Auto parts store software: POS and inventory in one place

Sotix helps run an auto parts store in Uzbekistan: thousands of items, compatibility with car models, wholesale and retail prices, mechanics' debts. Try it free for 14 days, no card.

What usually breaks inventory in an auto parts store

A parts store carries tens of thousands of items and many look-alike part numbers, and customers rarely ask for a name. They ask what fits their car. When stock is kept in a notebook or a spreadsheet, staff spend ages looking for the right part, counts drift away from reality, and wholesale and retail prices get mixed up.

Sotix is a cloud POS and inventory system for retail in Uzbekistan. The register runs on Android, iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows and in the browser, and sales are saved on the device without internet and sent to the server once the connection returns. More on the register in POS system for Uzbekistan.

Compatibility, brands and photos: search by car model

A product card holds a brand, photos and compatibility. Compatibility is a set of free-form tags: you type car models, sizes or any other attributes yourself. A salesperson then searches by tag and immediately sees what fits the customer's car.

• brand and photo help tell an original from an alternative;
• you define the compatibility tags yourself, with no preset car database forced on you;
• barcodes and min/max stock live in the same card.

Big catalogue: Excel import and serial numbers

Nobody wants to key in thousands of items by hand. Sotix imports products, customers and suppliers from Excel or CSV with a pre-check, so errors show up before the upload rather than after. If your supplier price list is already a spreadsheet, the warehouse is filled in one go.

For expensive units and assemblies you can track serial numbers one by one, and on a return you see exactly which unit was sold. More on stock in inventory management in Uzbekistan.

Wholesale and retail: two price lists, USD and a minimum price

Parts are often bought in dollars and sold in sums. In Sotix you can keep prices in USD with an exchange rate, so when the rate changes you do not have to rewrite the whole price list by hand.

• retail and wholesale price lists, so a workshop and a private buyer see different prices;
• a minimum product price: below it a seller cannot sell without the right or a confirmation;
• discounts, returns and parked receipts right at the register;
• payment by cash, card, Payme, Click and Uzum.

Parts and accessories for electric vehicles

Electric cars are becoming more common in Uzbekistan, and demand for their parts and accessories grows with them: floor mats, charging cables, covers, filters, consumables. Such a shop has the same core problem as any other: you must know what fits which car.

In Sotix you define the compatibility tags yourself, for example the makes and models you sell, and search by them. This works for BYD, Leapmotor and other brands' parts as well as accessories, and you maintain the tag list. Accessories can be grouped into kits, and new deliveries can be loaded quickly from Excel.

Stock levels, auto-reorder, mechanics' debts and delivery

Each product gets a minimum and a maximum stock level. When stock nears the minimum, the owner gets a Telegram notification, and purchasing can be generated by auto-reorder based on min/max. Reports show slow-moving items, so you see what is sitting on the shelf and where money is tied up.

Many customers are service stations and mechanics who take parts on credit. Sotix has a customer base, debts, installments with a payment schedule and debt reminders. Orders can be set up for delivery.

Sotix pricing

The first 14 days are free with all features and no card. Prices are currently from 75 000 UZS per month; the full list:

Pay for 3 months — 10% off, for a year — 20% off. 14-day free trial with all features, no card needed.

Signing up takes only a company name and an e-mail: start your trial.

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