Point of sale · By MithTech
Ready to pilotKeep billing when the network dropsCounterFlow offline POS
CounterFlow is our point of sale for shop counters: each sale is saved on the till first and sent once when the connection returns.
Ready to pilot: we set it up on your process first, and you pay if you like it.
Works with what you run?
Your records end up in CounterFlow's own records today; your books once the link is built in your pilot.
What CounterFlow does today
Billing that doesn't wait for the network
Each sale is saved on the till first and sent when the connection returns, never twice.
- Works as standard Works on every till from day one.
- Ends up as a sale saved on the till, sent once.
Barcode billing, GST on the receipt
Scan, bill and print a receipt with your GSTIN and the tax; take UPI with an on‑screen QR.
- We set it up We load your items, barcodes, prices and tax.
- Ends up as a receipt with your GSTIN and the tax.
Returns behind a manager's PIN
No return goes through on the cashier's word alone.
- Works as standard Set who may approve.
- Ends up as a return with who approved it.
Cash closing per till
The day's count against the day's sales, till by till.
- Works as standard Ready from day one.
- Ends up as a day‑end closing.
Partly built
Several stores, points for regulars
Each store with its own tills, run from one place; customers earn points as they buy.
- Loyalty is points only: no tiers or rewards yet.
- We set it up We set up your stores and tills.
- Ends up as stores, tills and customer points.
Not built yet
Sales into your books
The day's sales posting into ERPNext or your accounting software.
- Not built yet: today CounterFlow keeps its own records.
- Built for you A link to your books we'd build; day‑end figures meanwhile.
- Ends up as sales in CounterFlow today.
One afternoon, the network drops
OnlineComplete
The counter bills as usual; nothing is waiting to send.
OfflineComplete
The network drops. Three sales are saved on the till; three wait to send.
BackComplete
The network returns. The three sales go to the server, each booked once.
Day endComplete
Cash closing counts the drawer against all of the day's sales.
Where CounterFlow stops
Going live: who does what
The devices for one counter (a computer, or an Android tablet), your items, barcodes and prices, and who approves returns.
Sets up CounterFlow for your store and loads your items.
Trains the counter staff and stays on call through the pilot.
Decide about your books: day‑end figures, or a link we build.
Roll out, change or stop.
Who you pay, for what
- MithTech
- The pilot and what follows, in a written proposal; you pay for the pilot only if you like it.
- Your card and UPI providers
- Their fees, on their own bills.
What you own
Your sales, stock and customer records; export them any time. CounterFlow is ours and isn't open source.
Questions about CounterFlow
Yes, that is what it's for. Each sale is saved on the till first, with its own number, and waits in a queue. When the connection returns, the queue is sent to the server, and a sale that was already sent is never booked twice. Anything the server can't accept waits in a conflicts list for a manager, rather than vanishing.
Not yet. Today CounterFlow keeps its own sales, stock and customers. We already sync online stores with ERPNext through our Medusa–ERPNext sync, and CounterFlow runs on Medusa too, so the same route is the plan for the counter. It isn't built or tested for the till yet, so we scope it with you in the pilot.
Not directly. CounterFlow keeps each day's sales and tax, per till, for your accountant to enter in Tally. A direct link into Tally is work we'd scope with you; if you'd rather keep Tally and get better tools around it, we do that too. Tell us how your books run today.
Not since version 13. The older offline mode was removed, and ERPNext's POS now needs a connection to the server to bill. For a counter where the network is reliable, it's a good till and it posts straight into the books. Where the network drops, an offline-first till like CounterFlow keeps billing.
Two tills: a desktop app for a computer at a fixed counter, and an app for Android tablets. Both save sales on the device and send them when online. Barcode scanning and receipt printing are part of both. We haven't tested an iPad build yet; if your store runs on iPads, tell us before the pilot.
Yes, that is how we start. A pilot is one store and one or two counters: we set it up, load your items, train the staff and stay close while you use it. You decide after the pilot whether to roll it out, and what it should connect to.