Challenges
The manual work this trade still runs on, what it costs, and what changes.
Festive queues at one counter
- How it is done today
- Bills written or keyed item by item while customers wait.
- Cost or risk
- Walk-outs during the busiest weeks of the year.
- With Finocket
- Scan tags to bill, apply the running offer, and split the payment across cash, card, UPI, voucher or points.
Stock in the wrong store
- How it is done today
- Call the other branch, check their register, send goods with a note.
- Cost or risk
- Lost sales at one store while stock sits at another, and counts that never agree.
- With Finocket
- Stock by store, with inter-store transfers that move both counts.
Supplier deliveries that do not match
- How it is done today
- Check the carton against the bill by hand, if there is time.
- Cost or risk
- Paying for short supply and losing track of what is due back.
- With Finocket
- Purchase orders and goods received notes recorded against them.
Unlabelled stock
- How it is done today
- Write prices on stickers, or remember them.
- Cost or risk
- Wrong prices at the counter and slow billing.
- With Finocket
- Print EAN-13, UPC-A or Code128 labels with the selling price from the item.
Regulars drift to the next shop
- How it is done today
- A paper card or nothing at all.
- Cost or risk
- No repeat visits to measure, and offers that reach no one.
- With Finocket
- Loyalty points earned and redeemed at the till, and gift vouchers sold for festivals.
Staff see margins and books
- How it is done today
- One login shared by everyone at the counter.
- Cost or risk
- Purchase prices visible to staff and no record of who billed what.
- With Finocket
- Cashier, store manager and accountant roles with their own access.
GST across branches
- How it is done today
- Each branch's bills are collected and sent to the CA.
- Cost or risk
- Late returns and mismatched input credit, worse with branches in other states.
- With Finocket
- GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B prepared from the bills for you to file on the portal; Business adds multi-GSTIN depth.
Serial numbers on electronics
- How it is done today
- IMEI and serials written in a register at the counter.
- Cost or risk
- Warranty claims that cannot be traced to the bill.
- With Finocket
- Serials recorded when stock comes in. Picking a serial on the bill and a warranty register are not built yet.