RICS>Pay is now baked into the platform, and stores that want to keep their own merchant account get squeezed for it month after month. WinSale is the POS that lets you pick your own processor and keep the rate you negotiated.
Migration is free, and we bring your inventory, customer accounts, and sales history with you. You leave RICS, not your data.
The reasons stores are walking away from RICS
Forced processing
Payments are now bundled into the platform. Keeping the merchant account you already had, and the rate you fought for, gets harder every renewal.
Monthly penalties
Opt out of their in-house processing and you can be charged extra every single month. That's a fee for the privilege of choosing your own bank.
No leverage
When your software and your payments are the same vendor, you lose the ability to shop your rate, switch, or negotiate. You're a captive account.
Rising total cost
Subscription plus mandatory processing plus penalties adds up fast, and it rarely moves in your favor at renewal time.
Your data, their terms
Inventory, customers, and transaction history live inside a system designed to keep you from leaving easily.
Support that scales away
As vendors grow, the personal, pick-up-the-phone help that small retailers actually need tends to disappear.
RICS vs. WinSale on the thing that matters
Same job, different philosophy. One keeps you locked to its payment rails. The other works for your store.
Comparison reflects common retailer concerns about bundled in-house processing. Verify current RICS terms directly with RICS.
Leaving RICS is free. You don't start over.
The thing keeping most stores stuck isn't the software, it's the fear of losing everything they've built inside it. We handle the move so you don't.
Free migration
We do the heavy lifting to move you off RICS at no migration cost. No "data extraction" surprise invoice on the way out.
Your history comes with you
Inventory, item records, and sales history transfer over so your reporting and reordering pick up where they left off.
Customers stay yours
Customer accounts, contact info, and purchase history move with you. The relationships you built don't reset to zero.
What we can migrate depends on the data RICS makes available for export. On your first call we confirm exactly what transfers from your account before you commit to anything.
Get your free switch plan
Tell us about your store. We'll show you exactly what moving off RICS looks like, what you'd keep, and how you hold onto your own processor. No pressure, no obligation.
Prefer to talk? Call 843-476-4767 or email support@winsale.net