general store billing software for a counter that sells everything
Soap beside sugar beside school notebooks. RetailDek scans all of it at one counter, puts loose and pre-packaged staples on the rate each one actually carries, and keeps the drawer honest whichever member of the family is billing that evening.
Challenges in general stores
The everyday problems this trade knows too well.
Four shops under one roof
FMCG, household plastics, cleaning goods and a stationery rack all sell from the same counter. A single day's sales figure hides which of the four is paying the rent.
Loose rice and packed rice are not the same supply
Grain scooped from a sack and a labelled five-kilo bag sit in the same corner of the shop, but only one of them carries tax. Deciding that mid-bill invites mistakes.
New pack, new MRP, old stock still on the shelf
The distributor ships a revised pack while the previous one is still selling. What goes on the bill then depends on whose memory you trust at the counter.
A different person on the counter each evening
A son one day, a helper the next. Everyone gives discounts their own way and nobody leaves behind a record of what they did.
How RetailDek fits
The real features that solve the way general stores actually work.
Loose and pre-packaged as two items
Keep the loose staple and the labelled packet as separate items with their own HSN code and rate — loose grain and pulses stay nil-rated while the pre-packaged and labelled version bills at 5% on the very same invoice.
One scan-to-bill counter for every section
Give soap, buckets, phenyl and notebooks a barcode and print labels for the shelves, so a basket that crosses four sections still bills at counter speed.
Numbers per section, not one lump sum
Item-wise sales reports let you judge each section on what it earned, so the stationery rack and the cleaning shelf are measured rather than assumed.
Purchases that tell you what a pack cost
Enter the distributor bill and stock replenishes while the purchase rate and input tax are recorded against that supplier, so you can check the real cost before arguing about a price.
Every bill has a name on it
Each POS shift opens against a person and closes with counted cash checked against sales, and the activity trail records who changed what — so an evening you were not in the shop is still accountable.
A day in the shop
How a typical day flows with RetailDek.
Import the list and label the shelves
Bring your full item list in from Excel with HSN codes, rates and opening stock, then print barcode labels — including for the loose packs you make up yourself.
Bill the mixed basket
Scan across sections into one bill; loose staples and labelled packets apply their own rates, cash or UPI is taken, and stock deducts as the bill saves.
Close and read the sections
Close the shift with counted cash checked against sales, then use the Day Book and item-wise reports to see which part of the shop actually earned today.
Built around your counter
A quick look at how general stores come together on screen — clear totals, live figures, and nothing to re-key.
- Loose and pre-packaged as two items
- One scan-to-bill counter for every section
- Numbers per section, not one lump sum
Features that matter most here
The parts of RetailDek general stores lean on every day.
General Stores — FAQs
Answers to the questions owners in this trade ask most.
Yes. Every section sits in the same item list and the same barcode counter, so a basket that mixes soap, atta and notebooks is one bill with each line at its own GST rate.
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