The queue builds up at seven in the evening, and bills are still being written by hand.
Point of sale billing is the counter screen: pick or scan the item, take the money in whatever form it comes, print or send the bill. Stock comes down as it sells and the day closes with the cash counted against what the system says. A customer who pays half in cash and half by UPI does not slow anybody down.
Evening rush, two people at the counter, and a bill book. The rate for one item is asked across the shop, a regular customer says put it in my khata, and somebody scribbles it on the back of a pad. At closing, the cash in the drawer and the day’s bills disagree by a few hundred rupees.
At the counter, billing takes seconds and the rest follows from it. Stock reduces, the khata customer’s balance moves, the GST details go on the bill. Closing becomes counting cash and explaining a difference, rather than rebuilding a day.
What point of sale billing does.
Billed in a few keystrokes
Scan the barcode, or type three letters of the name. The rate, the tax and the stock come with it.
Paid in more than one way
Part cash, part UPI, the rest on credit, all on one bill, with each amount recorded as what it was.
Khata customers
A regular buys on credit, and his running balance is visible to the person billing before he adds another line to it.
Returns and exchanges
Linked to the original bill, so stock and tax both go back the right way instead of being adjusted by hand.
Discounts with a name on them
Who gave the discount and on which bill. Most owners look at this report once and then never worry about it again.
Day close and cash tally
Sales by mode against the cash counted, with the difference recorded rather than quietly absorbed.
The people who open this every day.
Counter staff
One screen, four keys. Anyone can be taught it in an afternoon.
Shift in-charge
Closes the shift, counts the drawer, and explains what does not match.
Owner
Today’s sales, by hour and by counter, from wherever he happens to be.
It is one part of a system, not an island.
A module earns its place by what it passes to the next one. These are the connections we set up most often.
- Product management
- Stock tracking and alerts
- Barcodes and labels
- Loyalty and offers
- UPI and payment gateways
Products that include it.
How we would put it in.
Questions owners ask about point of sale billing.
What happens when the internet goes?
A counter that must keep billing through an outage has to be built for it, with local billing that syncs afterwards. That is extra work and we price it separately. For a shop with steady broadband it is rarely worth paying for.
Will our printer and scanner work?
Usually yes. Common thermal printers, barcode scanners and cash drawers are set up at the counter during the work. Send us the model numbers and we will say before you buy anything.
Can we bill from a tablet?
Yes, and some shops do, especially for billing on the shop floor at a busy time. A physical keyboard is still faster for a main counter handling forty bills an hour.
Does the day’s sale reach Tally?
Yes, as a daily summary or bill by bill, whichever your accountant prefers. Our grocery system does counter billing this way, with the khata and the GST details carried across.
Businesses that ask for this.
Modules that work with it.
Tell us how you handle point of sale billing today.
A spreadsheet, a register or another system: say which, and we will tell you plainly what is worth changing.
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