How-To Guides

POS sales reports pile up unread. Here are the five worth reading, what each one answers, how often to look, and the mistakes that make the numbers lie.

Markup vs margin is the most common pricing mix-up in retail. Here is the difference, a conversion table, and how to set prices so the margin you want is the one you get.

Petty cash management keeps tea, courier and repair money out of the sales drawer. Here is how to set a float, record pay-outs and top it up without losing track.

Barcode label printing decides whether your counter scans or types. Here is how to choose codes, label sizes and printers, and where shops usually go wrong.

A vendor payment ledger ages what you owe by invoice, not by supplier. Here is how to build one, which columns matter, and how to stop paying the same bill twice.

Staff shift management is a billing control, not just a roster. Here is how to tie every bill to a person, hand over a till cleanly, and read what the shift says.

A POS hardware checklist for Indian shops: what a counter genuinely needs, what fails first in heat and dust, and which purchases can wait another year.

A debit note to supplier records a purchase return, a short delivery or a rate difference. Here is when to raise one, what it must carry, and how GST treats it.

A UPI QR code for shops can be a sticker on the counter or a code printed per bill. Here is the difference, what reconciles cleanly, and what the GST rule actually says.

A day close report locks yesterday so it cannot be edited. Here is what to check, in what order, and why a shop that closes properly never reconstructs a month.