Mobile shop software in Faisalabad

Katchery Bazaar and the phone trade

Of the eight bazaars that run out from Faisalabad's Clock Tower, one has become the city's phone market. Katchery Bazaar, named for the court (katchery) at its end, is known for mobile phones and accessories, according to the city's Wikipedia article. Like the other seven bazaars, it is joined to its neighbours by the circular Gol Bazaar, so customers walk from one shop to the next comparing prices.

A shop in a market like this has two very different kinds of stock. The phones are few but costly, and each one is different: its IMEI, its variant, its PTA status, what it cost and what it can sell for. The accessories are cheap but many: covers for dozens of models, chargers, cables, handsfree, screen protectors and memory cards. Losing track of either costs money, but in different ways. A missing phone is a large loss at once; small accessories leak margin slowly when nobody knows what was sold at what price.

Repairs bring customers back to the same counter, and many buyers ask to pay for a new phone in parts. Old phones come in too, either sold for cash or offered against a new one.

Faisalabad's power supply, from FESCO, still has outages, and the busiest evening hours are when a shop can least afford a counter that stops.

A day at a Katchery Bazaar counter

Phones in. Paste or scan the IMEIs of a delivery in one go, with storage, RAM and colour as variants, and note each set's PTA status. The IMEI list shows how long each phone has been on the shelf, so slow models get attention early.

Accessories in. Covers, chargers and cables are ordinary products with barcodes. Scan them at the counter, or search by name and model. The low-stock list shows which ones are running out before the next order.

Old phones. Before buying or accepting a trade-in, scan its IMEI: if your shop sold or repaired it, the history shows. Buy it for cash, take it against a new phone at the agreed value, or keep it to sell for its owner, with the seller's CNIC on the record.

Repairs. Each job card records the IMEI, the lock code, the SIM and memory card left, the fault, the estimate and the advance, and prints for the customer.

Qist. Split a phone into monthly instalments; the plan lists what is due this week and what is late.

Closing. The profit report shows margin per IMEI and per model, and on accessories and repairs, after the day's expenses.

Questions from Faisalabad phone dealers

I sell accessories wholesale to smaller shops too. Can they buy on credit?

Yes. Each shop can be a customer with a khata. Bills add to the balance, payments reduce it, and a reminder goes on WhatsApp.

Can my helper sell accessories but not buy used phones?

Yes. Buying phones and taking trade-ins needs the permission to manage IMEI stock, so a helper can run the counter without it.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes. It runs in the browser on any phone, tablet or computer, and keeps billing without internet.

A customer says his phone was bought from my shop. How do I check?

Scan the IMEI. If your shop sold it, the bill, the date, the customer and the warranty left all show, and any repair done at your counter is listed under the same IMEI. If it was never sold by you, that is clear at once too, before you agree to a warranty repair.

Can I see which accessories actually sell?

Yes. The profit report lists every product and category with its quantity, sale and margin, so covers for models nobody uses any more stand out, and the next order goes to what customers ask for.

Where can I read more?

See IMEI records for mobile shops, the mobile shop page and Faisalabad.