Units that match the trade
Foot, metre, kilogram, bag, gallon, piece — set per product, used at the counter, and carried into the report. No mental arithmetic between what you buy in and what you sell.
Hardware and building material shop software that sells by any unit
Cement by the bag, wire by the foot, fittings by the piece — and a contractor who wants it delivered today and billed at the end of the month. Busnipy POS handles all three without a separate register.
A hardware shop sells in units that do not agree with each other. Pipe by the foot, paint by the gallon, cement by the bag, screws by the piece and sometimes by weight. Then a contractor arrives, takes a truckload on account, and the bill follows a week later — by which time nobody is certain what actually left the yard.
Busnipy POS is built for that gap between the goods leaving and the money arriving. Stock carries its own units and rack locations, deliveries go out on a challan that is billed later, quotations turn into invoices without retyping, and every credit party has a balance you can read without opening a ledger.
Built for the way a hardware shop actually trades
Choose this business type during setup and these are the modules Busnipy switches on for you.
Rack and shelf locations
Every item carries where it lives. In a shop with four thousand fittings, that is the difference between a two-minute sale and a ten-minute one.
Delivery challans
The truck leaves first, the bill follows. Goods go out on a challan against the party, then get invoiced — and what went out is never in doubt.
Quotations that become invoices
Price a job, hand it over, and turn the accepted quotation into a sale without typing a single line again. Nothing gets mistyped between the estimate and the bill.
Credit parties and recovery
Contractors buy on account by nature. Balances build per party, the recovery list orders the oldest first, and a reminder goes over WhatsApp from the same screen.
Piece and carton barcodes
A box of fittings and the fittings inside it are one product with two barcodes, so a bulk sale and a single-piece sale come off the same honest stock figure.
A day at your counter
Stock in
Purchase → New Purchase against the supplier's bill. Unpaid balance sits on their account automatically.
A walk-in
Search the item, see its rack, bill it. Foot, bag or piece — whatever that product is sold in.
A contractor's order
Raise a quotation. When it is accepted, convert it — the invoice is the quotation, so the prices cannot drift.
The truck goes out
Delivery challan against the party. The goods have left, the stock has moved, and the invoice is raised when it suits both of you.
End of month
Recovery screen. Oldest balances first, a WhatsApp reminder from the list, and a party ledger you can send if anybody disputes it.
What you get
- Per-product units — foot, metre, kg, bag, gallon, piece
- Rack and shelf locations shown while billing
- Delivery challans: goods out first, invoice after
- Quotations that convert into invoices without retyping
- Credit parties, ledgers and a recovery call list
- Piece and carton barcodes on one stock figure
And everything underneath
- Keyboard-first billing, split payments, holds and returns
- Built-in double-entry accounting and party ledgers
- HR, attendance, payroll and staff commissions
- 50+ reports, all printable and exportable to CSV
- WhatsApp invoices, reminders and campaigns
- Works offline: one server PC, unlimited counters
Questions we get asked
Can I sell the same item by piece and by box?
Yes. The box carries its own barcode and knows how many pieces are inside, so both sales come off one stock figure and the box can have its own price if you discount bulk.
We deliver before billing. Is that supported?
Yes — that is what delivery challans are for. The goods leave against the party, stock moves at that moment, and the invoice is raised afterwards against the challan.
Do quotations turn into bills?
They do, without retyping. The accepted quotation becomes the sale, which is what stops a price agreed on Monday from becoming a different price on Friday.
How do I chase contractors who owe money?
The recovery screen lists parties by how old the debt is, with today's call list at the top. Reminders can go over WhatsApp from that screen, and you can send a party ledger if the amount is disputed.
Can I see profit per sale?
Yes. Cost is carried on every line, so margin appears on the bill as you build it and in the profit report afterwards — useful when a contractor negotiates hard.
How much does hardware shop software cost?
One licence for the shop, not one per counter. Pay by the year or once. Download it free and run your own purchase bills and a few counter sales through it before you commit to anything.
Can I bring my item list and party balances across?
Yes, from Excel or CSV — items with their units and rates, and credit parties with what they already owe. Starting balances go in once so the ledger is right from the first day rather than a month later.
What do I need to set it up in the shop?
A Windows PC, a thermal printer for counter bills, and ordinary A4 for challans and quotations. No internet is needed to bill; you only need it to send a bill on WhatsApp.
Not your kind of shop?
Same installer, a different set of modules.
And where do you trade?
One question at setup sets your currency, your tax rate and what your tax number is called.