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Features
Everything Alpha does
A complete list - from the counter to the accounts. Every item below is in the software today.
Sales & billing
Barcode & phone scanning
Scan with a USB barcode gun or the free Alpha Scanner Android app. Scans of the same product add up on one line.
Schemes & discounts
Buy-X-get-Y and discount-above-quantity rules applied automatically, with an owner approval for prices below the list.
Every way to pay
Cash with change, card, JazzCash, EasyPaisa, bank transfer, credit, partial payment, or a split across several methods.
Save now, post later
Save a bill unposted (Ctrl+S) and POST it later (Ctrl+P) - one by one or 100 at once - with a manager approval option.
Customers & credit
Credit limits, previous balance on the bill, payment receipts, and a statement for each customer.
FBR POS (Pakistan)
Sales and returns reported to FBR with the invoice number and QR code on the bill, retried automatically when offline.
Stock & purchasing
Batches & expiry
Batch, expiry, pack size and loose units for every purchase; expiring-soon and expired lists.
Purchases & suppliers
Bonus quantities, trade discounts, tax, the supplier's invoice number, and a VIEW that looks like the distributor's own invoice.
Reorder & slow-moving
Reorder suggestions grouped by company, purchase orders, and the items that have not sold in 30 days.
Returns
Sale returns, purchase returns and return-due reminders with per-company return windows.
Branches
More than one branch, each with its own stock, and transfers between them.
Stock adjustments
Corrections with a reason, kept in the activity log, and a daily check that stock figures match the history.
Accounts & reports
Profit & loss
Profit and loss, sales, purchase, tax and stock valuation reports with Excel and PDF export.
Ledgers
Customer and supplier ledgers, payment allocation to bills, receivables and payables with aging.
Owner alerts
Daily summary, big sales and payment problems sent to the owner on Telegram or WhatsApp.
Digital payment checks
Every JazzCash, card or bank payment ticked off against the statement - never by the person who took it.
Cash reconciliation
Expected cash against counted cash at the end of the day, per cashier.
Verified reports
A financial report can carry a code anyone can check, proving it was not altered after export.
Security & reliability
Roles & permissions
Owner, Manager, Cashier (and Doctor, Receptionist for clinics) - each sees only what the role allows.
Sessions
Active Sessions shows who is logged in where; end one login or log out all devices; alerts for new-device logins.
Backups
Nightly backups, optional encryption, a copy to another folder, and a guarded restore.
Self-healing
A health check that repairs known problems, retries a failed backup, and protects program files.
Offline first
Your own private database on your own PC - no monthly server, no lag, no data leaving the shop.
Languages & countries
English and Urdu screens; your currency, tax names and date format for Pakistan, the Gulf, the UK, North America and South Asia.
See Alpha on your own counter
Message us on WhatsApp: we send the installer, help you set it up over a screen share and import your products from Excel. Every plan has a 7-day money-back guarantee.