived.
- Reconnect and check that every offline sale appears exactly once.
- Print an X-reading or Z-reading while disconnected.
- Ask whether the kitchen display depends on the internet or your local network.
- Ask for the vendor's BIR accreditation number and its validity date, and what model it covers.
- Ask who secures your Permit to Use, by when, and what documents fall on you.
- Ask whether the bundled hardware will work with different software later.
- Ask for a written exit path: how you export your records if you leave.
- Check whether the price includes implementation, staff training and post-go-live support.
Ask us all twelve
Book a demo and bring the checklist. We will answer every item on it, including the ones that are inconvenient for us.