Syncrostore vs. GoAntiquing! POS
GoAntiquing! has been serving antique malls for a long time and knows the business well. The difference between the two products is not really a feature list — it is architecture. GoAntiquing! is a Windows program that runs on computers inside your building. Syncrostore runs in the cloud. Almost every practical difference below follows from that one fact.
GoAntiquing! details as published on goantiquing.net, August 2026. Verify before you switch.
The software is where the computer is
GoAntiquing! describes itself as on-premise desktop software that runs on Microsoft Windows, tested from Windows XP through Windows 11. Each register is a licensed copy installed on a machine at that address. The admin functions are a separate copy again.
That design was the sensible one when it was built. It carries a set of consequences that have nothing to do with how good the software is:
What cloud actually changes
Not the feature list. The distance between you and your store.
Syncrostore opens in a browser on whatever you are holding. Owners check the store from home on a Sunday. Managers run a settlement from the sales floor. Vendors see their own ledger without asking anyone to print it.
None of that is a feature we built. It is what happens when the software is not tied to a desk.
Where the products genuinely differ
From anywhere, or from that chair
GoAntiquing! offers remote support through Splashtop, which lets a technician reach your machine. That is support access, not owner access. Syncrostore has no back-office machine to reach — the store is a login, and it opens on a laptop, a tablet, or a phone.
A portal, not a mailing list
Dealer visibility in GoAntiquing! is the Dealer Gateway, a separate service billed per dealer per month with a minimum purchase, where dealers run sales reports or receive summary emails. In Syncrostore the vendor portal is part of the platform: every vendor sees their own live ledger, balance, and statements, at no extra charge and with no minimum.
Adding a register, adding a building
Another till in GoAntiquing! is another licensed copy on another Windows machine, and a second location is licensed separately by street address. Syncrostore adds a register as a line on your subscription, and Enterprise runs several buildings on one set of books with consolidated reporting.
Whose job is the backup
GoAntiquing! sells a data backup service and asks stores plainly to back up their data. It is a reasonable ask for desktop software — and it is a task that lands on you. With Syncrostore your data lives on managed infrastructure with backups handled as part of the service, not as a subscription you might forget to renew.
Settlements that run themselves
Syncrostore settles a whole cycle in one screen and pushes vendor payouts to their banks through SyncroACH™, or prints checks from the same run. Card processing is SyncroPay™, onboarded and supported by us rather than referred to an outside ISO, with the card fee accounted for on the vendor ledger.
A map, not a booth list
Syncrostore draws your building in 2D and 3D, colors it by sales over any date range, and shows vacancies and upcoming move-outs on the plan. For a mall with a few hundred booths, that is a different way of running the floor than reading a list of booth numbers.
Side by side
Compiled from the GoAntiquing! website and FAQ, August 2026. A dash means we could not find the capability in their published materials, not that it certainly does not exist. If something here is out of date or wrong, tell us and we will correct it — sales@syncrostore.com.
Questions worth asking either of us
If I am at home on a Sunday, how do I see yesterday’s sales?
This is the question that separates the two products. Ask it first, and ask what happens if the office PC is off, or fails.
What does it cost to add a second register — and a second building?
Get both numbers. Per-station licensing and per-location licensing are very different shapes from a single subscription, and the gap widens as you grow.
What do my vendors get, and is it billed separately?
Ask whether vendor access is included or priced per dealer, and whether there is a minimum. Then ask whether they see a live balance or a report someone has to send.
If I sell the store, what happens to the software?
Worth asking directly. Some perpetual licenses are non-transferable, which means the buyer of your business starts over. A subscription simply changes hands.
How do I get my data out?
Ask both of us how your vendor ledgers and inventory come out, and in what format. A vendor who will not answer that clearly is telling you something.
See it running on your phone
Thirty minutes in the live software. Open it on whatever you have in your hand — that is the whole demonstration.