A checkout that keeps up
Search, tap a favourite or scan a barcode. Record cash, card or transfer and move to the next customer.
Shops
Software for corner shops and mini-marts
A corner shop runs on small sales, all day long. Shopkeepa is built to give you a quick checkout, a clear count of what is left on the shelf, and a nudge before the fast sellers run out.
Sound familiar?
You are not sure how many of your best sellers are left until you check the shelf.
A customer asks for something and you find out it ran out two days ago.
The notebook, the calculator and your memory all say different things at the end of the day.
Several people serve customers, and you cannot always see what was sold.
How Shopkeepa helps
Stock that updates itself
Every sale takes items off the count, so you can see what is left without walking the aisles.
A reminder before you run out
Set a minimum for each product. When stock crosses it, you get one reminder and the item lands on your restock list.
Staff who can sell, not snoop
Cashiers make sales without seeing your costs, profit or settings.
An end of day you can trust
See the day's sales split by cash, card and transfer, so the drawer and the record agree.
A day in a corner shop
Open: check the list
Look at the restock list. Anything under its minimum is already there, with a suggested order quantity.
Mid-morning: restock arrives
Use Stock In to add what the supplier delivered. The counts go up and the list clears.
All day: sell
Ring up sales on the till. Each one updates stock and is added to the day's totals.
Afternoon: a quick count
Pick a few products, count the shelf and enter the number. If it differs from the screen, the difference is recorded.
Close: see how you did
Open the dashboard for the day's sales, your best sellers and anything that needs attention tomorrow.
Why a small shop is harder than it looks
A convenience store sells hundreds of different things, mostly cheap, mostly one or two at a time. A single customer might buy a drink, a loaf of bread and a phone top-up in under a minute. Multiply that by a few hundred customers a day and the counter never really stops.
That volume is what makes stock hard to follow. No single sale matters much, so nobody writes it down. But a hundred small sales that were never written down add up to a shelf that no longer matches the book. The owner finds out when a customer asks for milk and there is none.
Shopkeepa is built for this exact problem. Recording a sale should be quick enough that it never feels like extra work, and the stock should follow from that without anyone doing sums.
Start with what you have
You do not need neat records to begin. Add a product the way you would write it in the notebook: a name, a price and a quantity. Fill in costs and barcodes later, when you have a quiet moment.
If you already keep a list in a spreadsheet, you can bring it in and check it before anything is saved. Shopkeepa warns you about duplicates, so the same drink does not end up listed twice.
Not sure where to begin? Read how to track inventory in a small shop.
Keep the fast sellers on the shelf
In a mini-mart, a few products bring most of the traffic. When one runs out, customers leave with a bad impression and may buy elsewhere next time. These are the products where a minimum matters most.
| Product | In stock | Minimum | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bottled water | 6 | 12 | Reorder |
| Bread | 18 | 10 | OK |
| Cooking oil | 0 | 5 | Out |
Shopkeepa works this way. You set a minimum for each product. When a sale takes it to that number, you get a single reminder and the product goes onto the restock list with a suggested order quantity. You are not buried in alerts, and you do not have to check every shelf to know what to buy.
When more than one person works the counter
Corner shops are often family businesses, and the person at the till changes through the day. That is where the numbers start to drift: one person records everything, another forgets, and a third gives a discount nobody knows about.
Cashiers in Shopkeepa can make sales, but they cannot see your costs, your profit or your settings. Refunds and voids stay on record rather than being silently changed, so you can look back at a shift and see what happened.
- Everyone uses the same sale screen, so every sale is recorded the same way.
- Payments are marked by type, so the drawer, the transfers and the record can be checked against each other.
- Owners and managers see the full picture. Cashiers see what they need to sell.
Knowing what you actually earn
Sales are not profit. A shop can be busy and still struggle if the margins on its best sellers are thin. When you enter what each product costs, Shopkeepa can show you the gross profit: what you sold, minus what it cost you.
You can enter costs gradually. Start with the products that sell most and the picture sharpens over time. To learn the idea itself, read gross profit for shop owners.
Common questions
Is Shopkeepa made for a shop as small as mine?
Yes. It is built for small shops, and you can start with a name, a price and a quantity for each product.
Can I scan barcodes?
Yes. Use your phone or tablet camera, or a Bluetooth or USB scanner you already own.
Do I need an internet connection?
Shopkeepa is built with unreliable connections in mind. We will share more about how that works as we get closer to launch.
Can I let staff make sales without seeing my numbers?
Yes. Cashiers can sell without seeing costs, profit or settings.
Can I bring in the products I already have?
Yes. You can import a list from a spreadsheet and check it before anything is saved.
Is it available now?
Not yet. Shopkeepa is in development, and early access shops will help shape it. Join the waitlist to be one of the first in.
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