Billing software for Indore's shops.

Indore is the commercial centre of Madhya Pradesh, and its metropolitan region is described as the state's financial capital. The old trading heart is around Rajwada, the city's central marketplace. About 2 km away, Sarafa Bazaar works two shifts: it is a jewellery market by day, and after the jewellery shops close, food stalls may set up from 8 pm and run until morning. Wholesale clothing moves through the MT (Maharaja Tukojirao) Holkar Cloth Market, where most sellers are manufacturers and wholesalers.

Fruit and vegetables come in through Choithram Mandi, formally the Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Fruits and Vegetable Mandi. Its supply comes from a wide area. In October 2026, ahead of Navratri, fresh green peas had arrived from Nashik in Maharashtra and raw peanuts from Shivpuri and Sagar, and traders expected rates to keep moving with arrivals and the weather. Festival weeks change what people buy, since many fast during Navratri, and vegetable demand and rates shift with it.

For a neighbourhood kirana, dairy or general store in Indore, the effect at the counter is a stock mix that keeps changing with the calendar. Bazaar IQ counts display (shelf) stock and storage (godown) stock separately, so a festival purchase can sit in the back room on record while the shelf shows only what is out front. A barcode is read with the phone's camera, unbarcoded items are found by name, and an item that has not been added to the catalogue can still be billed. The owner dashboard and the reports show what sold on which day, with Excel and PDF export for the accountant.

Hindi is the first language of more than 80 percent of Indore. In the 2011 census, Hindi stood at 81.1 percent, Marathi at about 5.2 percent, a community that dates back to Maratha rule, and Malvi at about 1.4 percent. Bazaar IQ runs in Hindi and Marathi, as well as Gujarati and English, so a Marathi-speaking owner and a Hindi-speaking helper can each use the app in their own language. Every GSTIN registered in Madhya Pradesh begins with 23. On a regular dealer's tax invoice, each line carries its HSN code and the tax is shown as CGST plus SGST. Composition shops skip that and print a Bill of Supply carrying the composition line the law requires, while unregistered shops print a plain cash memo. Regular customers who buy on credit are kept in the khata, which is built into billing and holds a running balance per customer.