Connect your POS
Link Square or Lightspeed Retail to a register so sales sync and members get digital receipts.
If you take payments with Square or Lightspeed Retail (X-Series), you can connect it to MyNearStores from the merchant dashboard. There is nothing to install and no code to write.
Connections are made per terminal: a terminal is one register or checkout point in one of your stores. Each terminal can be linked to one Square account or one Lightspeed store.
Before you start
- Your store is set up in the dashboard (see Getting started).
- You can sign in to your Square or Lightspeed account as an owner or admin, because you will be asked to approve access.
- Allow pop-ups for the dashboard. The Square and Lightspeed sign-in opens in a pop-up window.
Add a terminal
In the dashboard, open Terminal → Add Terminal.
Choose the Store, name the Terminal (for example "Front counter"), and pick your Billing Software. Fill in the remaining details and save.
Repeat for each register you want to connect.
Connect Square or Lightspeed
Open Terminal → All Terminals. Each terminal has a Square and a Lightspeed column.
Click Connect in the column for your POS, on the row of the terminal you want to link.
Sign in to Square or Lightspeed in the pop-up and approve the access request. For Lightspeed, use the store address you normally sign in with (the yourstore in yourstore.retail.lightspeed.app).
The pop-up closes on its own and the column shows Connected.
If the column still says Connect after the pop-up closes, the approval was declined or timed out. Click Connect again to retry.
What happens once connected
| POS | What syncs |
|---|---|
| Square | Payments taken on Square are recorded in MyNearStores, and sales recorded through MyNearStores appear in your Square sales reports. |
| Lightspeed Retail | Completed sales arrive in MyNearStores as they happen, and MyNearStores members get a secure digital receipt link for each purchase. |
Redeemed deals and synced sales show up in your analytics.
Disconnect
Open Terminal → All Terminals and click Disconnect next to Connected in the Square or Lightspeed column, then confirm. MyNearStores stops receiving sales from that account straight away. You can connect again at any time.
Using a different POS?
Square and Lightspeed Retail are the integrations available today. If your register software comes from another provider, contact us and tell us which system you use.