A shop owner has to manage a lot of things. He is a one-man army which handles multiple things and different aspects of the job. From managing the products and inventory to people working in the store, from customers to managing money, the shop owner handles everything.
Managing a shop single-handedly is sure a tricky business, but different shop owners have started to take care of various aspects in different ways. Some hire people to help them out or simply as their family members to help in the job.
But many shop owners have moved from getting multiple people onboard to simply working with several apps that will help them in their jobs. Today in the market, one can find all kinds of apps to help you manage various things.
From cash flow to the attendance of your workers to licences, one can actually take care of everything within just a few seconds and not worry about a thing.
Top 5 Apps for Shop Owners
So, let us discuss about a few of such apps that you, too, can make use of and can use for the benefit of your business.
Lio
LIO is one of the most popular applications that is used by shop owners. This application is for anyone who is looking to get their life and work in order. It is for people from all walks of life who want to declutter and have a hassle-free job.
Lio offers you many templates based on your profession, so that means that if you are a shop owner, you select the template made specifically for a shop owner like credit and debit notes and start working on that. You can also make a template of your own, based on your own needs and requirements.
Each template offers various subcategories for your requirement. You can track all your business on Lio. You can create your detailed inventory of the items in the store on Lio. You can track how much money you are making and spending.
You can also keep a tab of attendance for the workers who would be working for you. In fact, you can share the file with someone else as well and they would only be able to see as much as you want. Not just this, collaborate with people on a file and see changes happening in real-time.
Paytm
Paytm has certainly taken over the world. It has become very popular, especially in the last 2-3 years. Payments have become very easy, safe and hassle-free.
Making payments have become very easy for all kinds of people but it has especially become more helpful for shop owners as people usually carry their digital money and not physical money.
Sop owners can give an option of making payment through this as well which would make the shop experience more convenient for the shoppers. You can also make your payments through this.
Paytm gives you a wallet where you can add money from your bank account. You can also link your bank account to Paytm and directly make payments from here. Paytm offers several vouchers and offers every time you make a payment from here.
Gpay
Gpay is another great alternative to Paytm when it comes to online payment gateways. It is by Google and hence the safety of the details and transactions are quite safe. You can receive payment as well as make payments from your GPay account in just a few clicks.
You can add people from your phone’s contact list or add a new number to make payment to manually. The payment process is pretty simple and can be done directly from your bank accounts that are linked to your GPay account. Every time you make payments, you receive vouchers and cashback offers.
Amazon
Amazon is one of the biggest giants in India when it comes to online shopping. People today prefer sitting at home and shop online. Amazon gives this amazing opportunity to all shop owners to go national and even international with them. You can register yourself as a seller on amazon and they make deliveries all over India and also outside India.
Being on Amazon lets you grow your business and reach a larger audience. It gives more visibility to your products. Just upload your products and let people see your amazing stuff and shop.
Whatsapp is another popular application that is used by everybody in the world. It is one of the best ways to stay connected with people and let them know what is going on without spending money.
With WhatsApp you can also grow your business. Many shop owners benefit from this application and so can you. With WhatsApp, you can tell your customers about the new products that are in. You can also send offers and discounts to a countless number of people.
You can let people know all about your shop, what are your offers, open and close timings and even take orders that the customers can later pick-up from the store or you get it home delivered.
