Install to first printed bill, honestly timed.
Three of the four steps take about a minute. One of them takes an evening, and it is better to know which before you start rather than halfway through.
Install and sign in2 minutes
The install link comes from us during the pilot. Choose your language, enter your phone number, and type the code that arrives by SMS. There is no password to invent or forget — the phone number is the account.
Tell it what kind of shop this is1 minute
Pick your trade from the list. It sets your units, the words the app uses, and the shape of your receipt. Whether the shop is a building, a cart or a stall is a separate question, and neither answer ever blocks billing.
Get stock in — the part that takes an eveningThe long one
Scan barcodes on packaged goods and the name, category and photo arrive from the shared catalogue. For loose goods with no barcode, print a strip of shelf labels and scan those. Typing is there and it is the slowest of the three, so it is not the default.
Make a bill and print itUnder a minute
Add items, pick cash, UPI or udhaar, and print. Pair a Bluetooth thermal printer once and it stays paired. Try this with the phone in flight mode — it is the fastest way to see what the app is actually for.
Why stock entry is the whole cost of starting
Typing a hundred item names into a phone is where most people give up, and it is the reason a shop tries an app twice and never a third time. It is also the one part of this that gets cheaper for every shop that has done it before you.
- Scan a barcode and the name, category and photo are already there.
- No barcode? Print your own shelf labels and scan those instead.
- Local names for things are in the catalogue, because other shops put them there.
- You do not have to finish in one sitting. Add the rest as you sell it.
During the pilot we sit with you for this part. It is the only part that needs it.
What the first week looks like
Day one
You bill. Someone standing at the counter is served in about the time the paper book took, and that is the honest bar for day one — the gain is not speed, it is that it was recorded.
Day two or three
The catalogue starts doing the work. The items you sell most are already in, so adding a bill is tapping a chip rather than searching for anything.
The first slow evening
You open the day's total and it is right, because every sale went through the same place. That is usually the moment the paper book stops being opened.
The first time the tower drops
Nothing happens. This is the one people remember, and it is the reason the app is built the way it is.
One pairing, then never again
Standard 2-inch and 3-inch Bluetooth thermal printers, paired directly to the phone. No drivers, no computer, and nothing about it needs the internet.
The receipt carries your shop name, your GSTIN if you have one, and a rule in your trade's colour. It does not carry ours.
Looking for the mechanism instead?
What the queue does, what happens at sync when the count disagrees, and the four things that still need a signal — that is a separate page, and it goes into more detail than this one should.
We do the evening with you
Pilot shops get help with the stock entry and the printer pairing. Those are the two places people get stuck, and neither is worth getting stuck on.