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Running a shop, written down

Practical guides for shopkeepers in India and Nepal. No fluff, no tax advice we are not qualified to give — just how to keep books that hold up.

Getting startedRunning a shopStock & moneyTeam

Getting started

Moving from a paper udhaar bahi to a digital khata

A practical way to move years of credit records onto your phone without stopping trade for a day.

7 min

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Why your billing app has to work with no signal

Cloud-only billing fails at exactly the wrong moment. What offline-first actually means, and the duplicate problem nobody mentions.

6 min

Running a shop

Asking for your money without losing the customer

Chasing udhaar is the hardest part of running a credit book. A routine that gets you paid and keeps the customer.

6 min

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Letting staff bill without showing them your margins

Why one shared login is the most expensive habit in a small shop, and how to split access sensibly.

6 min

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Why your stock count is always wrong, and what to do about it

Stock drifts for a handful of ordinary reasons. Finding which one is yours is more useful than counting harder.

7 min

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A five-minute closing routine that catches mistakes the same day

Counting the drawer is not closing the day. What to reconcile each evening so month-end holds no surprises.

5 min

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Barcode billing with nothing but your phone camera

You do not need a scanner gun to bill by barcode — and for a small shop, the camera is often the better tool.

5 min

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Keeping shop records that hold up when someone asks

What to record, when to record it, and how long to keep it — so an audit, a loan application or a dispute is a search rather than a search party.

6 min

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