Profit

Business Management System · made in Tanzania

One system for the
whole business.

Profit runs sales, stock, money and people in one place. Sell at the counter, follow every shilling into real double-entry books, and know what the business actually made — with or without internet.

  • Sells with no internet
  • Real double-entry books
  • Prices in TSh

The whole system

Sales. Stock. Money. People.

Four jobs every business has. Profit does all four on one database, so the till, the shelf and the books always agree. Here is what each module covers.

Module 01 · Sales

Every way a business sells.

A barcode till for the shop. Tables and tabs for the restaurant. Appointments for the salon. Expiry-aware selling for the pharmacy. Same till, same books.

And every sale — cash, credit or refund — lands in the ledger by itself.

Point of sale
Barcode or touch. Retail counter or restaurant tables and tabs. Splits payments, prints receipts.
Kitchen display
Orders fire from the till to the kitchen screen, split by department. Cooks mark them ready; the floor sees it.
Waiter mode
Waiters take orders at the table. Only the people you allow can take money.
Delivery orders
Ring up orders that leave the shop and settle them when they are paid.
Salon appointments
Book the time and the staff member, then sell the service at the till.
Pharmacy batch & expiry
Batch numbers and expiry dates on every box. The till sells the earliest expiry first.
Sell on credit
A sale can go on a customer's account. Profit tracks who owes what and records every payment against the debt.
Refunds with approval
A refund needs a supervisor to approve it, and both sides go on record.

Module 02 · Inventory

Stock enters on a document, not a guess.

Everything on the shelf got there through a supplier invoice, a transfer or a production run — so every quantity has a paper behind it, and every correction has a name on it.

Main Store

Everything you bought. Nothing is sold from here.

stock moves down, signed for both ways

Kitchen

Cooks, then sells

Barbeque

Cooks, then sells

Barista

Sells its own stock

Chapati

Cooks, then sells

One counter only? Leave departments switched off and run a single stock.

Products & categories
Every item with its barcode, price and category — retail goods, dishes, services.
Purchasing
Supplier invoices received straight into stock. Always know what you owe and to whom.
Stock per department
The Main Store holds what you bought. Each counter — kitchen, barista, barbeque — holds its own shelf and sells from it.
Transfers
Stock moves store → department. The store gives, the counter receives, both sides are signed for.
Production runs
Raw materials in, finished dishes out. Flour becomes chapati; the flour comes off the shelf and the chapati carries its real cost.
Stocktake
Count the shelf, compare with the book, post the difference in one screen.
Audited corrections
Every stock adjustment says who, when and why. Nothing changes quietly.

Module 03 · Money

The books write themselves.

Till software gives you a sales total. Profit keeps real books — chart of accounts, general ledger, journal, trial balance — and every transaction posts its own entry the moment it happens.

Table 4 · Amina

Open
2 × Chicken skewer TSh 10,000
1 × Chapati TSh 1,500
2 × Coffee TSh 6,000
Total TSh 17,500

Take payment

Journal #4821

posted

Sale · Table 4 · no bookkeeper touched this

  • Dr Cash 17,500
  • Cr Sales 17,500
  • Dr Cost of goods sold 7,900
  • Cr Stock — Barbeque 7,900

Balanced · 25,400 = 25,400

Chart of accounts

Your accounts, arranged the way an accountant expects to find them.

General ledger & journal

Every sale, purchase, expense and stock movement posts its own double entry.

Trial balance

Ready any day you ask. Always balanced, because the entries post themselves.

Expenses

Rent, fuel, airtime — booked to the right account the day you pay them.

Cash shifts & end of day

Open the drawer, close the drawer, reconcile to the shilling.

Sales & profit reports

What sold, what it cost, what was made — by day, product, staff or department.

One sale, four ledger lines — cash, sales, cost, stock. Purchases, expenses, transfers and production post the same way.

Module 04 · People

Everyone works under their own name.

You decide who sees what and who touches money. The system remembers the rest — every sale, every correction, every shift, with a name on it.

Staff accounts
Each person signs in as themselves — at the till, in the office, or from home.
Custom roles & permissions
Build the role you actually need: a cashier who cannot see profit, a waiter who cannot take money, a supervisor who can correct stock.
Sale attribution
Every sale carries the name of who rang it up, and reports show who sold what.
Shift history
Who opened the drawer, who closed it, and how the count came out.
Audit log
Corrections and changes are recorded with who, when and why.

How it flows

The modules connect. Here is one purchase, end to end.

Twenty kilos of chicken, from the supplier's invoice to gross profit. Every step is a real screen, nothing is retyped.

Purchase

Received 20 kg chicken

TSh 180,000

Supplier invoice booked. Stock lands in Main Store.

Transfer

Moved 20 kg → Barbeque

Store −20 kg

The store gives, the counter receives. Signed both ways.

Production

Cooked 80 skewers

Cost TSh 2,250 each

Chicken off the shelf; skewers become sellable stock, carrying their cost.

Sale

Sold 63 skewers

TSh 315,000

Rung up at TSh 5,000 each — with the internet down all afternoon.

The ledger

Gross profit, posted

TSh 173,250

Every line above is a journal entry you can open. 17 skewers still on the counter.

Works anywhere

On your own PC, in the browser, or both.

Same system, same data. The counter PC keeps its own database and syncs to the cloud when it is online.

On the counter PC

Install Profit on the counter machine. It owns its own database, so the till, the stock and the books work with no internet at all. Add more tills on the local network.

  • The full system with no connection
  • Receipt printing and barcode scanners
  • Extra tills over the local network
  • Updates itself when it is online
Download for Windows

Windows · macOS · Linux

In the browser

Nothing to install. Open Profit on a tablet, a laptop or your phone — at the counter or from home on a Sunday.

  • Runs on any browser, any device
  • One login, several businesses
  • Owners see the business without being in it
  • Sales from the counter PC sync up here
Start free

No card needed. Set up your business in ten minutes.

Moving from another system? Bring your product list in from a spreadsheet, and take it out the same way.

Who it's for

One system, many kinds of business.

The modules are the same everywhere. What changes is which ones you turn on.

Mini-market

Barcode till, purchasing, cash-up at end of day. Sells with the internet down.

Restaurant & cafe

Tables and tabs, kitchen display, waiter mode, production for the kitchen.

Pharmacy

Batch numbers and expiry dates on every box. Earliest expiry sells first.

Bakery

Production runs turn flour into bread with a real cost per piece.

Salon

Appointments with time and staff, and every sale attributed to who did the work.

Something else?

If you buy, sell and pay people, the modules fit. Turn on what you need; ignore the rest.

Pricing

Pay how a business here actually pays.

Mobile money, bank transfer, or cash. Tell us the size of the business and we'll quote you the same day.

Counter PC

One licence per business, paid once.

  • The full system, offline
  • Double-entry books and reports
  • Purchases, stock and staff
  • Extra tills on the local network
  • Free updates
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Most businesses

Cloud

Monthly, per business. Start free.

  • Everything in Counter PC
  • Nothing to install
  • Any device with a browser
  • Departments, kitchen and books
  • Owner access from anywhere
Start free

Several businesses

Chains, franchises, and groups.

  • One login, every business
  • Counter PC and cloud together
  • Custom roles per branch
  • Help setting up stock and accounts
  • Priority support
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Questions owners ask.

Does it really work without internet?

Yes. On the counter PC, Profit keeps its own database on that machine — sales, stock, books and reports all work with the router unplugged. When the connection comes back, everything syncs up on its own.

Is it real accounting, or just sales totals?

Real accounting. Profit keeps a chart of accounts, a general ledger and a journal. Every sale, purchase, expense and stock movement posts its own double entry, and you can pull a trial balance any day. If you work with an accountant, they will recognise all of it.

Does it fit my kind of business?

The modules are general. Mini-markets use the barcode till and purchasing. Restaurants add tables, tabs and the kitchen screen. Pharmacies get batch numbers and expiry dates. Bakeries use production. Salons book appointments. Turn on what you need and ignore the rest.

What counts as a department?

Any counter that holds its own stock and sells: a kitchen, a barbeque, a barista, a chapati station, a butchery. The Main Store buys and holds; a department receives stock from the store and sells it. Turn departments off entirely if you only have one counter.

What is production?

It is how you record what got made. Twenty kilos of chicken become eighty skewers: the chicken comes off the shelf, the skewers become sellable stock at that counter, and the cost follows them into the books.

Can I sell on credit?

Yes. A sale can go on a customer's account. Profit tracks who owes what, and every payment is recorded against the debt — in the books, not in a notebook.

Do I need the cloud to use it?

No. The counter PC version is complete on its own. The cloud is for people who want Profit on a tablet or phone, or who want to see the business while they are not in it.

How do I pay?

Mobile money (M-Pesa, Airtel Money, Tigo Pesa), bank transfer, or cash. Send us the reference and we activate your account the same day.

Can I move it to a new computer?

Yes. Restore your database and your licence file on the new machine and carry on.

Who can see what?

You decide. Roles and permissions are yours to build: a cashier who cannot see profit, a waiter who cannot take money, a supervisor who can correct stock. Every sale carries the name of whoever rang it up.

Stop guessing what the business made today.

Products, counters, staff and books — set up in an afternoon. Sell tomorrow morning.