Why start small
Most shops use a small part of any program in the first months: sell, print, open the drawer, see the day's total. Credit, stock counts, suppliers and a second till come later — sometimes much later, sometimes never. Buying all of it on day one means paying for switches that stay off.
But “small” only works if growing does not mean starting over. The real cost of a program is not the licence: it is the evenings you spend typing products, and the day you lose them because you had to change programs. That is why the rule in PosMasr is simple: every package includes the one below it, and moving up keeps your products, your sales and your settings.
Retail Silver on the PC: pay once, sell
Retail Silver is the first step of the desktop edition for shops: a lifetime licence for the shop's first till, 2,450 EGP once (a café starts on F&B Silver, 4,900 EGP). What is in it:
- Selling on the touch screen or with a barcode scanner, and printed receipts.
- Products with their pictures, and the ready catalogue of more than 50,000 products to fill the list in an evening.
- Discounts and returns.
- The daily close, and a backup you can restore.
It works without internet, and your records are kept on your own PC. It fits any shop with one till: a kiosk, a grocery, a pharmacy, a stationery or accessories shop. And it is not cut down: stock, receiving, stock counts and expiry dates, suppliers and what you owe them, customers and credit, cashier accounts with their own rights, shifts and the drawer count are all in it. Labels, the scale, promotions and the second-till link come with Retail Gold; the phone dashboard on the PC comes with Retail Platinum. A café on F&B Silver gets the menu with sizes and add-ons, shifts and customers, and on the PC stock and suppliers too.
Retail Silver online: the shop on any device for the least
Retail Silver is the first plan of PosMasr Online for shops: 125 EGP a month. The limits are clear: one till and three users. Inside: everything Retail Silver has on the PC — selling, receipts, stock, suppliers, customers and credit, shifts — and the phone dashboard. A café starts on F&B Silver at 249 EGP a month.
What you get for being online is the same as on the bigger plans: nothing to set up on a server, the shop opens in any browser on a phone, tablet or laptop, the online side updates itself, a backup every day, and the till keeps selling when the line drops. Selling needs the till program on the shop's PC (Windows, and Mac and Linux as a preview). The online menu and table QR come with F&B Gold, and the online shop with Retail Platinum.
It fits a shop with one till, like a phone accessories kiosk or a grocery, and, on F&B Silver, a juice or coffee counter or a small bakery — especially when the owner is not in the shop all day and wants the numbers on the phone (see your shop on your phone).
The packages side by side
On the PC: a one-time licence per shop
| Package | Adds (each includes everything above it) | Price (EGP, once) |
|---|---|---|
| Retail Silver | Everything a working shop needs: selling, receipts, barcodes, the ready catalogue, discounts, returns, stock, receiving, stock-take, expiry, suppliers and expenses, customers and credit, cashier accounts and rights, shifts and cash control, customer display, daily close, backup | 2,450 launch price 1,838 until 31 Dec |
| Retail Gold | Labels, weight barcodes and the scale, promotions, loyalty, purchasing, wholesale and retail prices, the second-till link | 4,250 launch price 3,188 until 31 Dec |
| Retail Platinum | Phone dashboard, e-receipts, e-mail reports, exports, the accountant feed | 6,450 launch price 4,838 until 31 Dec |
| Restaurants and cafés: F&B Silver, F&B Gold, F&B Platinum | Silver: the menu with sizes and add-ons, shifts, customers, stock and suppliers; Gold: kitchen screen, tables, held orders, the second-till link; Platinum: delivery desk, e-receipts, e-mail reports, exports, phone dashboard | 4,900 / 8,500 / 12,900 launch price 3,675 / 6,375 / 9,675 until 31 Dec |
Online: a monthly plan per shop
| Plan | Tills and users | Adds (each includes everything above it) | EGP a month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail Silver | 1 till, 3 users | Everything a working shop needs: selling, receipts, the ready catalogue, discounts, returns, stock, suppliers, customers and credit, cashier accounts, shifts and cash control, the full report history, phone dashboard | 125 |
| Retail Gold | 2 tills, 6 users | Labels, weight barcodes and the scale, promotions, loyalty, purchasing, price levels | 249 |
| Retail Platinum | 4 tills, 15 users, up to 3 branches | Branches, e-receipts, e-mail reports, exports, the accountant feed, the online shop | 375 |
| Retail Chain | 30 tills, 30 users, up to 10 branches | Branches, one report for all of them | 625 + 65 per branch after the tenth |
| Restaurants and cafés: F&B Silver, F&B Gold, F&B Platinum, F&B Chain | The same tills, users and branches, tier for tier | Silver: the menu with sizes and add-ons, shifts, customers; Gold: kitchen screen, tables, held orders, stock and suppliers, the online menu and table QR; Platinum: delivery desk, e-receipts, e-mail reports, exports | 249 / 499 / 749 / 1,249 + 125 per branch after the tenth |
The full tables are on the pricing page and, feature by feature, on the compare page; the online plans and their limits are on the PosMasr Online page.
The signs it is time to move up
Do not upgrade on a feeling. Upgrade when one of these shows up in the shop — each points at the step that solves it:
| What you notice | Desktop | Online |
|---|---|---|
| You want to compare with months ago | — | Already in every plan |
| Customers ask you to “write it down”, and the notebook is back | Already in every plan for shops | Already in every plan for shops |
| A second person at the counter, and you want each on their own account with a count of the drawer | Already in every plan for shops | Already in every plan for shops |
| You do not know what is on the shelf, goods expire, or supplier invoices pile up | Already in every plan for shops | Already in every plan for shops |
| You want shelf labels, a scale, promotions or wholesale prices | Retail Gold | Retail Gold |
| A queue that needs a second till | Gold (Retail Gold or F&B Gold) links the second till; its licence is 1,000 EGP on Silver or 1,500 EGP on Gold and Platinum | Retail Gold or F&B Gold (2 tills) |
| Sizes and add-ons on the menu | F&B Silver | F&B Silver |
| Tables or a kitchen screen | F&B Gold | F&B Gold |
| You want the shop on your phone | Retail Platinum or F&B Platinum | Already in every plan |
| E-receipts | Retail Platinum or F&B Platinum | Retail Platinum or F&B Platinum |
| A second branch | — | Retail Platinum or F&B Platinum (up to 3 branches) |
Not sure which online plan your shop is at today? Answer a few questions about your shop in the plan helper and it names the plan.
Moving up keeps your data
On the PC: you pay the difference between the two packages and get a new key for the same PC. Nothing is reinstalled; the products, the sales and the settings are exactly where you left them, and the new buttons appear. The same happens at the end of the 14-day trial: type the key and everything you entered during the trial is still there.
Online: Billing → Change plan, any day of the month. You pay the difference for the days left in the month, and the new plan's features switch on once it is paid. Moving down takes effect from the next month. The 14-day trial runs on Platinum for your line (Retail Platinum or F&B Platinum), so watch which pages you actually opened — that is your plan.
And between the two editions: your data is yours. You can export everything at any time, and a desktop shop that wants to go online takes its products, customers and sales history with it in one file — see moving to PosMasr Online. More in your data is yours.
Two common mistakes
- The biggest package “just in case”. Features you never switch on are money you paid for nothing. Use the trial as a test: whatever you did not touch in it, you do not need yet.
- The smallest package when you already have the signs. If you already print shelf labels or weigh goods, or you already run tables and a kitchen, starting on Silver only means upgrading next week. Start at the step your shop is at today, not the cheapest one.
And compare the whole cost, not the price tag: the hours to set up, to learn and to enter products count too. The total cost of a POS does the sum, “free” costs your time explains the hidden part, and how to choose a POS has the checklist.
Quick answers
Is Retail Silver a trial or a time-limited licence?
Neither. It is a lifetime licence for the shop's first till, like the other packages. The free trial is separate: 14 days with every feature of Platinum for your line, before you buy anything.
Retail Silver on the PC or online: which one for me?
On the PC if you want to pay once (2,450 EGP for a shop, 4,900 EGP for a café on F&B Silver), keep the data on your own PC and never depend on the internet. Online (125 EGP a month for a shop, 249 EGP for a café) if you are often away and want the shop on your phone, with a backup every day and nothing to update yourself. Online or on the PC compares the two editions in full.
My shop is on Retail Silver online and needs labels or a scale. What now?
Move up to Retail Gold, which adds labels, weight barcodes and the scale, promotions and loyalty, from Billing → Change plan. The difference is 125 EGP a month (249 − 125); you pay it for the rest of the month and keep every product and sale.
Do I reinstall the program to move from Silver to Gold on the PC?
No. You pay the difference — 1,800 EGP from Retail Silver to Retail Gold (4,250 − 2,450), or 3,600 EGP from F&B Silver to F&B Gold (8,500 − 4,900) — type the new key on the same PC, and the Gold features appear with your data as it was.
Find your step, then start there
Compare the desktop packages of both lines feature by feature, or let the plan helper pick the online plan for your shop.
