Plain words over accounting language
A report that says “money pending from customers” is read. One that says “sundry debtors” is not. Every number in Vinimay comes with a sentence explaining what it means.
About
Built for the shop, not for the software demo.
Vinimay started from a simple observation: most billing software is designed to be sold to an owner and then operated by somebody else entirely. We build for the second person.
The bill is the product.
Everything a trading business runs on passes through one piece of paper. It has to be correct for the tax officer, legible for the customer, and fast enough that the person behind the counter never thinks about it.
So we started there — a tax invoice that gets CGST, SGST and IGST right by itself, prints on A4, A5 or an 80mm roll, and carries a UPI QR so the money can arrive before the customer leaves.
Stock, ledgers, reports and the assistant all hang off that one act. Raise a bill and the shelves go down, the khata goes up, the daybook fills in and the month closes itself. Nothing needs to be entered twice, because nothing was ever entered separately.
TAX INVOICE
Sharma Trading Co.
GSTIN 29AABCS1429B1Z4 · Bengaluru, KA
Billed to (buyer)
Gupta Provision Stores
GSTIN 29AACCG9876K1ZP · Ph 98765 43210
Shipped to (consignee)
Godown 2, Peenya
Vehicle KA 01 AB 1234 · Road transport
| Item description | Qty | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sprite 750 ml | 10 Box | 450.00 | 4,500.00 |
| Amul Butter 500 g | 6 Pkt | 265.00 | 1,590.00 |
| Tata Salt 1 kg | 24 Pcs | 28.00 | 672.00 |
Scan & pay
UPI: sharmatrading@hdfcbank
HDFC Bank · A/C 50200012345678
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HDFC Bank · A/C 50200012345678
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Taxable value6,762.00
CGST 9%608.58
SGST 9%608.58
Round off−0.16
Grand total₹7,979.00
Amount chargeable (in words): Rupees Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy Nine Only · E. & O.E.
How we decide
Six things we do not argue about internally.
Every product call gets checked against these, which is why the app looks the way it does.
The counter sets the pace
A bill that takes thirty seconds is a bill that gets skipped. Type-ahead on parties and products, keyboard shortcuts, drafts that save themselves — because a queue does not wait.
Nothing saved without a look
The assistant can create an invoice from a sentence, but it shows you the filled-in bill first. Automation should remove typing, not remove judgement.
English is not a requirement
Eleven languages, translated all the way down to validation messages, chosen per person. The people who run the counter should not be the ones who have to adapt.
Your records are yours
Ledgers export as PDF or CSV, reports as a print-ready summary, invoices as PDFs. Leaving should be possible, or staying is not really a choice.
Small businesses have branches too
Two shops and a godown is ordinary, not enterprise. Multiple companies and warehouses are part of the product, not a tier you are upsold into.
11Languages shipped
11Permission modules
3Paper formats
2Billing modes
Get started
See whether we got it right.
Install it, bill one real customer, and judge it on that.
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