Services · Mobile app development · Point of sale apps
Codeeo takes on POS software development New York businesses need when the commuter rush, the tourist crowd and the late night order all hit the same counter. We build checkout apps, card terminal integrations, cash handling, tip tracking and reporting for delis and bodegas, Midtown lunch spots, SoHo boutiques and multi-unit groups across the five boroughs. Every build follows the state's credit card surcharge law and the city's rules on accepting cash.
New York is unforgiving on speed and on compliance. A line out the door at eight in the morning leaves no room for a slow screen, and a surcharge posted the wrong way can draw a complaint. We design for both from the first sketch, and we test with your real menu, your real price list and the devices already on your counter.
200+ companies across the US and the UAEFrom a first store to a listed developer
Built for New York counters
A coffee bar in the Flatiron District may serve hundreds of commuters before ten, then sit quiet until the afternoon. A Flushing restaurant takes large group orders in Mandarin and Cantonese. A SoHo store sells to visitors carrying cards from a dozen countries. Across Harlem, Astoria and the Lower East Side the mix changes again. What they share is a need for checkout that is quick, legally correct and easy to reconcile. Custom POS software development New York owners bring to us tends to begin with three things: card pricing that follows state law, cash handling that follows city law, and tax that reflects the New York City rate and its exemptions. Once those are right, we add the features that make your own operation faster, from kitchen tickets to delivery orders to loyalty. Each item below is optional; the first release includes the ones that solve your most expensive problems.
New York's surcharge law requires the total credit card price, surcharge included, to be posted clearly, and the surcharge cannot exceed what the card company charges you. The POS calculates the credit price, prints it on shelf tags and menus, applies it only to credit cards and never to debit, and supports two-tier cash and credit pricing if you prefer.
Posted prices and charged prices always match.
New York City requires most retail and food stores to accept cash and forbids charging cash customers more. The POS treats cash as a first-class tender with drawer counts, safe drops, change tracking and shift variances, so going card-only is never an accidental default.
Compliance with the city's cash rule and an accurate drawer every night.
Rates combine the state rate, the city rate and the commuter district surcharge, and New York City exempts clothing and footwear below a set price threshold. The POS applies the right rate per location, flags exempt items automatically and handles prepared food, which follows different rules from grocery items.
Receipts that match what you file with the state tax department.
Barcode and favorite-item shortcuts, saved regular orders, order ahead pickup and a second screen showing the customer their total. Lines move fast enough that the 8:15 crowd from the subway does not walk to the next deli. We measure taps per order during testing and cut any step that does not earn its place.
More transactions per minute at peak.
New York law limits what employers can take from gratuities. The POS records tips per worker and shift, supports pooling only among eligible staff, separates service charges from tips on the receipt and exports totals to payroll. Card tips are paid out in full, and any change to a tip after close needs a manager's approval and leaves a log entry.
Tip records that stand up if questioned.
Spanish, Chinese, Bengali, Russian and Korean are common on New York kitchen lines and counters. Staff choose their language at login and kitchen tickets print in it, while customers see English or your brand's own choice. Training guides follow the same languages.
Fewer wrong orders from language gaps.
Orders from delivery platforms and your own website arrive in one queue with your counter orders, item availability syncs across every channel, and courier pickups are tracked so bags do not pile up by the door.
One order line instead of a row of tablets.
Basement kitchens, underground concourses and storm outages all interrupt connections. The POS keeps selling, holds transactions encrypted on the device and syncs when service returns, with limits you set for offline card approvals. A banner on the screen tells managers how many sales are waiting to upload.
The register keeps working when the signal does not.
Sales by store, hour, item and cashier, surcharge and tip totals, cash variances and card settlement matching. Franchise operators with units in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens compare performance and push menu changes centrally. Reports export to the accounting tool you already use.
Every unit's day closed and compared before breakfast.
Customer data from loyalty and receipts is protected with the reasonable safeguards New York's SHIELD Act expects, card data stays in certified terminals for PCI DSS, and if you use any biometric sign-in or recognition, we flag the city's notice requirement for review.
Customer and card data handled to New York's standards.
Is this for you
Plenty of single shops in New York run happily on a packaged POS. The case for building your own grows with volume, locations, unusual pricing or the cost of add-ons. These are the businesses in the city where we most often see that case made, along with what we would build for each. None of them needs every feature on day one; the first release targets whatever costs you the most time or money today.
High volume, small baskets and a huge product range. We build quick-key layouts, barcode lookup for packaged goods, lottery and age check prompts where you need them, cash-first drawer controls and a manager view for each location. For chains, central price updates reach every corner store at once, including posted credit card prices. Owners also see which hours and which items carry each store, which helps when a landlord renewal or a new lease is on the table.
Speed and cash handling come first.
Groups with dining rooms in the West Village, Williamsburg and the Upper West Side need table maps, coursing, split checks, private event deposits and tip handling that matches New York labor rules. We connect kitchen displays, reservations and payroll so each manager closes the night from one screen, and owners compare rooms the next morning. Large party gratuities and event service charges are kept apart from voluntary tips on every receipt, so staff and guests can see what each charge is for.
Stores in SoHo, Nolita and on Madison Avenue sell to locals and visitors, handle exchanges, special orders and gift cards, and often run an online shop too. We tie in-store and online stock together, apply the clothing exemption correctly, and give associates a handheld so they can check out a customer anywhere on the floor. Tourists who want a receipt emailed in a hurry get it before they reach the door, and returns can be traced back to the original sale in seconds.
Owners running several units across the boroughs need consistent menus, pricing and compliance, with flexibility for local items and hours. We build central control with store-level permissions, a single sign-on for managers covering more than one unit, and reports that roll up by district or owner group. When the franchisor changes a recipe or a promotion, it reaches every unit on the same morning, with a record of which stores accepted it.
How engagement works
We do not have a New York office. Our team of 80+ is based in Dubai, Riyadh and Karachi and works with New York clients remotely, with discovery, design reviews, testing and training run by video call and followed by written notes. You speak directly with the POS software developers New York projects are staffed with, not through a chain of account managers, which keeps answers about a terminal error or a tax question short. Most clients begin with a fixed scope first release, then move to a monthly retainer; larger groups add a dedicated team. We have delivered 200+ projects across the UAE and the US and are rated 4.7 from 23 Google reviews.
A defined build with a deadline
We agree what the product has to do, write it down with a price and a date, and build exactly that. Changes are priced before they are made, not discovered on the invoice.
A product that keeps evolving
Named engineers who work your hours, join your standups and stay on the codebase. You direct the backlog; we own the quality of what ships.
Something live that needs looking after
A monthly block of hours for improvements, fixes and the small requests that otherwise wait months. Unused hours carry for a quarter.
Technology
Tablet and handheld apps for iOS and Android, a cloud back office, and the payment terminal SDK your chosen processor certifies. We keep the stack mainstream so another team, or your own hires, can maintain it without us. Release notes accompany every update so managers know what changed at the counter.
01Mobile
02Data and cloud
03Marketing and tracking
It depends on the number of stores, integrations and payment setup.
A single deli or cafe with checkout, card and cash handling, tax and reporting is a much shorter project than a multi-unit group needing delivery integrations, kitchen displays, loyalty and franchise reporting. Processor onboarding and terminal certification also add time, as does any migration of item lists, gift card balances and loyalty points from your old system. We agree the sequence of work in discovery and write the delivery plan down before design begins, so you can schedule training around your own calendar.
Schedule a free consultation and get a written recommendation, with costs, before you commit to anything.
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