Know what is left on every roll
Live stock of cable in metres and rolls, and of every fitting, in the store room and each branch.
How stock control works →Electrical Supplies Shops POS · Zambia
Best POS Software for Electrical Supplies Shops in Zambia
Sell cable by the metre at the right price, find any fitting fast at the counter, give electricians credit and collect on time, and send job quotes that close at today’s prices.
Made for electrical supplies shops in Zambia: mobile money, card and cash on every sale, ZMW pricing and records ready for ZRA.
- Cable by the metre or the roll
- Fittings found by rating or brand
- Electrician & contractor accounts
- Job quotes to orders in one step
- Branch stock & transfers
- Low-stock alerts
cable 2.5mm
ProductMainBranch 2
Twin & Earth Cable 2.5 mm²Metres34045
Single Core Cable 2.5 mm²Metres600210
Twin & Earth Cable 2.5 mm²100 m roll3Out
↻ Transfer one roll from Main to Branch 2 this week
Illustration · example data
Free setup & product importKeeps selling offlineZMW pricing · mobile money recordedA real person on WhatsApp
What is the best POS software for electrical supplies shops in Zambia?
EliteTeQ is a strong choice for electrical supplies shops in Zambia that need cable sold by the metre or the roll from one stock record, thousands of small fittings found fast by name, rating, brand or barcode, electrician and contractor accounts with credit limits and statements, job quotes with live prices turned into orders in one step, and stock across every branch, with an offline mode that keeps the counter selling when the network drops. It records mobile money, card and cash against each sale and keeps sales records ready for ZRA.
- Sells cable by the metre or the roll from one stock
- Finds any fitting by name, rating, brand or barcode
- Keeps every electrician’s balance and credit limit
- Turns a job quote into an order in one step
Everything EliteTeQ does for an electrical supplies shop
The full list, in one system: what is built for your trade, and everything that keeps stock, money and staff under control.
Built for electrical supplies shops
- Multiple units of sale
- Fast item search
- Electrician & contractor accounts
- Statements on WhatsApp
- Job quotes with live prices
- Quotes to orders in one step
- Branch stock & transfers
- Margins & product movement
Stock, warehouses & branches
- Live stock in every shop, warehouse and branch
- Multiple warehouses and branches in one system
- Stock transfers, confirmed on arrival
- Damages and write-offs recorded with a reason
- Serial and IMEI numbers
- Low-stock alerts and barcode scanning
Buying & selling
- Purchases recorded against what arrived
- Purchase returns to suppliers
- Fast sales at the counter, on any device
- Sales returns recorded properly
- Mobile money, card and cash recorded on each sale
- Receipts and sales records kept for ZRA
Staff, roles & control
- Multiple users, each with their own login
- Roles and permissions that limit what each user sees and does
- Audit logs of who changed what, and when
- Sales by staff member and shift
- HRM: staff records in the same system
Product movement
- A movement history for every product
- Every purchase, sale, transfer, return and write-off, in order
- Trace exactly where missing stock went
- Movement by branch, warehouse and date range
- Fast movers and slow movers at a glance
- Know what to reorder and what to stop buying
Accounting, WhatsApp & cloud
- Accounting in the same system as the till
- Profit and margin by product and branch
- WhatsApp to customers and suppliers
- Keeps selling offline when the internet or power drops
- Cloud-based: syncs automatically, every branch on your phone
- Your records in the cloud, not on one shop computer
Sound familiar?
Built for the way electrical supplies shops actually run
See How EliteTeQ Solves This →- Cable cut to length, counts that never match?
- A roll is sold whole or by the metre, and switches arrive in boxes but sell singly. Each unit has its own price, all from one stock record.
- Thousands of small parts?
- Sockets, breakers, bulbs and connectors in many ratings and brands. Search by name, rating or brand, or scan the barcode, and the counter keeps moving.
- Electricians who pay later?
- Accounts with credit limits, running balances and WhatsApp statements show exactly who owes what, with no disputed paper ledger.
- Quotes out of date before they close?
- Build a job quote with live prices and stock, share it, and convert it into an order in one step when the electrician says yes.
- Branches you cannot see?
- Each branch is tracked separately, with every transfer between them on record.
Know your electrical shop in real time
Everything an electrical supplies shop owner checks in a day, on one screen.
Today · all branches
Sales todayZK48,630118 sales · Main 74 · Branch 2 44
Cable sold1,240 mFittings and breakers next
Electrician balances due3Statements on WhatsApp
Gross margin24%After cost of goods
Best sellers
Open quotes
House rewiring ElectricianSent
Shop fit-out ContractorAccepted
Outdoor lighting Walk-inSent
- Check today's salesBy branch and staff member
- Find any fittingSearch by name, rating or brand, or scan
- Check cable left on a rollStock in metres and whole rolls
- See what is running lowLow-stock list per branch
- Check an electrician's balanceAccounts with credit limits
- Follow up a quoteOpen quotes, sent and accepted
- Know your marginsMargin by product and category
- Compare branchesBranch comparison
Everything an electrical supplies shop runs on
01 / 04
By the metre, by the roll, found in seconds
Multiple units of sale
Metre, roll, piece or box, each with its own price, from one stock record.
Fast item search
Find fittings by name, rating, brand or barcode, even across thousands of items.
02 / 04
Electricians on account, statements on WhatsApp
Electrician & contractor accounts
Credit limits and running balances for every electrician and contractor.
Statements on WhatsApp
Send each account holder their statement on WhatsApp, straight from their account.
03 / 04
From job quote to order in one step
Job quotes with live prices
Quotes for a whole installation built from today’s prices and stock.
Quotes to orders in one step
Convert an accepted quote into an order without retyping a single line.
04 / 04
Every branch, every metre on record
Branch stock & transfers
Each branch tracked separately, with every transfer between them on record.
Margins & product movement
Margin by product and category, and the full history of every line.
Is EliteTeQ the right POS for your electrical shop?
- Electrical supplies shops
- Electrical wholesalers
- Cable and wire dealers
- Lighting shops
- Hardware stores with an electrical counter
- Solar and electrical accessories shops
- Trade counters for electricians
- Multi-branch electrical suppliers
From a single fuse to a full rewire
Cable & wire / Sockets & switches / Circuit breakers / Distribution boards / Bulbs & lighting / Conduit & trunking / Connectors & terminals / Extension leads / Fuses / Electrician tools
What EliteTeQ gives back to your electrical shop
Every part of EliteTeQ, described by what it does for an electrical supplies shop.
Pay only for what arrived
Supplier deliveries are recorded as they come in, and faulty or wrong items go back and off the supplier’s bill.
Reordering without overstocking →Unused fittings come back cleanly
When an electrician returns what a job did not need, it goes back into stock and off their account in one step.
The sales reports worth running →Faulty stock written off, not hidden
Damaged offcuts, broken fittings and dead bulbs are written off with a reason, so stock and profit stay true.
Where lost stock really goes →Stock where the electricians buy
Move a roll of cable or a box of breakers to the branch that needs it, with both counts right.
Running several branches and stores →Staff sell, you set the limits
Only the right people can sell on account or change prices, and only you see costs and margins.
Fair rules that stop till fraud →Every price and every quote has a name
Every sale, quote, price change and account sale is tied to a login and a time.
Catching shrinkage early →Quotes and statements where electricians read them
Share quotes and account statements on WhatsApp instead of chasing electricians by phone.
Know where every metre went
Received, transferred, sold by the metre or the roll, returned or written off: the full history of every line.
Reading stock turnover →Books that keep up with the counter
Sales, purchases, account sales and expenses post to your accounts as they happen, with profit by branch.
Accounting and ERP in one system →Your counter team in one place
Staff records and roles sit next to your stock and sales, not in a separate file.
Staff, payroll and branches →Your business in your pocket, online or off
Check every branch from your phone, and keep the counter selling when the network drops. Everything syncs when it returns.
Cloud vs traditional POS →Still running your electrical shop on a counter book?
The notebook & spreadsheet way
- One unit per item on the till
- Hunting the price list for a breaker
- Electrician debts in a ledger
- Quotes retyped when prices move
- Guessing what is left on a roll
- Transfers nobody wrote down
- Profit is a guess
The EliteTeQ way
- Metre, roll, piece or box from one stock
- Search by rating, brand or barcode
- Accounts with limits and statements
- Quotes to orders in one step
- Cable stock in metres and rolls
- Every transfer on record
- Margin by product and branch
Stop guessing. Start knowing.
Electrical supplies POS software in Zambia
Built for Zambian businesses with ZRA-ready fiscal receipting, Kwacha (ZK) pricing, mobile-money reconciliation, and stock planning around the month-end pay peaks that drive Copperbelt retail.
The Copperbelt and Lusaka carry most formal trade, and mining pay dates concentrate demand into month-end far more sharply than in diversified economies. As a landlocked market, most goods arrive overland from the south, so shelf price follows freight cost.
A day in an electrical supplies shop on EliteTeQ
An illustrative day, not a customer story.
Before opening, you check the low-stock list for the shop and each branch.
Electricians arrive before their jobs. Cable is sold by the metre and breakers by the piece, each at the right price.
An electrician asks for a quote to rewire a house. It is built with today’s prices and stock and shared on WhatsApp.
A supplier delivers ten rolls of cable and boxes of sockets. They are recorded against the supplier as they come in.
The quote is accepted. It becomes an order in one step, on the electrician’s account and within the limit.
Branch 2 is low on double sockets. A transfer from Main is sent and confirmed on arrival.
Closing. Cash, mobile money, card and account sales reconcile, and you see the day's margin on your phone.
Up and running in three steps
- 1
Send us your price list
Your items with the units you sell them in, and your electrician and contractor customers, from a spreadsheet or your current system.
- 2
We set up units and accounts for free
We load your stock, units, account customers, branches and staff logins.
- 3
Sell, quote and collect from day one
One short training session, then stock, quotes and balances update with every sale, online or offline.
Simple pricing
From USD 499 per year
No setup fee. Your product list imported for you.
Every plan includes
- POS and inventory software
- Multiple units of sale
- Electrician and contractor accounts
- Job quotes to orders
- Free setup and product import
- Support from a real person on WhatsApp
Questions owners ask us
Not answered here? A real person replies on WhatsApp.
What POS system is best for electrical supplies shops in Zambia?
The best fit in Zambia is POS software that runs your units, accounts and quotes, not just payments. EliteTeQ sells cable by the metre or the roll from one stock, finds fittings by rating or brand, keeps electrician accounts with limits, turns quotes into orders, prices in ZMW and keeps working offline. It records mobile money, card and cash against each sale and keeps sales records ready for ZRA.
Can I sell cable by the metre?
Yes. Cable can be sold by the metre or the roll from one stock record, each with its own price, so you always know what is left. Fittings work the same way, by the piece or the box.
How do staff find the right fitting fast?
Search by name, rating or brand, or scan the barcode, so the right breaker or socket and its price come up in seconds.
Can electricians buy on account?
Yes. Each electrician or contractor gets an account with a credit limit, a running balance and WhatsApp statements.
Can I create quotes for a job?
Yes. Build a quote with live prices and stock, share it on WhatsApp, and convert it into an order in one step when it is accepted.
Can I record serial numbers on tools?
Yes. Items that carry a serial number can have it recorded at sale, so you can match a returned tool to the sale it came from.
Can customers pay with mobile money?
Yes. EliteTeQ records mobile money, card and cash against each sale, so every payment method is accounted for and reconciles at closing.
Can I manage several branches?
Yes. Each branch has its own stock. Move stock between them with a transfer that stays on record, and compare branches side by side.
Does it work offline?
Yes. The counter keeps selling and printing receipts through power and network cuts, and everything syncs when the connection returns.
Can I see which products make the most money?
Yes. EliteTeQ records the cost of what you buy, so reports show sales, cost of goods and margin by product, category and branch.
Is there support for electrical supplies shops in Zambia?
Yes. Setup, product import, staff training and day-to-day support for businesses in Zambia are done remotely, over WhatsApp, phone and screen-share, so you talk to a real person without waiting for a visit. Prices, payments and tax records are set up for Zambia.
How much does electrical supplies POS software cost in Zambia?
EliteTeQ starts from USD 499 per year and scales with your branches, products and users. Setup and importing your product list are free.
Stop guessing. Start knowing.
Bring your price list to a free demo and see EliteTeQ running an electrical shop like yours in Zambia.
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Tax and compliance facts for electrical supplies shops in Zambia
- VAT: 16% (source: zra.org.zm)
- VAT threshold: ZMW 800,000 taxable turnover a year (source: zra.org.zm)
- E-invoicing / fiscal receipts: ZRA Smart Invoice (all taxpayers registered for VAT or Turnover Tax) (source: zra.org.zm)
Tax in Zambia is administered by the Zambia Revenue Authority. EliteTeQ POS calculates tax on every sale and keeps the records you file, and records MTN MoMo, Airtel Money and Zamtel Kwacha, cards, and bank transfers against each sale.
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