Starting with 2026 pay, W-2s include tips and a job code. This quick check covers how to tell a tip from a service charge, check your automatic gratuity, read your tip reports, and make cash tips easy to report.

Restaurant gift card sales don’t wait for Black Friday. This quick check covers which gift card options to offer, how to test a sale and redemption, what to review with your team, and where to find your gift card reports before the rush.

We know it’s crazy to think about, but the holidays are coming up quicker than you think! This quick checklist covers what to update, test, and stock up on now, from menus and printers to seasonal staff, gift cards, and backup plans.

Discover how Square online ordering and Neighborhoods on Cash App can help restaurants attract new customers, take direct online orders with qualifying 1% processing, offer rewards, build customer relationships, and grow direct business across Cash App, Google, Apple, and AI-powered platforms.

Square goes beyond checkout by connecting online sales, retail reporting, customer loyalty, employee management, and cash-flow tools in one flexible system.

Square helps retailers connect the entire sales process, from organizing products and tracking inventory to managing vendors, receiving purchase orders, processing returns, and completing checkout. See how Square can bring the stockroom, sales floor, and checkout counter together in one system.

Square can help contractors and service businesses manage much more than payments. Learn how to create professional estimates, collect deposits, schedule appointments, send contracts and invoices, accept mobile or online payments, organize customer records, and keep every job connected from the first quote through final payment.

Square is no longer limited to basic counter service. See how its restaurant tools connect front-of-house service, kitchen operations, online ordering, customer management, and reporting, and learn where Square tends to fit best.

See how Square Reporting connects sales, inventory, labor, customers, and fees through custom reports and Managerbot insights that support smarter decisions.

Square Managerbot uses AI to monitor sales, labor, inventory, and customer activity. It can identify issues, recommend actions, draft schedules, prepare purchase orders, update catalogs, and create marketing campaigns with the owner’s approval.

Square Managerbot goes beyond traditional reporting by proactively monitoring sales, labor, inventory, customers and more. It brings important insights to your attention, recommends practical next steps and helps turn business data into action while keeping you in control.

Square Invoices is an online invoicing solution that allows businesses to create estimates, convert them into invoices, send invoices from a phone or computer, accept secure online payments, and keep project documentation together in one place. It's designed to simplify billing, improve cash flow, and help businesses spend less time chasing payments.

Build Customer Loyalty That Lasts.
Learn how Square Loyalty helps restaurants, retail stores, salons, cafés, and other small businesses increase repeat business with customizable rewards, customer insights, and integrated marketing tools.

Square Appointments: Online Booking, Payments & Client Management
Learn how Square Appointments helps businesses reduce no-shows, accept payments, manage staff schedules, and deliver a better customer experience.

Discover how Square Checking helps businesses improve cash flow with instant access to eligible sales, automatic savings, interest-earning reserves, and no monthly banking fees. Learn why more business owners are using Square to manage payments, banking, and savings in one connected platform.

Learn how Square POS pricing works, including Free, Plus, and Premium plans, payment processing, hardware costs, optional add-ons, and third-party integrations. Discover what's included, what may cost extra, and why many restaurants, retailers, salons, and service businesses choose Square's transparent, contract-free pricing model.

Square has become one of the most recognizable POS systems on the market, but many businesses still underestimate how flexible it can be. This post explores the industries where Square is commonly used and how businesses are using it day to day.

Why are so many businesses choosing Square? From flexible hardware and streamlined pricing to online ordering, mobile devices, reporting, and business management tools, Square has become far more than a simple payment processor. This post breaks down why businesses across every industry continue turning to Square and how the right local support can make the platform even more powerful.

Square is simple to start, but setup and support haven’t always been. Now it’s backed by local setup, installation, training, and support through HCS. Learn what’s changed, how the dealer-supported program works, and how to get your system set up the right way from day one.

As third-party service fees skyrocket, Learn why more restaurant owners are prioritizing direct online ordering to reduce fees, improve margins, and stay in control of their business.