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POS Evaluation Checklist for Bangladesh: 15 Questions Before You Buy

A practical checklist for comparing POS systems beyond price and receipt printing—especially for Baki, branches, backups and local retail workflows.

Do not choose a POS from the feature count alone

A long feature list can hide the questions that matter after installation. Before buying POS software for a Bangladeshi retail business, ask the vendor to demonstrate these workflows.

Checkout and payments

  1. Can staff scan/search products quickly?
  2. Can the POS record Cash, bKash, Nagad and Card/Bank separately?
  3. Can one sale use split payment?
  4. Can it handle returns and exchanges without manual stock correction?
  5. Does it print the receipt format you actually use, such as 80mm thermal?

Stock and purchasing

  1. Does every completed sale update inventory correctly?
  2. Can you record purchases and supplier information?
  3. Can you track stock transfers between branches?
  4. Can the system handle the product variants your business sells?

Customers and Baki

  1. Can you see customer-wise due balance and payment history?
  2. Can you trace a due amount back to sales and payments?

Branches and staff access

  1. Can users be restricted to specific branches?
  2. Can customer access be separated from supplier access?

Ownership and recovery

  1. Can the business owner download a database backup without calling a developer?
  2. How are updates installed, and is a backup created before the update?

The final test

Ask for a live workflow: purchase stock, sell an item, take a partial payment or local payment method, create a due, transfer stock to another branch, make a return/exchange, change staff permissions and download a backup.

The vendor that can demonstrate the complete workflow is easier to evaluate than the vendor with the longest brochure.