Creating your account and subscription
From the signup page to first login: what to choose, what a "seat" means, and where to manage your subscription later.
On this page
Signing up takes minutes and needs no card. You pick a plan, name your account, verify your email, and your account is provisioned with its own database and domain. The free trial lasts 7 days; after that you subscribe from your account portal whenever you like.
1. Choose a plan
Three plans, priced by what works at the same time, not by how many accounts exist:
| Plan | For | Pricing unit |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting | Accounting, inventory and purchasing without a point of sale | Per user working at the same time |
| POS | A fast cashier that works offline | Per point of sale open at the same time |
| Accounting + POS | The whole system: every sale becomes a journal entry | Concurrent users + concurrent POS, at a lower per-seat price |
Choose monthly or yearly. Displayed prices include VAT and appear itemised on the invoice.
What is a "seat"?
- Concurrent users: how many people work in the panel at the same time (management, accounting, inventory). User accounts themselves are unlimited; you pay for those working together.
- Concurrent POS: how many devices sell at the same time. Each point of sale includes its cashier, so the cashier needs no extra user seat.
During the trial
The free trial starts with at most three seats of each kind and is raised to what you choose when you subscribe.
2. Store details
- Store or company name as you want it in the panel and on invoices (editable later in settings).
- Your account address: English letters, digits and hyphens only, 3 to 40 characters, such as
my-shop. It becomes your login addressmy-shop.sahl.ps. The form tells you immediately whether it is available and suggests an alternative if not. - City and business type (optional): supermarket, retail, clothing, electronics, restaurant, café, fast food, pharmacy or other.
Restaurant or café?
If you pick restaurant, café or fast food, the restaurant module is enabled with your account at no extra charge: floor plan, kitchen display, ordering devices and QR ordering by guests. The module runs on top of the point of sale, so choose the POS or Accounting + POS plan. Details in Enabling and setting up the restaurant module.
3. Account owner details
Full name, email (the verification code and login details go there), mobile number, and a password of at least 8 characters that you use for the panel and your account portal. An email or mobile number cannot be used for two accounts. Read the terms of use and privacy policy, then press Create trial account.
4. Email verification
A 6-digit code arrives. Enter it on the verification page. If it does not arrive within a minute, check your spam folder or press "Resend". The code expires and has a limited number of attempts; after that you request a new one.
5. Provisioning and login details
After verification a "Setting up your account" page appears: your database and domain are created, usually in under a minute. Then your login details appear and are also sent to your email:
- Login link:
https://your-account.sahl.ps/admin/login - Username as shown on the page, and the password you chose.
From the same page you can download the Sahl app for cashiers from the store. Continue with First login and the main menu.
Managing the subscription later
Inside the panel: Settings → Billing and subscription. It shows the plan and its status (trial, active, expired in limited mode, suspended), the end date and days left, and the seats in use versus purchased for both users and POS. The Manage subscription and payments button opens your account portal with single sign-on, where you change the plan, raise seats and review invoices and payments. This menu item appears to whoever holds the feature-update permission, normally the account owner.
Reducing seats
Raising seats is immediate. Reducing them is scheduled for the next renewal and shown on the page as a "scheduled reduction", so nobody's session is cut mid-month.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a card for the trial?
No. The trial is 7 days with no card, and you subscribe whenever you want from your account portal.
What is the difference between users and seats?
Users are unlimited. Seats are how many work at the same time; five employees taking turns on two seats need only two seats.
Can I change the account address later?
The address is part of your domain and cannot be changed from the panel. Choose it carefully; a custom domain of your own can be connected later through support.