Shop billing guide
Hinglish me padho →Bakery and Sweet Shop Billing: Sweets by Weight, Cake Orders and the Festival Rush
Half a kilo of kaju katli, a birthday cake for Saturday with ₹500 advance, and a Diwali queue out the door — all before lunch.
- Free plan to start
- Works without internet
- 10,000+ bills made on Bilzy
Photo: chiranjeeb mitra · Unsplash
The short answer
A bakery or sweet shop sells by weight and by piece, takes orders with an advance, and makes its own goods from raw material. In Bilzy, bill sweets by weight — 0.25 for 250 g — take cake orders as quotations with an advance and turn them into bills on pickup, keep batch and expiry for packed items, and on the Android app let a recipe take the ingredients off stock when the item is billed. Sweets, cakes, pastries and biscuits carry 5% GST. Bilzy costs ₹999 a year, with a free plan to start.
Bread, roti and paratha carry no GST, so a bakery bill often has two rates on it — each item keeps its own.
- Sell by
- Weight or piece
- Orders
- Advance on record
- GST
- 5% on sweets and cakes
- Price
- Free plan · ₹999 a year
A festival week pays for the year. Make sure every box is billed.
The cake is for Saturday. The advance is on record today.
A sweet business deserves exact accounts.
GST in a bakery and sweet shop
| Item | GST |
|---|---|
| Bread, roti, chapati, paratha | 0% |
| Sweets and mithai | 5% |
| Pre-packed namkeen and bhujia | 5% |
| Cakes, pastries and biscuits | 5% |
| Chocolates | 5% |
Rates as they stand after the GST Council changes that took effect on 22 September 2025. The rate follows the exact HSN code and, for some goods, the price — check yours on cbic-gst.gov.in before you bill. If you also serve food to eat in, ask your accountant whether restaurant rules apply to that part.
How to bill a bakery on Bilzy
- 1
Add items by weight and by piece
Keep sweets priced per kilo, and cakes, pastries and packs priced per piece.
- 2
Bill sweets by weight
Enter 0.25 for 250 g or 0.5 for half a kilo. The price is worked out from the rate per kilo.
- 3
Take cake orders
Make a quotation for the cake with the customer’s name and phone, and record the advance.
- 4
Turn the order into the bill
On pickup, make the quotation a bill. The advance comes off and only the balance is asked for.
- 5
Keep batch and expiry for packed goods
Switch on batches for packed biscuits, rusks and namkeen, so stock and dates are kept batch by batch.
- 6
Let recipes move raw material
On the Android app, give an item its recipe — flour, sugar, ghee — and billing it takes those ingredients off stock.
- 7
Close each festival day
Match the day’s cash and UPI with the drawer before you leave.
A cake order, start to finish
- 1
Order
Cake, customer name and phone on a quotation.
- 2
Advance
Recorded in cash or UPI.
- 3
Baked
Ingredients leave stock by recipe on the phone app.
- 4
Pickup
The quotation becomes the bill; the advance comes off.
- 5
Balance
Paid at the counter, bill printed or sent.
A bakery on Bilzy
Your bakery on Bilzy
- Counter
- Sweets by weight
- Pieces and packs
- Cash, UPI or both
- Orders
- Quotation for cakes
- Advance on record
- Bill on pickup
- Kitchen
- Recipe for an item
- Ingredients leave stock
- Raw material buying
- Expiry
- Batch for packed goods
- Expiry on each batch
- Low-stock list
- GST
- 0% bread and roti
- 5% sweets and cakes
- Rate saved per item
- Festivals
- A second counter phone
- Day book
- Staff logins
Every box of sweets carries someone’s celebration. Bill it with the care you pack it with.
A festival week checklist
Stock raw material early
Enter ghee, sugar and dry fruit purchases as they arrive, so stock is right when the rush starts.
Orders only with an advance
An advance keeps festival orders real and your kitchen planned.
Open a second counter
A second phone with a staff login bills from the same stock.
A rate per kilo on every sweet
With the rate set, billing by weight is instant at a crowded counter.
Close every night
Match cash and UPI every evening of the week, not only at the end of it.
What it costs to start, side by side
Listed prices for one counter, read off each seller's own page or the marketplace that sells it. Compare what you get for the money, on your own counter.
| Software | Plan | Listed price | Where it is listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bilzy | Windows counter, every feature | ₹999 a year · phone + Windows ₹1,299 a year · free plan to start | bilzy.in |
| Vyapar | Desktop plan | about ₹3,400 a year; mobile app free to download | techjockey.com listing |
| Zoho Books | Standard (3 users) | ₹749 a month, billed yearly; free plan up to ₹25 lakh revenue | zoho.com |
| TallyPrime | Silver (single user) | ₹22,500 + GST one-time, then about ₹4,500 a year for TSS; or ₹750 a month rental | erpresearch.com |
Prices as listed on 14 September 2026, before GST where the seller quotes them that way. They change — confirm on each seller's own site. Vyapar, Zoho Books, TallyPrime and Marg ERP are trademarks of their owners; Bilzy is not connected with them.
What Bilzy costs
One price with every feature on it. No per-bill charge, no AMC, no extra charge for staff logins.
Free
₹0to start
Try billing on your own counter first. No card.
Windows
₹999a year
Every feature on the counter PC. Or ₹99 a month.
Phone + Windows
₹1,299a year
One account on the counter PC and your phone.
Questions shopkeepers ask
How do I bill sweets by weight?
Keep the sweet priced per kilo and enter the weight as the quantity — 0.25 for 250 g, 0.5 for half a kilo. Bilzy works out the price.
Can I take cake orders with an advance?
Yes. Make a quotation for the order and record the advance. On pickup, turn it into the bill; the advance comes off and only the balance is asked for.
What is the GST on sweets and cakes?
Sweets, namkeen, cakes, pastries, biscuits and chocolates carry 5% GST since 22 September 2025. Bread, roti and paratha carry none. Check the HSN of your items.
Is Bilzy only for small shops?
No. It is priced so a small shop can afford it, and built for a busy one: staff logins with roles, stock in more than one godown, wholesale rates and credit limits, GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B files, and billing that keeps going when the internet does not. The low price is how it is sold — one yearly plan, bought online, with no AMC — not a smaller product.
Does Bilzy work without internet?
Yes. Bills are made and saved on the phone or the PC, and go up to your account when the connection comes back.
Can I use it on my phone and my computer together?
Yes, on one account. Items, parties and bills are the same on both, and stock is moved by the server so two counters cannot sell the same last piece. Phone + Windows is ₹1,299 a year.
Can my staff bill without seeing my profit?
Yes. Each staff login gets only the screens you tick. Purchase cost and profit are their own permission.
Make your next bakery & sweet shop bill on Bilzy.
Install it on the counter PC or your phone and bill your first customer today. Help on the phone or WhatsApp: 9387029304.
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Published 15 September 2026 by Bilzy. Cover photo by chiranjeeb mitra on Unsplash, used under the Unsplash licence; the people and places in it are not connected with Bilzy.