Start here: Create your account, choose country and currency, create a business, then select the business type. Use the business name at the top of the app to switch between businesses.
Shop, supermarket, pharmacy, wholesale and warehouse
- Open Products and add each item once: name, selling price, optional barcode/QR code, cost, category, unit and low-stock level.
- Open Stock when goods arrive. Search or scan the item, then add the quantity. Each change is saved in stock history.
- Open Sell, search or scan products, review the basket, add customer details if needed, confirm payment and share the receipt.
- Use Purchases for supplier goods and real purchase costs. Use Customer debts when a customer pays later.
Food outlet, restaurant and bar
- Add meals, drinks and services as products. You can turn off minimum-stock alerts when portion counting is not practical.
- Use Purchases for ingredients, packaging and written raw-material purchases.
- Use Sell for quick orders; then issue a receipt. Use Expenses for rent, gas, wages and other costs.
Hotel and guest house
- Add the hotel and all rooms under Hotels / rooms. Save the nightly price on every room.
- Open Bookings, choose a room, guest and dates. The room’s saved nightly price and booking total are selected automatically.
- Record a hotel payment, then create a receipt or invoice from Documents. Save a WhatsApp number to share it directly.
- Use the dashboard for occupied rooms, arrivals, departures, expected money and expenses.
Rental houses and apartments
- Add a property, then add each house, room or unit. Set the monthly rent on the unit.
- Create a tenancy with tenant name, contacts, start date and number of months. The end date is calculated automatically.
- Use Pay & extend to record payment. A partial payment is saved toward the next month until it becomes enough. Mark moved out only when the tenant really leaves.
- Use active/inactive contract tabs and tenant status to see agreement dates, paid-through date and balance.
Salon, barbershop, spa, car wash, laundry, repair shop and gym
- Add priced services and staff where useful.
- Use Appointments to book customers and update the work status.
- Use Documents for quotations, invoices and receipts. Add supplies, rent and wages in Expenses.
Farm, poultry and livestock
- Add eggs, chickens, feed, crops and other items using practical units such as tray, kg, bag or animal.
- Use Stock and Purchases for feed, medicine and supplies. Use Sell for produce sold.
- Use Expenses and Reports to compare sales, stock and costs.
Transport and delivery
- Add vehicles, routes and trips first.
- Record passenger, cargo or delivery bookings and money received.
- Add fuel, repairs and other costs in Expenses, then use reports to compare income and costs.
Church, mosque, SACCO, personal and community records
- Use Transactions for contributions, donations, savings, withdrawals and approved expenses.
- Always add a clear category and description.
- Use Reports to see money in, money out and balance by day, week, month, year or custom dates.
Customers, suppliers, reports and documents
- Save phone, email and a separate WhatsApp number for contacts. Mark the normal phone as WhatsApp when it is the same number.
- Use Reports to view sales, purchases, expenses, profit and remaining stock.
- Use Stock count to compare physical stock with the system count; differences are saved as adjustments.
- Use Documents: quotation before a sale, invoice when payment is due, and receipt after payment. Save PDF/image or share.
All supported business templates
Choose the closest template when creating a business. You can change it later in More → Business type and modules.
- Shops and inventory: shop, supermarket, pharmacy, wholesale and warehouse.
- Food and hospitality: food outlet, takeaway, bakery, restaurant, bar, hotel and guest house.
- Property: rental houses, apartments and rooms.
- Farming: farm, poultry and livestock.
- Personal services: men's salon, women's salon, unisex salon, barbershop, spa, car wash, laundry, repair shop and gym.
- Transport: bus, taxi/car hire, delivery, trucking, airline and ferry/boat.
- Community and other: personal finance, church, mosque, SACCO, service business, custom business and other.
Owners, staff, approvals, subscriptions and safety
- Owners can add a second owner, managers and staff in Users. Choose only the menus each staff member needs.
- Create a user and show the QR code. The employee installs Sawe Stock and chooses Scan team invitation.
- Turn on approval rules when staff should submit changes for owner approval. A number appears on the affected menu when action is waiting.
- Use strong passwords. Sawe Stock does not show ads. The platform administrator controls plans and trials; after a trial ends, records stay visible but new records need a plan. Back up the online server regularly.