A hardware shop has two customers standing in the same queue. The walk-in buying four screws pays
retail; the contractor buying a carton every week does not. Software with one price per product
forces someone to do the discount in their head, every time.
Bazaar IQ carries a wholesale rate alongside the retail price, so the contractor rate is applied at
the counter rather than remembered.
Units that match how it is stocked
Screws by the piece, cement by weight, tiles by the box. Each product has its own unit and an
optional conversion factor, so buying a box and selling ten pieces stays consistent in stock.
Contractor accounts, kept straight
Monthly accounts are the norm here, and they are the most common place a hardware shop loses money.
Khata gives each contractor a running balance you can drill into bill by bill — so a disputed figure
is settled in seconds instead of defended from a diary.
Proper GST invoices
Contractors need tax invoices to claim input credit. HSN summary, CGST/SGST split and shop address
print on the bill when you switch tax invoicing on.
Suppliers and payables
Purchases, suppliers and outstanding payables live alongside the stock they created, so what you owe
and what you are holding are one picture rather than two books.