Guides
Run the shop better, one guide at a time.
Practical guides for Indian shop owners, wholesalers and online sellers: GST invoices, credit, stock, warehouses and running more than one store.
Selling · 5 min read
How to Stop Overselling When You Sell on Several Marketplaces
Why sellers on Amazon, Shopify and other marketplaces sell stock they don't have, and the four habits that stop it: one count, holds, buffers and fast updates.
Selling · 31 Oct 2026
How to Check a Marketplace Payout Against What You Were Owed
A simple way to match every marketplace settlement to its orders, spot short payments and wrong fees, and claim the money back before the deadline passes.
Selling · 31 Oct 2026
How to Handle Online Returns Without Losing Stock or Money
How to process marketplace and website returns: hold the refund and the stock until the box is opened, grade what comes back, and find the products that keep returning.
Inventory · 31 Oct 2026
Running Stock Across More Than One Warehouse
When a second warehouse makes sense, how to split stock between them, which one should ship each order, and how to move stock between them without losing count.
Selling · 31 Oct 2026
How to Track Cash-on-Delivery Money From Couriers
How to make sure every cash-on-delivery order is paid to you: match courier remittances to orders, chase parcels that go quiet, and catch short or missing payments.
Guides · 20 Oct 2026
How to Move Your Paper Khata to an App Without Losing Customers
A step-by-step plan to move customer credit from a paper khata to your phone: opening balances, telling customers, credit limits and polite reminders.
GST · 13 Oct 2026
GST Invoice Format: What Must Be on a Tax Invoice in India
A plain checklist of what a GST tax invoice must show, from GSTIN and HSN code to place of supply, with a worked example and the most common mistakes.
Inventory · 6 Oct 2026
How to Set Reorder Points and Safety Stock for a Kirana Store
Work out when to reorder and how much buffer to keep, with worked ₹ examples for a kirana and a pharmacy. Simple arithmetic, no special software needed.
Inventory · 29 Sept 2026
FIFO vs FEFO: Which to Use for Products That Expire
FIFO sells the oldest stock first; FEFO sells what expires first. When they differ, how to set up shelves and batch records, and what mistakes cost.
Guides · 22 Sept 2026
How to Close the Day: Cash and UPI Reconciliation for Shops
A simple end-of-day routine to match cash, UPI and card against the day's sales, find the gap when they disagree, and stop small shortages becoming habits.
Growing · 15 Sept 2026
Opening a Second Store: How to Track Stock and Transfers
How to run two shops without losing stock between them: separate counts, two-part transfer slips, GST paperwork, stocking each store and a weekly check.
Selling · 8 Sept 2026
Picking and Packing for a Small Warehouse: A Simple System
How to give every item a shelf address, build pick lists in walking order, check each pack before it leaves, and cut wrong-item orders in a small godown.
Inventory · 1 Sept 2026
How to Cut Dead Stock in Your Shop and Free Up Cash
How to find dead and slow-moving stock, work out what it is costing you, clear it without wrecking your margins, and stop buying more of it next season.