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Hardware, cement and steel traders

Hardware store software in Nepal that keeps contractor credit in check

Buy rod by the bundle and sell it by the piece. Kuver Books puts the right rate on each bill and warns you when a contractor's udhaaro crosses their credit limit.

  • IRD-format VAT invoices
  • Unit conversion on purchase and sale
  • Credit limits per customer
  • Free trial, no card required
A hardware shop owner stands with his arms folded among shelves of tools and supplies.

In short

What is the best billing software for a hardware store in Nepal?

Kuver Books is billing and stock software for hardware stores in Nepal that buys in bundles and sells in pieces, keeps retail and wholesale rates on each product, and warns you when a contractor crosses their credit limit. Stock is held godown by godown, with unlimited warehouses on every plan, and it is listed by the Inland Revenue Department under the Electronic Billing Procedure 2074.

Before and after

What changes when the ledger book and the rate card go?

  • Conversions leave the counter

    Units and their factors sit on the product, so the same item can be bought in bundles and sold in pieces without a mental step that sometimes gives margin away.

    Before: Bundles bought, pieces sold, and the conversion worked out in your head at the counter.

  • Rates stop being negotiated twice

    Retail and wholesale prices live on the product, the contractor percentage lives on the customer type, and anyone overriding a price needs the permission to do it.

    Before: Retail, wholesale and contractor rates remembered, looked up, then agreed again on the bill.

  • You see udhaaro every day, not once a month

    Limits, terms, a warning banner and a receivables ledger replace the ledger book, and statements go out by WhatsApp from the invoice.

    Before: Credit kept in a ledger book and added up at the end of the month.

  • Transfers stop running on trust

    Every one goes through a request, a dispatch, time in transit and a receipt, with a reason recorded when the counts disagree.

    Before: Stock sent to the other godown on trust, with nothing recording what arrived.

Hardware and building materials

What Kuver Books does for you each day

Buy by the bundle, sell by the piece, keep contractor credit and godown stock in check.

  • Buy by the bundle, sell by the piece

    Set the conversion once on the product, and a delivery in bundles bills out correctly in pieces.

  • Retail and wholesale rate on one item

    Each product holds cost, selling, retail and wholesale prices, with the VAT-inclusive price shown beside each.

  • A warning before credit runs too far

    When a site account crosses its limit, a banner says so and links straight to settling the dues.

  • Nothing leaves a godown without a request

    A godown asks for stock formally, and you approve all of it or part of it before dispatch.

  • Cost rises flagged on purchases

    Purchase insights compare what you pay now per item with past months and flag the jumps.

Hardware and building materials, hour by hour

A day at a hardware counter

  1. Morning

    A mason buying fittings by the piece

    The first customer of the morning is a mason buying fittings by the piece. They are scanned or searched, the line takes the retail rate from the product, and the bill prints with your PAN and 13% VAT on the taxable lines.

  2. Mid-morning

    A contractor on account

    The second is a contractor with an account. The moment you pick the customer, the contractor rate applies, because the customer type carries its own percentage and nobody has to remember it. The order is rod and cement for a site across town, so it starts as a sales order: delivery date, the reference the site engineer will quote back at you, payment terms, and a delivery address different from the billing one. Delivery and labour go on as service items, priced and taxed but never touching stock.

  3. At the invoice

    Rod in by the bundle, out by the piece

    Rod came in by the bundle and is going out by the piece. The conversion and the piece price sit on the product, so nobody does the arithmetic on the bill. Before the invoice goes out, a banner says this account is over its credit limit, and one click opens the dues, so you can collect the old balance before giving more credit.

  4. Midday

    Cement moving between godowns

    The cement is in the second godown. A request goes in, it is approved, and the stock is dispatched with the lot named. Until the other godown confirms it, the quantity shows as in transit. When it arrives two bags short, you record the reason and Kuver Books makes the stock correction, so the balance still matches what is in the godown.

  5. Afternoon

    Supplier bills, photographed

    In the afternoon the pile of supplier bills gets entered. Photograph the bill (PNG or JPEG), up to 5 photos per batch, 20 MB each. AI Bill Scanning reads the supplier, the dates, the totals and the line items, and matches each line to your catalogue, so you check a filled-in bill beside the photo. Approving it puts the stock in. Then purchase insights tell you something you would otherwise find out a month later: the rate on a fast-moving item has jumped, flagged as a cost spike against its own history.

How do I charge contractors and walk-in customers different rates?

A contractor and a walk-in customer pay different prices, and a rate remembered wrong gives margin away. Kuver Books takes the rate from the product and the customer type, so it is the same whoever is at the counter.

  • Four prices on each product Cost, selling, retail and wholesale, entered before VAT with the VAT-inclusive price shown beside it.
  • Customer types that discount themselves Group parties as retail, wholesale or contractor, and their percentage applies as soon as you pick them.
  • Who may discount at all Mark products as no-discount, and decide by role who can override a price.
  1. 1. Source: VAT Act 2052; standard rate unchanged in Budget 2083/84 (FY 2026/27), per published budget analyses (Techman Consulting, Law Alpine, Infinity) checked 2026-11-05. Verified 2026-11-05.
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How do I stop stock going missing between godowns?

Rod in one godown, cement in another, fittings behind the counter. Goods that leave one store and arrive short at the next are a loss nobody sees until the count, so every transfer is recorded from request to receipt.

  • Every dispatch names the lot Send all or part of a request, and a half-sent request stays visible.
  • In transit until received Anything sent but not yet received is tracked, and receiving checks the quantity and batch.
  • Shortfalls get a reason When a delivery arrives short, record why and the stock correction is made for you.
  1. 1. Source: Plan limits as published on the pricing page. Verified 2026-09-12.
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Fit check

What does Kuver Books not do for hardware traders?

Better you hear it now than after a month of setup.

  • There is no job or project costing

    Nothing gathers materials, labour and margin against a named site or contract.
  • There is no dispatch or vehicle routing

    And no delivery challan workflow beyond the sales order, the invoice and the service lines you bill on it.
  • There is no rental or hire register for plant, shuttering or tools

  • There are no quantity-slab or free-goods schemes

    So a buy-ten-get-one deal is entered as a discount rather than generated for you.

Not sure it fits your shop?

Tell us what you sell and how many counters you run. A specialist replies within one business day.

Hardware store billing software in Nepal, godown by godown

  • Unlimited warehouses on every plan
  • 32 built-in reports
  • 14-day free trial, no card required

Unlimited warehouses on every plan, which in this trade usually means the shop, one or two godowns and a yard. Each keeps its own balance, reports alone or added together, and moves stock only through a request and a dispatch. Set a minimum stock level on the items that sell fastest, and a low-stock banner shows on the product list and the dashboard while there is still time to order more. Single branch on Standard and Premium; Enterprise covers multi-branch, priced with you. Behind it all sit 32 built-in reports, filterable in Bikram Sambat or AD, including stock position and value, ageing, profit and margin per item, and the VAT registers your accountant files from. Start on a 14-day free trial, no card required, bring one of your longest site bills, and time it against the way you raise it now.

Questions

Questions from building material traders

We receive rod in bundles and sell it by the piece. Does the stock stay right?
Yes. Every product has a primary unit and can carry alternate units with a conversion factor, and each unit can hold its own price. You receive a purchase bill in bundles and bill a customer in pieces, and the quantity and the value stay correct on both sides because the conversion is applied by the system rather than on the bill. Measurement units ship pre-loaded and you can add whatever your trade uses.
Can I see how much credit a site account is carrying right now?
Yes. Each customer carries a credit limit and payment terms, and crossing the limit raises a banner that links to settling the dues. The receivables ledger lists every invoice with amounts, payments received, due date, status and running balance, filterable by date or customer, and exports to XLSX, PDF or CSV. You can send the invoice or the statement to the customer by WhatsApp or email from the document itself.
Does Kuver Books do job costing for a site or a contract?
No. There is no module that gathers materials, labour and margin against a named site or contract, and we would rather say that before you switch than after. What you can do is raise the order with its own reference and delivery address, bill goods and services on one invoice, and read margin per item from the product profitability report. Traders who need full contract costing keep that separately.
Cement and rod prices move constantly. How do I see my cost rising?
Purchase insights compare your current per-item rates against your own past monthly rates and raise cost spike alerts on the items that jumped, which is the evidence you want before the next supplier conversation. Beside it sit a monthly purchase trend by item and your top suppliers by purchase value, with purchase reports covering bills, receipts, debit notes and payments.

Pricing for hardware and building materials

  • Standard

    NPR 1,500 a month

    For a single outlet that bills every day.

  • Premium Recommended

    NPR 2,000 a month

    For a bigger catalogue and higher billing volume.

  • Enterprise

    Priced with you

    For multi-branch operations and teams that need an API.

14-day free trial, no card required. 13% VAT applies to all prices. Yearly billing costs less; every limit is on the pricing page.

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