POS for convenience stores

A neighborhood corner store has very specific headaches that a generic POS doesn’t handle well. Lots of small, low-margin products, sales on store credit (known here as “fiado”), several suppliers on different terms, and waste that eats your margin if you don’t stay on top of it.

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What your POS has to do if you sell groceries

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How a typical corner store uses El Nido

An ordinary day:

• Morning: you scan barcodes with your phone camera to bring in new stock.
• Daytime: you ring up customers and log store credit (“fiado”) on their profile to collect later.
• Afternoon: when a regular asks you to “put it on the tab,” you record it in 3 taps.
• Evening: automatic register close, you see how much sold by category (sodas, dry goods, dairy), and what went out on credit to collect on Friday.

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Digital points card for corner stores

Your regulars (the neighbors who come by every day) collect points in Apple Wallet and Google Pay. No paper card that gets lost. No app to download. They give their number once, and on the next purchase their digital card is ready.

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When you don’t need this

• You sell fewer than 30 tickets a day and you keep a notebook you actually read.
• You have no employees (just you and a family member).
• You don’t care which product leaves the most margin.
• Your suppliers don’t extend credit and everything is cash.

At that size, a notebook and a calculator still work. A POS starts to make sense once there’s volume, employees ringing up sales, constant store credit, or growth.

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What it costs for your size

• Free ($0/mo): for a small store (up to 50 products, 1 user).
• Starter ($349/mo): 150 products, 2 users, basic loyalty with a digital points card, store credit accounts, and waste tracking.
• Pro ($699/mo): 300 products, 5 users, supplier reports, a live income statement, and advanced analytics.
• Business ($999/mo): everything unlimited plus Pío, your AI assistant.

More than one store? El Nido supports multiple locations, priced case by case. Message us on WhatsApp and we’ll put together the right setup. El Nido runs on $0 in transaction commissions, has processed 8,000+ sales and$700K+ MXN, and sets up in about 2 minutes with a 14-day free trial.