For Nigerian hardware & building-supplies shops
Hardware and building-supplies shops move hundreds of SKUs a day — cement, rebar, pipes, paint, fittings — often in mixed units and on credit to contractors. Tallium AI puts fast counter POS, live stock and VAT-ready accounting in one app, so you know your true margins and file your monthly NRS return without the month-end scramble. One flat price in USD, unlimited users, no per-seat fees.
From $79/month per shop · billed monthly · no free trial
Key takeaways
Cement bags, lengths of pipe, tins of paint and boxes of screws all count differently, and staff sell from multiple bays. Without live stock, you over-order slow movers, run out of fast ones, and can't tell shrinkage from a miscount.
Builders and site foremen buy on account and pay in tranches. Tracking who owes what across a paper ledger means overdue balances pile up and cash gets tight even when sales look healthy.
Charging VAT on taxable items, keeping supplier invoices and reconciling it all for the monthly NRS VAT return eats days when the records live in notebooks and separate spreadsheets.
Prices from different suppliers, bulk vs. single-unit sales and the odd discount to a big buyer make it hard to know which lines actually make money and which are quietly losing it.
Track each SKU with its own unit — bag, length, litre, box or piece — and see quantities update the moment a sale rings through POS. Set reorder points so cement and fast-moving fittings never run dry, and use stock counts to spot shrinkage early.
Open an account for each contractor, record part-payments against invoices and send clear statements. You can see total outstanding and who's overdue at a glance, so you chase the right people before cash runs short.
VAT is calculated on each taxable sale and purchase automatically, and receipt scanning files your supplier invoices for you. When it's time for the monthly return, your figures are already reconciled — no notebook archaeology.
Every product carries its cost and price, so AI insights and reports show gross margin by line, by category and by supplier. You learn which building materials pull their weight and where to renegotiate or reprice.
A fast counter till built for busy hardware shops — barcode or quick-search entry, mixed units, split and account payments, and instant receipts.
Per-SKU stock in the right units, reorder alerts, stock counts and supplier records so you always know what's on the shelf and what to buy.
Full double-entry books, expenses, contractor credit and reports running quietly behind every sale — no separate bookkeeping app needed.
VAT tracked on sales and purchases and reconciled ready for your monthly NRS return, with supplier invoices captured by receipt scanning.
Build your plan in a minute — pay only for the parts of your business you run. From $79/month per shop.
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