Features — nexo

Point of Sale

The fastest checkout your customers have ever seen.

Designed for speed — from scan to sale in seconds. Works on any tablet, handles every payment type, and never goes down when the power does.

Instant barcode scanningProducts load in under 100ms. No lag, no frustration at the till.

Split payments, discounts, voidsHandle complex transactions — split card and cash, apply promotions, reverse mistakes.

All SA payment typesDebit, credit, tap-to-pay, EFT, and cash. One device, every method.

Multi-staff, multi-tillUnlimited staff with role-based permissions. One manager login, multiple cashiers.

Avg 19 mins saved per day at checkoutThat's over 6 hours a week your team gets back.

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Active transaction Live

Flat White × 2

R 90.00

Croissant × 1

R 45.00

Eggs Benedict × 2

R 280.00

TOTALR 415.00

✓ APPROVED — Visa Debit Saved vs industry avg: R 8.08

Inventory status 3 alerts

Flat White Beans

142

Good stock

Oat Milk

⚠ Low

Croissants

⚠ Reorder

Paper Cups (L)

850

Stocked

⚠ WhatsApp alert sent · Croissants & Oat Milk running low

Inventory Management

Never run out. Never overstock.

Real-time inventory that updates with every sale. Know what's running low before your customer asks for it.

Auto-deduct on saleStock levels update the second a transaction completes. No manual counting.

Low-stock WhatsApp alertsGet a message when stock drops below your threshold. Set custom levels per product.

Supplier managementStore supplier contacts, lead times, and order history. Reorder in one tap.

Recipe costingFor restaurants: track ingredient usage per dish and actual cost per sale.

Avg stockout costs R 2,400 in lost salesnexo catches 94% of them before they happen.

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Built-in CRM

Know your customers better than they know themselves.

Every customer automatically tracked — purchase history, lifetime value, favourite products, visit frequency. Run loyalty offers without a third-party app.

Automatic customer profilesEvery card payment builds a customer record. No sign-up required from them.

Lifetime value trackingSee each customer's total spend, average basket, and visit cadence at a glance.

Built-in loyalty programmePoints, stamps, or spend-based rewards — no third-party app or integration needed.

Win-back campaignsAutomatically flag customers who haven't visited in 30, 60, or 90 days.

Repeat customers spend 67% more than new onesnexo tracks them automatically — no extra app needed.

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Customer profile Gold member

Thabo Mokoena

Customer since Jan 2024 · 1,240 pts

R 8,420

Lifetime value

Total visits

R 247

Avg basket

Last visit 3 days ago

Decisions backed by real numbers.

Daily sales reports, product performance, staff metrics, and customer trends — all in one dashboard. No spreadsheets. No data analyst needed.

Daily email reportsYesterday's performance in your inbox every morning at 7am. No logging in required.

Top products by revenue and marginKnow which lines to push and which to drop — without guessing.

Hour-by-hour foot trafficKnow your peak hours. Staff appropriately. Never be caught short-handed.

Savings trackerA running total of what you've saved vs your previous provider. Watch it grow every month.

Businesses using daily analytics grow 31% fasterYour 7am report covers yesterday before your first coffee.

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Offline mode

A dropped connection won't cost you another sale.

Nexo is built for South Africa's reality. When your connection drops, you keep trading. Transactions queue locally and sync the moment you're back online — zero data loss, zero interruption.

100% uptime guaranteenexo has never missed a transaction due to connectivity issues. Not once.

Local transaction queueUnlimited transactions stored locally while offline. Syncs automatically on restore.

Under 3 second syncWhen power returns, everything syncs before you've finished your coffee.

Zero data lossEvery transaction is cryptographically stored. Nothing is ever lost.

Businesses lose thousands every month to connectivity-related downtime.nexo has never missed a transaction during a network outage.

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System status Trading

Internet

No connection

nexo POS

Running normally

Inventory sync

Queuing locally

Queued transactions

Lunch special × 2R 380

Cappuccino × 3R 102

Boutique shirtR 890

⚡ Connection restored · Syncing 3 transactions… done in 1.8s

Transaction fees compared on R100K/month

Payfac Provider A2.95% · R 2,950/mo

Payfac Provider B2.75% · R 2,750/mo

PayFast2.50% · R 2,500/mo

nexo (direct debit)~1.0% · R 1,000/mo

Your annual saving vs payfac

R 0

+ software pays for itself from month 1

Direct bank rates

No Payfac. No markup. Just the bank rate.

Many SA payment providers are Payment Facilitators — they sit between your bank and your customer, adding their margin to every transaction. Nexo negotiates direct agreements with SA banks. No middleman. No markup.

~1% on debit transactionsCompared to 2.75–3.5% with Payfac providers. That's real money, every month.

Volume-based negotiationThe more you process, the better your rate. We negotiate on your behalf.

All major SA banksFNB, Standard Bank, Nedbank, Absa, Capitec. We work with all of them.

Savings cover the softwareMost businesses save more on fees than they pay for nexo. The software is effectively free.

Most businesses save more than the software costsThe fee saving alone makes nexo effectively free from month 1.

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Integrations

Your books, always up to date.

nexo syncs directly with Xero, so every sale, refund, and payment hits your accounting software automatically — no manual exports, no reconciliation headaches.

Automatic sales sync Every transaction posts to Xero in real time — no CSVs, no copy-paste.

VAT-ready reporting Tax categories mapped correctly out of the box — ready for SARS submissions.

One-click bank reconciliation Payments and payouts matched automatically — month-end takes minutes.

Your accountant will love it Share live Xero access — no chasing statements or sending reports manually.

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Xero Sync Live

Connected to Xero

Syncing automatically

Sales posted today

R 14 820

Synced ✓

VAT collected

R 1 929

Synced ✓

Unreconciled items

All clear

Last synced: just now · Next sync in 5 min

Built for your industry

Different businesses, same platform.

nexo adapts to how your business works — retail, restaurant, service, or enterprise.

Retail businesses save avg R 14,200/yr with nexo

2.5%

Avg fee saving vs payfac

40%

Less time on stocktakes

3 days

Avg payback period

The problem

Inventory chaos. Products listed as in-stock but sold out on the shelf. Spreadsheets last updated on Tuesday. Supplier numbers scattered across WhatsApp chats.

The nexo solution

Real-time inventory that updates with every scan. WhatsApp alerts when stock drops low. Supplier management built in. Know what you have, exactly, at any moment.

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Barcode scanning for instant checkout
Multi-category inventory management
Low-stock WhatsApp alerts
Supplier reorder management
Customer loyalty tracking
Direct bank rates on every transaction

Restaurants save avg R 18,600/yr with nexo

23 min

Faster table turnover

Kitchen order errors

2.5%

Fee saving on card txns

The problem

Orders lost between front-of-house and kitchen. Tables waiting 20 minutes for a bill. No idea which dishes are actually profitable once you factor in ingredient costs.

The nexo solution

Kitchen Display System synced to every order. Table management so staff always know the status. Recipe costing so you know your actual margin per dish.

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Kitchen Display System (KDS)
Table management and floor plan
Split bills and course ordering
Recipe and ingredient costing
End-of-day reconciliation
Direct bank rates on card payments

Service businesses save avg R 11,400/yr with nexo

80%

Fewer no-shows with deposits

4 hrs

Admin saved per week

2.5%

Fee saving per payment

The problem

Double-booked appointments. Clients who show up without paying deposits. No visibility into which services drive revenue — and which are just keeping you busy.

The nexo solution

Integrated booking with mandatory deposits. Automated reminders to cut no-shows. CRM built around client history — know who's loyal and who's drifting.

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Integrated booking system
Deposit collection upfront
Automated WhatsApp reminders
Client history and preferences
Service revenue analytics
Direct bank rates on payments

Enterprise clients save avg R 60,000+/yr with nexo

Locations, one dashboard

~1%

Direct bank debit rate

2 days

Monthly reconciliation saved

The problem

Five locations, five different systems, zero consolidated reporting. A finance team spending two days a month reconciling spreadsheets. Transaction fees eating into margin at scale.

The nexo solution

Centralised multi-location management. One dashboard for all sites. Consolidated P&L reporting. And at your volume, negotiated bank rates that save you significantly more than any software cost.

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Unlimited locations, one dashboard
Consolidated multi-location reporting
Volume-negotiated bank rates
Dedicated account manager
API access and custom integrations
SLA guarantee and 24/7 support

One system. Every tool.

The fastest checkout your customers have ever seen.

Never run out. Never overstock.

Know your customers better than they know themselves.

Decisions backed by real numbers.

A dropped connection won't cost you another sale.

Find out what it would save you.

No Payfac. No markup. Just the bank rate.

Your books, always up to date.

Different businesses, same platform.

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