How to keep a debt book that adds up
Credit keeps a neighbourhood shop alive and kills it when the notebook lies. A simple method so the debt book always tells the truth, with or without software.
· 5 min read
The notebook
Running a shop, one article at a time
Practical answers to the questions we hear while installing tills: credit, the drawer, stock, the network that drops. In French and in English.
How much credit should you give a customer? A simple rule
Too much credit empties the shop, too little empties it too. A three-figure rule to set a ceiling per customer, and adjust it without falling out with anyone.
· 4 min read
What is a till software? The plain guide for a shop in Cameroon
Cash register, terminal, app, POS: the words get mixed up. What till software actually does, what it does not, and five questions to ask before choosing one.
· 4 min read
Chasing a customer who owes, without losing them: five messages that work
The credit reminder is the hardest message to send in a shop. Five WhatsApp templates, from gentlest to firmest, and when to send each one.
· 4 min read
Remora Sales against the notebook and the calculator: what changes, what does not
An honest comparison between the till on a phone and the method that has always worked. Where the notebook wins, where it loses, and for which shop the change is worth it.
· 4 min read
Selling when the network drops: what 'offline' has to actually mean
Every software says it works offline. Almost none says what happens at the till during twenty minutes without signal. What to demand, and how to check it before you buy.
· 4 min read