Pet shops & supplies · Nigeria
A Nigerian pet shop juggles more moving parts than most retailers: dog food that moves in 15kg bags and single sachets, dewormers and vaccines with expiry dates, aquarium stock that can't be counted like tins of milk, plus grooming appointments in between. Tallium AI puts the counter, the stockroom and the books in one app, so a sale on the till updates your inventory and your accounts at the same moment. One flat price in USD, unlimited staff logins, and no separate accountant licence to buy.
From $79/month per shop · billed monthly · no free trial
Key takeaways
You buy a carton of 24 sachets and sell them singly. You buy a 15kg bag and split it into 1kg scoops for walk-in customers. Most tills only understand one unit, so your stock figure drifts within days and you end up guessing what to reorder from your Lagos or Aba supplier.
Dewormers, tick sprays, supplements and medicated shampoos all carry expiry dates, and slow movers hide at the back of the shelf. Nobody notices until a customer points at the date, and the loss only shows up months later as an unexplained gap between your stock sheet and your cash.
One customer pays cash, the next sends a bank transfer and shows you the alert, the third taps a card on the terminal. At close of day you are matching handwritten notes against bank SMS and terminal slips, and a missing NGN 12,000 transfer can take an evening to trace.
Once your taxable turnover crosses the registration threshold you owe a monthly VAT return, and Nigeria's move to the National E-Invoicing Solution means your sales records need to be clean and structured, not scribbled in a counter book. Rebuilding a month of sales from memory is how penalties happen.
Set up each product once with the units you actually trade in — carton, bag, sachet, kilo — and Tallium AI converts between them on every sale and every purchase. Scoop 2kg from a 15kg bag and the bag's remaining weight drops instantly, so the number on your screen matches the number on your shelf.
Record batch and expiry when vet products come in, and the app flags what is approaching its date while you still have time to discount it or push it in a bundle. Loss prevention reporting shows you exactly what was written off, when, and what it cost you.
Ring cash, transfer and card payments separately at the till and Tallium AI keeps them apart in the books. Bank reconciliation then matches your statement lines against recorded sales, so an unmatched transfer shows up as a single flagged line instead of an evening of detective work.
Tax settings are applied per product, so taxable and exempt lines are separated at the moment of sale rather than reconstructed later. Your sales, purchases and expenses accumulate into a proper VAT position with full transaction detail behind it, ready for your monthly return. Nigerian VAT rules, the NGN 25,000,000 taxable turnover threshold and e-invoicing requirements change — confirm current rules with the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS, formerly FIRS) or a qualified local tax professional.
A fast counter screen built for a busy Saturday: barcode or search, split units, held tickets for a customer still choosing a collar, and cash, transfer or card in one receipt.
Live stock by product, batch and expiry across food, medication, toys, tanks and grooming supplies, with reorder points so you know what to buy before the shelf is empty.
Sales, purchases, expenses and bank activity flow into a real set of books — no month-end re-typing, and your profit per category is visible whenever you want it.
Per-product tax treatment, clean structured sales records and a running VAT position with the underlying transactions attached for your monthly return.
Snap a supplier invoice or transport receipt with your phone and it is read, categorised and filed automatically, alongside plain-English prompts about what is selling and what is stuck.
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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