Abids trades books, stationery, electricals and hardware from shops older than any software.
Abids is Hyderabad’s old retail centre: the GPO and the Sunday pavement book bazaar, stationery and printing shops, and the electrical, hardware and sanitaryware wholesalers of Troop Bazaar towards Koti. Business runs on a bahi, a bill book and Tally. GullySystem builds stock, billing and party-ledger software for these shops, working from Bengaluru over calls and screen-shares.
Abids is where Hyderabad shopped before the malls, and much of that trade is still here. Books and stationery, electricals and sanitaryware, garments and footwear are sold from shops that have not changed hands in decades.
The paperwork has barely changed either. A purchase is entered in a bahi, a sale is written in a bill book, and the accountant puts a month of both into Tally at the end of it.
Where the businesses are in Abids, and what they run on.
The GPO stretch and the Sunday book bazaar
Second-hand booksellers spread along the footpath every Sunday, with permanent book and stationery shops behind them. Buying is by lot, stock is by pile, and nothing is recorded.
Troop Bazaar towards Koti
Wholesale electricals, lighting, hardware and sanitaryware sold to contractors and retailers across Telangana. Each party has its own rate, and the price on the bill depends on who is buying.
Koti and the textbook trade
Textbook and reference shops serving medical, engineering and law students, with photocopy and binding units beside them. Demand arrives in a few weeks each year and buying is a guess made from last year.
Bank Street and Chirag Ali Lane
Printing presses, stationery suppliers, small offices and documentation services. A job order is written on a slip and chased in person.
Retail around Abids circle
Garment, footwear and jewellery shops that have held the same corner for decades, with festival crowds and credit customers of thirty years.
How Abids businesses pick and use software.
An Abids trader has a munim and a bill book, and both work. He changes only when a customer, a brand or the GST return forces him to, and he asks his accountant before he asks anybody else.
Anything new has to print the bill his buyers already recognise. Change the layout and he will spend the week answering calls about whether his rates have gone up.
These shops expect a vendor who comes when he is called. We work from our Nagarbhavi office in Bengaluru, so we set it out plainly: calls, screen-share and WhatsApp for support, and a visit for the first stock upload and counter training.
Where Abids businesses lose time and money.
Brand schemes eat the margin and nobody tracks them
Electrical and sanitaryware wholesalers buy on schemes, discounts and year-end credit notes. Recording the scheme against each purchase shows what the stock on the shelf really cost.
Stock is in three godowns and one memory
Goods sit in the shop, in a loft and in a rented room down the lane. A stock record by location tells the counter what can honestly be promised today.
Textbook stock is dead by December
Shops buy new editions before the session and sit on whatever does not sell. Sales by title and year turn the next purchase into an informed one.
Credit is given from relationship, not from the ledger
Contractors and retailers take goods and pay when their own project is paid. An outstanding list by party and age tells the owner whom to stop supplying this week.
What we would build for Abids businesses.
Usually in this order, starting with whatever the audit ranks first.
ERP, CRM and Business Software Implementation
One record of stock, orders, customers and accounts, set up so your team opens it every day.
Learn moreAPI and System Integration
Tally, WhatsApp, payment gateways, GST portals and your own apps sharing one set of numbers.
Learn moreBusiness Process Automation
Approvals, reminders, follow-ups and reports that run on their own instead of on someone remembering.
Learn moreWeb and Mobile Application Development
Web and mobile apps for customers, field staff and dealers, built to work on ordinary phones.
Learn moreHow the work runs from Bengaluru for Abids.
- 01
The audit, by call
A screen-share and a look at the sheets, Tally reports and WhatsApp groups your team uses. No travel needed.
- 02
A written proposal
Scope, what we build first and the cost, agreed in writing before anything starts.
- 03
Build in short rounds
Working screens shared every few weeks. Your team tests them from your own office.
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Go-live, in person when it helps
For data migration and training we can come to Abids. Travel is agreed in advance.
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Support online
Fixes, changes and hosting handled remotely by the same team that built it.
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Read the case studyQuestions Abids owners ask before they call.
Will it keep working with our Tally?
Yes. Sales, purchases and receipts pass into Tally so your accountant’s work does not change, while stock, schemes and the party ledger live in the new system. We match your existing ledger names before go-live.
Our bill format is what customers recognise. Can you keep it?
Yes. We copy the layout, the column order and the Urdu or Telugu lines you print today, and add whatever GST fields are missing. Regular buyers then check the bill exactly as they always have.
What happens in the free technology audit?
We look at the software, spreadsheets and WhatsApp groups your business runs on today and write down what works, what slows your team down and what is missing. A demo login, a screen-share or a few screenshots are enough to start. You get a report ordered by priority, and there is no obligation to hire us afterwards.
How much will the software cost?
We don’t publish a price, because it depends on what the system has to do. The audit settles the scope, and the cost goes into a written proposal before any work starts.
Industries we build for in Abids.
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