Sell
Move from product selection to a recorded sale quickly, with payment and change handling built into the counter workflow.
CHIKARA STOREFRONT · OFFLINE-FIRST POS
YOUR DIGITAL
YOUR DIGITAL
CASH REGISTER.
Sell. Track stock. Keep customer records. Know your business. CHIKARA Storefront gives serious small businesses a professional point-of-sale system that works without internet — on the phone or tablet you already own.
Works offline
One-time licence
Owner PIN + biometric
Data stays on your device
The Storefront standard
A digital cash register that belongs behind your counter.
Storefront is more than a receipt maker. It is the working record of your shop — sales, stock, customers and transaction history brought together in one place.
Track
Stock changes as you sell, giving you a clearer picture of what is available and what needs attention.
Know
Searchable records and reports turn daily transactions into information you can use to run the business.
Why this exists
A busy shop is not the same
as a business you can see.
Sales happen all day. But at closing time, an owner still needs to know what sold, what is nearly finished, what money was recorded and which customers matter. Storefront turns those daily movements into a business record.
01
Sales with no record
Money moves through the till, a notebook and a phone — and none of them agree at the end of the day.
02
Stock you can only guess at
You find out something is finished when a customer asks for it. Reordering becomes guesswork.
03
Software that needs the cloud
Most POS systems stop working the moment the signal drops — which is exactly when you need them.
04
Subscriptions that never end
$15 to $50 every month, forever, for tools built for chains — not for a shop on one street.
How it works
Four steps. One clear picture.
From the first product you load to a business you can actually read — on the phone you already own.
01
Set up your shop
Load your products, prices and stock levels. Barcode support and CSV import if you already have a list.
02
Sell at the counter
Quick product tiles, cart, cash or mobile money, change calculation and a digital receipt.
03
Track stock & customers
Stock levels update as you sell. Customer names, contacts and purchase history stay organised.
04
Know your numbers
Searchable sales history and clear reports on what sold, what is moving and what needs attention.
What you get
A real records system.
Not a receipt generator.
Everything a serious small business needs to stay in control — built and verified to work offline on the devices you already have.
01
Point of Sale
Quick product tiles, cart, cash and mobile-money payment, change calculation and digital receipt. Designed for speed at the counter.
02
Inventory
Add products, track stock levels — in stock, low, out — with barcode support and CSV import/export.
03
Customer records
Names, contacts and purchase history kept in one place. Your customers stop being strangers.
04
Transaction history
A searchable sales log so any sale can be found in seconds — not dug out of paper or memory.
05
Reports
Clear views of what sold, what is moving and where attention is needed. Available on Professional.
06
Security
Owner PIN protection and optional biometric unlock. Your business data stays on your device by default.
Built for
People who actually stand behind a counter.
If you sell something and need to know what sold and what is left, this was built for you.
01
Retail & grocery
Spaza shops, mini-markets and neighbourhood stores that need fast sales recording and stock visibility.
02
Salons & services
Track services sold, manage product stock and keep regular client details in one place.
03
Takeaways & food
Record orders quickly, know when ingredients are running low, and keep a clean sales history.
04
Clothing & fashion
Size and stock tracking without complicated software designed for large chains.
05
Pharmacies & clinics
Clear records of what moved and what remains — with the security of an owner PIN.
06
Any serious SME
One-person operations and growing teams alike, on any modern phone or tablet.
Compared with typical POS systems
| Capability | Typical POS | CHIKARA Storefront |
|---|---|---|
| Works without internet | Often limited | Yes — designed for it |
| Pricing model | Varies by provider | Once-off licence |
| Hardware required | Often proprietary | Any modern phone or tablet |
| Data model | Provider-dependent | Device-local by default |
| Operating model | Often cloud-dependent | Offline-first |
Simple, honest pricing
Pay once. Own the tool.
No monthly subscriptions. Architecture and security are identical across paid plans — pricing only unlocks additional capability.
Free
$0Try the core experience
Enough to see how the system fits your counter before you commit.
- Basic point of sale
- Limited inventory
- Transaction history
- Watermarked exports
Most popular
Starter
$10Once-off licence
The full core system for serious daily use at the counter.
- Complete offline POS
- Full inventory management
- Customer records
- Owner PIN protection
- Unlimited local history
Professional
$20Once-off licence
Everything in Starter, plus reports and advanced controls.
- Everything in Starter
- Reports & insights
- CSV import / export
- Cashier role
- Biometric unlock
- Priority support
ZiG equivalent accepted at the prevailing bank rate during the testing phase. After payment confirmation you receive an offline-verifiable licence key. Plan changes do not alter the underlying offline-first, device-local foundation.
Your business, your device
Your business. Your device. Your records.
Local by default
Sales, stock and customer records live on your device in a protected local vault — not on a vendor server you cannot inspect.
Protected access
Owner PIN protection with optional biometric unlock, so a lost phone is not a lost business.
No forced connection
Nothing needs to phone home to work. Your counter keeps running when the network does not.
Human presence
You should not be stranded behind the software.
Setting up a shop is a conversation, not a download. If you need help loading products, setting prices or getting your counter running, talk to the CHIKARA team.
A real conversation with our team — not a chatbot standing in for one.
Ecosystem
One standard of sovereign tools.
Storefront sits beside design, mining, agriculture, finance and workspace tools built the same way — offline-first, device-local, owned by the person using them.
Storefront
Sell · track · know
Configurator
Design, materials, price
CHIKARA Home
Full product family
Ledger
Reconcile the money
Precision Agriculture
Observe · analyse · act
Precision Mining
Claims & operations
Auto Advisor
Vehicle intelligence
ViewPort
Build · preview · publish
Ambassadors
Introduce the stack
Avilian Research
Investigate · reason · build
Honesty
What this is — and is not
- A record-keeping and point-of-sale tool, not a bank or financial advisor
- Not a substitute for a qualified accountant or tax professional
- Your data lives on your device — you are responsible for device backups
- Pricing and feature availability may be refined during the testing phase
Ready when you are
Your next sale deserves a proper digital record.
Stop guessing. Start knowing. Get the offline-first POS and business records system built for the way African small businesses actually operate.