Guides for Pakistani shops
Running a shop is hard enough. Here's the practical stuff.
Plain guides on udhaar, offline billing, kitchens and counters, written for how shops in Pakistan actually run.
Cash short at the counter? How to do a cash-up for every cashier and shift
Cash short at the counter and two cashiers used the drawer? How a shift cash-up works: count the float, one cashier per drawer, a blind closing count.
Read the guideDukan ka kharcha kaise likhen: how to keep a shop expense register
Dukan ka kharcha kaise likhen: what goes in a shop expense register (rent, bijli, salaries), what stays out, and a simple layout for each entry.
Read the guideDukan ka stock kaise check kare: how to count stock and find out why it is short
Dukan ka stock kaise check kare: count the shelf, compare it with what should be there, and find out why they differ before you blame anyone.
Read the guideUdhaar wapas kaise lein: getting credit back from customers without losing them
Udhaar wapas kaise lein: keep a khata the customer can't argue with, agree a day to settle, ask politely, and know when to stop giving credit.
Read the guideSupplier ka hisab kaise rakhen: a khata for what you owe distributors
Supplier ka hisab kaise rakhen: one page per distributor, bills add, payments and returns take off, and you match it with their statement each month.
Read the guideHow to calculate the daily profit of a kiryana shop
How to calculate the daily profit of a kiryana shop: sales, minus what the goods cost you, minus the day's expenses. With a worked example.
Read the guideMedicine expiry in a medical store: track it by batch, return it in time
How a Pakistani medical store tracks medicine expiry by batch, sells the soonest expiry first, and returns near-expiry stock to the distributor in time.
Read the guideBakery POS software in Pakistan: what a bakery actually needs
Bakery POS software in Pakistan: a fast counter, recipe costs, baking batches, wastage and khata, and who doesn't need it yet.
Read the guidePOS or ERP? What a small business in Pakistan actually needs
POS or ERP for a shop, restaurant or pharmacy in Pakistan? What each one does, what an ERP adds, and how to tell which your business needs now.
Read the guideRestaurant food cost in Pakistan: working out what a plate actually costs
Restaurant food cost in Pakistan: how to work out food cost percentage by hand, what a healthy number is, and where a kitchen's money goes.
Read the guideExcel vs POS software: when a spreadsheet stops being enough
Excel vs POS software for a shop: Excel is free, flexible and good. When a shop's spreadsheet starts costing money, and when you should keep it.
Read the guidePOS with udhaar: what "credit support" should actually mean
Most POS software says it supports credit. Five checks to see whether a POS with udhaar has credit built into the sale or added on the side.
Read the guideShop ka hisab kaise kare: how to close the day's accounts
Shop ka hisab kaise kare: a nightly routine for a small shop. Count the cash, record udhaar given and recovered, and check the till against the drawer.
Read the guideDigital khata with inventory: why credit and stock belong together
A credit sale still moves stock. If your digital khata and your inventory sit in two apps, both numbers are wrong. Here's why, and how far off.
Read the guideLooking for an udhaar book alternative? Read this first
Looking for an udhaar book alternative? Khata apps are free and good at credit. Here is when a shop outgrows one, and when it should stay.
Read the guideA khata app that also does billing: why it should be one ledger
Most shopkeepers run a khata app and a billing book side by side, then match them by hand. Why a khata app with billing keeps credit and sales in one entry.
Read the guidePOS vs the khata register: should you switch?
POS vs manual register: where the paper khata still works, where POS software does better, and which shops shouldn't switch yet.
Read the guideSales tax invoices in Pakistan: what a compliant invoice shows
What a sales tax invoice in Pakistan must show, and how the FBR and the provincial authorities (PRA, SRB, KPRA, BRA) split the work. General information only.
Read the guideThe best POS for a small shop in Pakistan: how to choose
How to choose the best POS for a small shop in Pakistan: offline billing, udhaar, provincial tax, staff training and getting your data out.
Read the guideHow much does POS software cost in Pakistan?
What POS software costs in Pakistan: monthly or one-time pricing, what each plan includes, and hidden costs like hardware, training and per-terminal fees.
Read the guideMedical store software in Pakistan: batches, expiry and fast billing
A pharmacy loses more to expired stock than to theft. What medical store software in Pakistan needs: batch and expiry tracking, fast billing, udhaar.
Read the guideRestaurant POS in Pakistan: tables, kitchen orders and invoices
A café counter, a full-service floor and a takeaway window all bill differently. What a restaurant POS in Pakistan needs to handle.
Read the guideDigital khata vs khata book: what changes day to day
Moving your khata from a book to an app changes four things in your day. A plain comparison of digital khata vs khata book to help you decide.
Read the guideChoosing a POS for a kiryana store on a slow internet connection
Most POS software expects the internet to be on all the time. Kiryana stores can't count on that. What to look for in an offline POS so billing keeps going.
Read the guideHow to keep udhaar without a paper register
A paper khata loses money in three ways. How to keep customer udhaar in a digital khata, with who owes what and since when, without changing how you sell.
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