The HORIZON Shop Tracker blog
Practical guides and free templates for shop owners: starting out, pricing, keeping stock, and knowing where the money went. Worked examples in kwacha.
Latest · Guide / Money and sales
The five ways money leaks out of a shop, how to spot each one in your records, and the routines that close the gaps without accusing anyone.
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Read the guideGuide / Pricing
Two words that sound the same but give different numbers. How to work out a selling price that covers your costs, with worked examples in kwacha.
Guide / Starting out
Registering with PACRA, ZRA and the council, choosing the place, buying the first stock, setting prices and keeping records from the first day.
Free template / Stock
One card per product: what came in, what went out and what should be on the shelf. How to fill it in, set a reorder level and find a shortage.
Free template / Money and sales
A sheet that splits every sale into cash, mobile money and credit, and tells you how much cash should be in the drawer at closing.
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Print as many as you need. Each comes with a filled-in example and how to use it.
HORIZON Shop Tracker records every sale as cash, mobile money or credit, keeps stock up to date and shows the day's numbers on your phone. Free for 14 days, no card needed.
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