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Business: Types & Features

Business Types & Features

Choose the business type and optional features that fit your business.

Your business type sets the terms, the menus you see, and the report focus. Recording works the same for every type, and you can change it anytime in Business Settings without losing data.

Business Types

Food & Beverage

Cafés, food stalls, catering. The catalog is called Menu, with a Warehouse for ingredients and recipes switched on automatically.

Retail / Shop

Buy finished goods and resell them. The catalog holds Products; stock is purchased per product, with optional separate warehouse stock.

Services

Salons, workshops, laundries, freelancers. A Service list, payers are Clients, focused on Invoices. No Warehouse.

Content Creator

A Rate Card of content types, billed to brands with Invoices.

Rental

Game rooms, billiards, studios. Rentable spaces are Units, with a Sewa (Rental) menu for timers and hourly rates.

Personal & Other

Side businesses or anything that doesn't fit the other types. The catalog holds Items.

Optional Features

These can be switched on for any business type:

Add-ons (Sizes & Toppings)

Per-order choices with their own price and stock — how to set up.

Discounts, Service Charge, Queue & Tables

Prepared before you start selling — how to set up.

Recipes & COGS

Calculate cost per portion from ingredients — how to set up.

Tax

Collect PB1 or VAT automatically on every transaction — how to set up.

Café / Coffee Shop

Add-ons (sizes, toppings), queue numbers, ingredients in the Warehouse, and tables if customers dine in.

Shop

Track product stock and record a purchase whenever goods arrive.

Salon / Workshop / Laundry

Invoices for work paid later, and queue numbers if customers wait their turn.

Game Room / Billiards

Hourly rates per unit, snacks through the POS, and bundles like "2 Hours + 2 Iced Teas".

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