GSPOS was written for one shop in Andhra Pradesh, changed whenever something annoyed the person at the counter, and only offered to other shops once it had survived a year of ordinary days.
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The hour after the
shutter comes down.
Every kirana owner knows it. The shop closes, and then the book comes out. Who took what on udhaar, who paid something back, what the day actually made. An hour of arithmetic when you are already tired, and a mistake anywhere means an argument later.
- The book was never the problem — the adding up was
- Existing apps assumed steady internet and a literate operator
- None of them treated khata as the main thing
What is done, what is next,
and what is not there yet.
A young product that pretends to be finished is a product you cannot plan around. So here is the actual state of it.
Open beyond our own counter
The thirteen screens are done and in daily use. GSPOS is free for every shop while we learn what breaks at counters that are not ours.
- Billing, khata, stock, vendors, reports, staff
- Offline billing with no double-billing
- WhatsApp reminders
- Download your whole database
The things shops keep asking for
In the order they have actually been asked for, not the order that is easiest to build.
- GST invoicing
- Help moving a paper book across
- Better reports, printed and shareable
- A proper Android app beside the web one
Once there are enough shops to justify it
Named here rather than promised. If it is on this list it is not being worked on yet.
- Several shops under one owner
- Supplier ordering
- A lending view for the khata book
Things we have decided against
Saying no is part of the design. These have been considered and turned down.
- Selling or sharing your shop's data
- Locking a shop out of its ledger over a payment
- Ads anywhere in the counter
One person. Worth
knowing before you rely on it.
I built this for a shop I know, because the evening arithmetic was taking an hour and getting it wrong caused arguments. Everything in it exists because somebody standing at that counter asked for it.
All of it, by one person. That is worth knowing before you rely on it — it means quick answers and slow releases, in that order.
Shopkeepers, in their own words.
“The book used to take me an hour after closing. Now it is already done by the time I pull the shutter.”
Ravi Kumar
Santhoshi General Store
“My son works the counter after school. He taps his photo, types four numbers, and that is the whole training.”
Venkat Rao
Venkat Traders, Eluru
“The change screen is the thing. My mother works the till and she does not have to read the total any more.”
Anjali Reddy
Anjali Super Market
“The book used to take me an hour after closing. Now it is already done by the time I pull the shutter.”
Ravi Kumar
Santhoshi General Store
“My son works the counter after school. He taps his photo, types four numbers, and that is the whole training.”
Venkat Rao
Venkat Traders, Eluru
“The change screen is the thing. My mother works the till and she does not have to read the total any more.”
Anjali Reddy
Anjali Super Market
“The power went and the internet with it. I kept billing for two hours and it all went up later on its own.”
Lakshmi Devi
Sri Lakshmi Kirana, Vijayawada
“I used to argue with two or three customers a month about what they owed. Now I turn the screen round and show them.”
Suresh Babu
New Balaji Stores, Guntur
“I asked for the reminder list on a Tuesday and it was there that weekend. Try that with a big company.”
Ganesh Prasad
Ganesh Provision, Tenali
“The power went and the internet with it. I kept billing for two hours and it all went up later on its own.”
Lakshmi Devi
Sri Lakshmi Kirana, Vijayawada
“I used to argue with two or three customers a month about what they owed. Now I turn the screen round and show them.”
Suresh Babu
New Balaji Stores, Guntur
“I asked for the reminder list on a Tuesday and it was there that weekend. Try that with a big company.”
Ganesh Prasad
Ganesh Provision, Tenali
Come and break it at your counter.
We are looking for shops willing to say what is wrong with it. That is worth more to us than the subscription.