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POS system and stock control for shops in Zambia

BelloPOS runs sales, stock, customer credit and reports on the PC or Mac in your shop, even during load-shedding or when the network is down. It does not issue ZRA Smart Invoices: you keep using your Smart Invoice solution for that.

BelloPOS runs on a Windows computer or a Mac. Open the link there.

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A free POS that does the whole job

Free forever with the Lite plan:

  • Free point of sale

    The Lite plan is free forever. There is no monthly fee, and you never need a card.

  • Free monthly updates

    A new version every month, free: new features, bug fixes and support for more devices.

  • Easy orders and receipts

    A clear, simple screen to build an order in a few taps and print the receipt right away.

  • Barcode scanner support

    Plug in any USB or Bluetooth barcode scanner. It works right away. Scan to sell, scan new stock, and print your own labels.

  • Receipt printer support

    Use a small receipt printer (58 or 80 mm) or any printer your computer already uses. Choose how your receipt looks. Save invoices as PDF.

  • Free inventory desktop app

    See your stock, your suppliers and your orders in one place. It all stays on your own PC, so your data is yours.

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Need more? The paid plans add:

  • Unlimited users and custom roles

    Add as many users as you need and choose exactly what each one can see and do.

  • Invoice export

    Save all the invoices of a period as PDF in a few clicks.

  • Premium support

    Priority help from our team when you need it.

  • Analytics dashboard

    Revenue, profit, best-selling and most-purchased products, and what each user did.

  • Automatic backups

    Your database is backed up on its own, so you never lose your data.

  • Full restaurant mode

    A kitchen app for your cooks and a map of your tables.

  • Jobs, bookings & repairs

    Take a device in, book an appointment or plan a visit, follow each job to the end, and print the customer's ticket.

  • Many tills on one network

    Connect several tills over your local network. They share the same data.

  • Daily sales reports

    Get your sales summary every day by Telegram and email.

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See it in action

BelloPOS checkout screen on Android: category tiles, the product grid, the cart and the cash keypadA cash payment recorded in BelloPOS, with the change due and the receipt ready to printSales history in BelloPOS: every ticket with its customer, cashier and total, filtered by dateEditing an invoice in BelloPOS: the customer, product lines, discounts and VAT, with the totals worked outRecording a supplier purchase in BelloPOS: the goods are priced and taken straight into stockReceiving a supplier delivery in BelloPOS: each line is checked against the order and the goods go into stockThe BelloPOS inventory: stock levels, average cost and quantities bought and sold for every productPrinting barcode labels from BelloPOS, with the name, price and reference on each labelThe product catalogue in BelloPOS Manage, with the form for adding a new productManaging users in BelloPOS: every cashier gets their own account and roleThe BelloPOS reports dashboard, charting sales, purchases and gross profit day by dayThe BelloPOS report of best selling and most purchased products, with quantities and amountsThe restaurant table map in BelloPOS, with its floors and roomsThe BelloPOS kitchen display: orders moving from new to in preparation to readyStore settings in BelloPOS: the shop's name, logo, phone and address, printed on receipts and invoicesReceipt printer settings in BelloPOS, with a live preview of the printed receiptRoles and permissions in BelloPOS: choose what each role can see and do in every part of the appNotification settings in BelloPOS: reports sent automatically by Telegram or emailSettings for Ares, the AI assistant built into BelloPOS, which you can also reach from TelegramRestaurant settings in BelloPOS: the restaurant module and the handheld and kitchen web appsWholesale settings in BelloPOS: price groups for resellers and trade customers, each with its own prices

One app for the whole shop

Sell, count stock, let customers pay later, make invoices and more. See which plan has each tool.

Ares AI, built in

Your shop now has its own AI assistant

Ask Ares in plain words, by text or voice, on the till or on Telegram from your phone. It answers in seconds, and it does the work for you.

Included in Go, Pro and Pro+. Ares needs internet and runs on your own DeepSeek or Gemini AI key, which usually costs a few cents a day. With Pro and Pro+, we connect it for you.

Ares

Online, on your till

How much did I sell today?

Today: 87 sales, 4,230.00 in total. Best seller: Coca-Cola 33cl, 64 sold. 3 products are running low.

Add 24 Fanta 33cl at 7.00 in Drinks

Done. Fanta 33cl is in Drinks: price 7.00, stock 24.

Send me this month's sales by day as a PDF

Here is your report:

sales-by-day.pdf

Ask anything about your shop

Sales today or this month, best sellers, stock value, low stock, who owes you money, what each cashier did.

It does the work

Ares adds and edits products, prices and customers, fixes stock, rings up a sale and prints it. You just ask.

Talk to it in your language

Type or send a voice note. Ares understands typos and mixed languages, like French, Arabic, Darija and English, and answers in yours.

Your shop in your pocket

On Telegram, ask from anywhere. Get reports, alerts when stock runs low or a sale is deleted, and send product photos straight to your catalog.

Reports in seconds

Any report as PDF, Excel or CSV, without opening a single menu.

Safe by design

Ares only does what each user is allowed to do, and asks before deleting or changing many things at once.

BelloPOS ProFor shops ready for the next step

One server, the whole shop on the same data

Your tills, your waiters' phones and the kitchen screen all work on a single database that sits in your shop, not in the cloud, not on someone else's server.

The server PC

One computer holds the database: products, stock, prices, sales and staff. It is the machine that stays on, and everything else simply connects to it.

Your local network · no internet needed

The other tills

Extra checkout stations join over your own network, by cable or Wi-Fi. A sale rung up on one till shows on all of them straight away, and the stock count follows.

The handheld app

Your waiter takes the order at the table from a phone browser. Nothing to install, no app store, and nothing to type again at the counter.

The kitchen screen

Orders appear in the kitchen the moment they are sent, on any phone or tablet browser. No paper tickets, no slips lost between the room and the pass.

Your data stays in your shop

The database is on your own PC. If the internet drops, and it does, the tills, the phones and the kitchen keep working.

Pay once, sell forever

Take Pro as a lifetime licence: no fee per till, no yearly renewal, no bill that grows with your turnover. Prefer monthly? Buy a key only for the months you need.

Grow at your own pace

Start with one till today. Add a second station, the waiters' phones and the kitchen screen when the business is ready: same app, same data.

Multi-terminal, the handheld app and the kitchen app are included in the Pro licence.

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Trusted by 300+ stores

Shop owners who sell with BelloPOS

What store owners told us after switching to BelloPOS.

GabrielStore owner
Verified customer
Even when the internet drops, BelloPOS keeps selling and printing receipts. Our counter never stops, and that is exactly what I needed.
AhmedShop owner
Verified customer
I installed it myself in one afternoon. The barcode scanner and the receipt printer worked straight away, no technician needed.
LouisBusiness owner
Verified customer
Paying once instead of every month made the choice easy. And the free updates keep bringing features we actually use.
MohamedShop owner
Verified customer
Now I know exactly what is in stock and which customers still owe me money. It saves me time every single day.

Get started in a few steps

BelloPOS Lite, Go & Pro

Works 100% offline

  1. 1Download and install BelloPOS on your device
  2. 2Activate the app with your activation keyGo & Pro only (Lite needs no key)
  3. 3Add your products directly on the POS
  4. 4Start selling, no internet required

BelloPOS pricing

Pay once, sell forever — or go monthly, no commitment. Pro and Pro+ come with free setup done for you.

BelloPOS runs on a Windows computer or a Mac. Open the link there.

BelloPOS Lite

Free forever
Freelifetime

No card. No registration. Download it and start selling in minutes: everything runs offline, on your own computer.

  • No card needed
  • Works 100% offline
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Free download for Windows · checking the latest release… · works offline

Want more? Turn on every Pro feature free for 7 days, right inside the app.

  • Works 100% offlineFree
  • Sales history, catalog & customersFree
  • Inventory trackingFree
  • Receipt printingFree
  • Discounts on a line or the whole saleFree
  • Printer configurationFree
  • Barcode scanning for productsFree
  • Customer second screenFree
  • Interface & printing in 36 languagesFree
  • 1 user accountFree
  • Free updates every monthFree
  • 14-day money-back
  • Pay once, sell forever
  • Works 100% offline

BelloPOS Go

For a shop with one till

K 7,810lifetime
K 450per month

Pay for as many months as you need · upgrade to lifetime anytime

K 4,530K 5,400per year

You save K 870(16% off)

That's K 378 a month, paid once for 12 months

14-day grace period after each paid period · no automatic renewal

Pays for itself in 14 months compared with a typical K 565/month POS.

Buy now

14-day money-back guarantee

  • Works 100% offline
  • Pay once, sell forever
  • Same features, paid month by month
  • Free updates every month
  • Everything in BelloPOS Lite
  • Unlimited users
  • Choose what each worker can do
  • Manage purchases
  • Export invoices
  • Customer credit & statements
  • Product options & variants
  • Delivery companies
  • Wholesale prices (price groups)
  • Custom fields
  • No watermark
  • No ads on the lock screen
  • Analytics dashboard
  • Expenses
  • Salaries
  • Activity log (who did what)
  • Automatic backups & restore
Best value

BelloPOS Pro

Restaurants, service businesses and shops with many tills

K 14,600lifetime
K 790per month

Pay for as many months as you need · upgrade to lifetime anytime

K 7,920K 9,480per year

You save K 1,560(16% off)

That's K 660 a month, paid once for 12 months

14-day grace period after each paid period · no automatic renewal

Pays for itself in 15 months compared with a typical K 1,020/month POS.

Buy now

14-day money-back guarantee

  • Works 100% offline
  • Pay once, sell forever
  • Same features, paid month by month
  • Free updates every month
  • Everything in BelloPOS Go
  • Restaurant module
  • Tables management
  • Kitchen screen
  • Handheld cashier web app
  • Services: jobs, bookings, calendar and invoices
  • Many tills in one shop
  • Second screen ads
  • Reports via Telegram & email

Ready-to-Sell Pack, included free

  • Remote installation on your computerK 1,110
  • Printer, scanner and cash drawer set upK 880
  • We add your first 1,000 products and 100 groupsK 4,490
  • Import from Excel or your old systemK 2,240
  • Ares AI connected, on the till and on TelegramK 1,110
  • Tables, kitchen screens and extra tills set upK 1,780
  • 1-hour staff training on videoK 1,780
  • 3 months of priority help (WhatsApp & phone)K 1,780
Total valueK 29,700You pay, onceK 14,600
Done for you

BelloPOS Pro+

Done for you: we set up everything

K 21,400lifetime
K 1,020per month

Pay for as many months as you need · upgrade to lifetime anytime

K 10,190K 12,240per year

You save K 2,050(16% off)

That's K 849 a month, paid once for 12 months

14-day grace period after each paid period · no automatic renewal

or 2 × K 10,700, interest-free

Buy now

14-day money-back guarantee

  • Works 100% offline
  • Pay once, sell forever
  • Same features, paid month by month
  • Free updates every month
  • Everything in BelloPOS Pro
  • One setup expert for your shop, start to finish
  • Services set up for your trade

Ready-to-Sell Pack, included free

  • Priority setup: selling within 48 hours of getting your product listK 2,240
  • Remote installation on your computerK 1,110
  • Printer, scanner and cash drawer set upK 880
  • We add all your products (up to 10,000)K 9,010
  • Import from Excel or your old systemK 2,240
  • Ares AI connected, on the till and on TelegramK 1,110
  • Tables, kitchen screens and extra tills set upK 1,780
  • Training for your whole team, until everyone is readyK 4,490
  • Receipts and invoices with your logo, tax number and VATK 880
  • 12 months of priority help, answered the same dayK 6,750
  • Check-up call after 30 days to fine-tune everythingK 1,110
Total valueK 52,900You pay, onceK 21,400

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Every purchase comes with an invoice from BelloCloud LLC & Rankaya Media LLC (USA). Prices exclude VAT: EU businesses pay no VAT to us and declare it themselves (reverse charge).

Zero risk

Try it first. Keep it only if you love it.

We take the risk, so you don't have to.

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14-day money-back guarantee

Bought a plan and it is not right for you? Tell us within 14 days and get all your money back.

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Try Pro free for 7 days

Download free and turn on the trial in the app. No card, nothing to pay.

No big payment up front

Go, Pro and Pro+ are also sold by the month, and Pro+ can be paid in 2 interest-free payments. Just ask us on WhatsApp.

No contract, no lock-in

Buy the lifetime licence and it is yours. Your data stays on your own PC, and you can copy it to a USB stick any time.

Every feature, explained on its own page

What each module does, the screens it uses, and the questions merchants ask about it.

Touchscreen POS software

The till screen your staff will actually use: one tap per item, one second per payment, and nothing waiting on a connection.

Stock management software

Every sale and every delivery moves the count, so what the screen says is what is actually on the shelf.

Barcode and label software

Any scanner works out of the box, and anything without a barcode gets one you print yourself.

Invoicing and receipt software

A thermal ticket for the queue, a proper PDF invoice for the customer who asks, both out of the same sale.

Customer management software

Know who is in front of you, what they bought last time, and the details their next invoice needs.

Customer credit and account statements

Set the limit before the sale, follow every debit and payment, and hand the customer a statement that adds up.

Purchasing and supplier software

Record what arrived and what you paid, then let stock, cost prices and supplier history update together.

Sales reporting software

What sold, what earned, who sold it and what to order next, without exporting anything to a spreadsheet.

Restaurant POS software

The floor, the pass and the bill on one system, still running when the line goes down mid service.

Repair & service business software

A phone left for repair, a haircut booked for 10 o'clock, a leak to fix at a customer's: one ticket per job, one number, nothing lost.

Offline POS software

Not an offline mode that catches up later: the software simply runs where your shop is.

Multi-till POS software

One PC holds the data, the other terminals talk to it over your own network, and nothing leaves the building.

Staff accounts and permissions

Everyone gets their own login, each role gets exactly the buttons it should have, and the history says who did what.

Built for tuck shops, grocery stores and bottle stores

Many shops in Zambia still run on an exercise book, a calculator and a phone full of Airtel Money and MTN MoMo messages that never quite add up with the cash in the drawer. BelloPOS replaces the book. You add products with buying and selling prices, scan barcodes with any USB or Bluetooth scanner, print receipts and shelf labels, and stock goes down with every sale and up with every delivery from the wholesaler. Each sale records how it was paid, cash, a mobile money wallet, card or credit, and at closing you count the drawer against the day's sales. Lite is free for good; Go, Pro and Pro+ are sold once or as monthly or yearly keys with no automatic renewal.

Everything runs on the computer in your shop, not on a remote server. When ZESCO load-shedding hits or your data bundles run out in the middle of the month-end rush, you keep selling as long as the PC has power from a UPS, inverter or solar. With Go, regulars who take goods on credit get a proper account with a limit and a statement, and customers who buy in bulk, such as tuck shops and lodges, get their own price group. Ares, the AI assistant, answers questions like which items sold best this week. ZRA Smart Invoice stays with your Smart Invoice solution; BelloPOS runs the counter and the stock behind it.

Smart Invoice, VAT and Turnover Tax: what applies in Zambia

A POS system does not make you compliant on its own. These are the main rules for a trading business, with a link to the ZRA or Data Protection Commission page we read. Rules change and your situation may differ, so confirm with your accountant or tax consultant.

ZRA Smart Invoice for sales

ZRA's Smart Invoice FAQ says taxpayers are required to use Smart Invoice to record all sales transactions, and that issuing manual tax invoices is not allowed. Smart Invoice sends invoice data to ZRA in real time with a fiscal signature and QR code. ZRA lists penalties under section 7A(3) of the VAT Act for failing to issue electronic invoices. BelloPOS does not issue Smart Invoices and is not connected to ZRA.

zra.org.zm

Choosing a Smart Invoice solution

ZRA offers free solutions: a Desktop and Tablet application for Windows 10 or later, a Mobile App for Android meant for Turnover Tax taxpayers and not for VAT-registered businesses, and an online portal for service businesses that issue few invoices. Businesses with accounting or ERP systems integrate through a certified invoicing system and the VSDC. BelloPOS is not one of these solutions or certified systems.

zra.org.zm

VAT at 16%

ZRA describes three kinds of supply: standard-rated at 16%, zero-rated at 0% and exempt, with no VAT at all. ZRA's Smart Invoice FAQ adds that prices of standard-rated goods are entered tax-inclusive. The VAT registration threshold is not stated on the page we read, so check it with ZRA or your accountant. VAT invoicing stays with Smart Invoice; BelloPOS sales reports by day and by product help you check your figures.

zra.org.zm

Turnover Tax for smaller businesses

ZRA says businesses with annual sales of K5,000,000 or less register for Turnover Tax, charged on gross sales: 0% up to K30,000 a year and 5% above that. Returns and payment are due by the 14th of the following month. Partnerships and some activities cannot use it. BelloPOS daily and monthly sales reports give you the gross sales figure to check against your return.

zra.org.zm

Keep records for six years

ZRA states that taxpayers must keep business records, such as sales records, invoices, receipts and bank statements, for at least six years. BelloPOS keeps every sale, stock movement and customer payment on your computer, and scheduled backups on Go and above help protect that history. Your Smart Invoice records are kept separately by ZRA's own system, so keep both.

zra.org.zm

Customer data and the Data Protection Commission

Zambia's Data Protection Commission oversees the data protection law and registers data controllers and processors. If you keep customer names and phone numbers for credit accounts or promotions, check with the Commission or your adviser whether your business needs to register. BelloPOS stores customer data on your own computer, not on our servers.

dataprotection.gov.zm

BelloPOS is not certified, approved or registered by ZRA or any other Zambian authority. It is not a Smart Invoice solution, certified invoicing system or electronic fiscal device, and it issues no Smart Invoices, fiscal signatures or fiscal documents. Receipts printed from BelloPOS are not ZRA tax invoices. This summary is not tax or legal advice: please confirm your obligations with your accountant or tax consultant.

How Zambia pays, and how you record it

BelloPOS does not process payments and is not connected to mobile money networks, banks or card machines. The customer pays the way they always do, and you pick the payment method on the sale, so every sale shows how it was paid. You can add your own payment methods to match how your shop gets paid.

  • Cash in kwacha, with change shown on screen and a cash drawer
  • Airtel Money, added as its own payment method
  • MTN MoMo, added as its own payment method
  • Zamtel Kwacha and bank app transfers
  • Debit and credit cards (Visa, Mastercard) on your bank's own card machine
  • Any other method you take, added by you in a few clicks
  • Credit for regulars, settled at month-end or on payday (Go plan)
  • Accounts settled later by bank transfer for lodges, schools and companies (Go plan)

Because BelloPOS does not read your mobile money statements, check the sales recorded under each wallet against your Airtel Money, MTN MoMo or Zamtel statement at closing. A gap usually means a payment was recorded under the wrong method.

How Zambian businesses use BelloPOS

Grocery store in Matero, Lusaka

A grocery store with about 1,000 items scans everything at one till and prints labels for sugar, kapenta and beans it repacks into smaller packets. Deliveries from the wholesaler are booked in against the order, and the low-stock list tells the owner what to buy at the market before the weekend. Neighbours who pay at month-end have accounts with limits. Smart Invoices are issued on the ZRA desktop application.

Bottle store in Kitwe

Beer, ciders and spirits are high value and easy to lose, so every crate and bottle is scanned in and out. Each attendant logs in with their own account, only the owner can void a sale or change a price, and the activity log on Go shows who did what. At closing the owner counts the drawer against the day's sales and checks the mobile money sales against the wallet statements.

Hardware shop in Ndola

Builders, contractors and walk-in customers buy from the same counter at different prices. With Go, contractors get a trade price group and a credit account with a statement, so the owner knows who owes what before releasing more cement and roofing sheets. Purchase orders track stock coming from suppliers on the Copperbelt and in Lusaka, and Ares reports which lines are moving slowest.

Restaurant near the Falls in Livingstone

On Pro, the restaurant runs a main till, a kitchen printer and waiters' phones over its own Wi-Fi. Orders go from the table to the kitchen at once, and each table keeps its own bill until the guests pay. When the internet drops on a busy evening, service continues because everything runs on the local network.

Questions Zambian shop owners ask

Does BelloPOS issue ZRA Smart Invoices?

No. BelloPOS is not a Smart Invoice solution or certified invoicing system, is not connected to ZRA and does not send anything to ZRA. You keep issuing Smart Invoices through the ZRA option that suits you, such as the desktop application, the mobile app or the online portal. BelloPOS handles the counter, stock, customer credit, staff, reports and AI. Ask your accountant how best to run both side by side in your business.

Is there really a free POS system?

Yes. BelloPOS Lite is free for good, not a trial. On one till you can sell, print receipts, add products, scan barcodes, print barcode labels and track stock, and we never ask for a card. When you want credit accounts for regulars, bulk price groups, purchase orders, scheduled backups or Ares AI, move up to Go. Restaurants and shops with several tills usually choose Pro.

Can I record Airtel Money and MTN MoMo payments?

Yes, as payment methods. BelloPOS is not linked to any mobile money network, so the customer sends money to your merchant code or number as usual and the cashier selects Airtel Money, MTN MoMo or Zamtel Kwacha on the sale. Each sale then shows how it was paid, which helps you check against your statements at closing. Cards, bank transfers or any other method you add work the same way.

Does it work during load-shedding and without internet?

Yes, as long as the computer or tablet has power. Selling, receipts, stock and reports all run on the PC, Mac or Android tablet in your shop, so a network outage or finished bundles do not stop the counter. For load-shedding, put the PC, router and receipt printer on a UPS, inverter or solar backup. Extra tills and waiters' phones connect over your own Wi-Fi. Only Ares AI and plan activation need internet.

Can customers take goods on credit?

Yes, with Go. Create the customer, set a credit limit and sell on account. Every purchase and payment goes into their ledger, the till warns you when they reach the limit, and you can print a statement at month-end. It replaces the credit book on the counter, and the customer sees exactly what they took and when.

Can I sell in bulk and at retail from one shop?

Yes. With Go, you create price groups such as bulk, tuck shop or lodge and attach customers to them. Select the customer at the till and their price appears automatically, while walk-in buyers pay the shelf price. Stock comes from the same product list, so you always know what is left whether a case went to a tuck shop or single items went over the counter.

Which computer and hardware do I need?

A Windows PC or laptop, or a Mac running macOS 12 or later. Add a 58 mm or 80 mm receipt printer, a USB or Bluetooth barcode scanner and a cash drawer if you want them; most standard models work. A touch screen is optional. BelloPOS also runs on Android tablets (Android 7 or later). With Pro and Pro+, our team installs the software remotely and helps you connect the printer and scanner.

How do I buy a licence from Zambia?

Message us on WhatsApp with the plan you want. We confirm the price, tell you how payment can be made and send your licence key once payment is received. Every purchase is invoiced from the USA. You can try every Pro feature free for 7 days first, and paid plans have a 14-day money-back guarantee.

Still have a question? Get in touch

POS system and stock control for shops in Zambia

Download BelloPOS Lite for free today. Upgrade only when your shop needs more.

BelloPOS runs on a Windows computer or a Mac. Open the link there.

BelloPOS for Android runs on tablets, not on phones. Open this page on your tablet or your computer.

Download anyway

Free download for Windows · checking the latest release… · works offline

Free download for Mac · checking the latest release… · works offline

Free download for Android tablets · checking the latest release… · works offline