How to Use Shopstox for Your Shop — A Complete Walkthrough
Shopstox is built to be simple enough that you do not need a tutorial. But if you want to see exactly what it does before signing up — here it is, start to finish.
The short version is in the video below. If you want the longer explanation of what each part does and why it works the way it does, keep reading after.
Shopstox in action — AI camera cataloguing, stock tracking, and profit view.
What Shopstox Actually Does
Shopstox is an inventory and sales tracking app for small shop owners. It has three core things: a catalogue where your products live, an inventory view showing your current stock levels, and a profit view showing what you have earned.
Everything connects. When you add a product, it appears in your catalogue and your inventory. When you record a sale, the stock updates automatically and the profit is calculated instantly. There is no separate step to reconcile anything — it stays in sync on its own.
Every product you stock, with its cost price, selling price, and current stock count. Built by scanning products with your camera.
Real-time stock levels across all products. Set a low-stock threshold and get flagged before you run out.
Record any sale in two taps. Stock reduces and profit updates the moment you confirm.
Revenue, cost, and profit broken down by today, this week, or this month. No maths required.
Step 1 — Adding Your Products
This is where Shopstox is different from every other inventory app. Instead of typing each product name manually, you use the camera.
Tap "Camera + AI" on the catalogue screen. Point your phone at any product — a packet, a bottle, a piece of clothing, anything with a visible label or shape. The AI scans it and suggests a name and category. You confirm those, add the cost price and selling price, and the product is saved. The whole process takes about fifteen seconds per product.
If you have a lot of products to add at once, the "Bulk Entry" flow lets you photograph several products in a row and fill in the prices for all of them afterwards — so you are not interrupted between shots.
Products with variants — sizes, colours, or volumes — are handled too. Toggle on Variants when adding a product and add each option as its own row with its own stock count. Shopstox also has dedicated support for attar and liquid products sold by ml.
Step 2 — Recording Sales
When you sell something, open that product in the catalogue and tap Sell. Enter the quantity and confirm. That is it — the stock count drops by the right amount and the sale is added to your profit records automatically.
You can also adjust the selling price at the point of sale if you sold it at a different price than the default — useful for discounts or bulk pricing without changing your catalogue permanently.
Step 3 — Checking Your Profit
The Profit tab shows you three numbers for any time period you choose: total revenue (what customers paid you), total cost (what those products cost you), and net profit (the difference). Switch between today, this week, and this month with one tap.
This alone changes how most shop owners think about their business. Instead of a rough sense of whether it was a good day, you have an actual number. Over time you start to see patterns — which days are strong, which weeks are slow, whether your margins are where you think they are.
Step 4 — Managing Stock Levels
The Inventory tab shows every product with its current stock count. Products that have fallen below their low-stock threshold are flagged automatically so you know what needs restocking before you run out completely.
You can adjust stock manually from this screen too — useful when new stock arrives or when you need to correct a count without recording it as a sale.
How It Syncs Across Devices
Shopstox is connected to your Synline account, so everything syncs automatically. Add products on your phone at the shop during the day. Open your laptop at home in the evening and your full catalogue, all your sales, and your profit numbers are right there. No manual export, no sharing files — it just stays in sync.
If your internet drops, Shopstox keeps a local backup on your device so you never lose data. Everything syncs back to the cloud when you reconnect.
Getting Started
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Create a free account — go to Shopstox and sign up with your email. No credit card needed. You get a free 30-day trial automatically.
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Add your first product — tap Camera + AI, photograph any product in your shop, confirm the name and add the price. Your catalogue is started.
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Add the rest of your stock — use Bulk Entry to photograph multiple products quickly. Most shop owners with 50 to 100 products finish their whole catalogue in under an hour.
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Record your first sale — the next time something sells, open the product and tap Sell. Watch your profit update in real time.
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Check your profit at the end of the day — open the Profit tab and see exactly what you earned, what it cost you, and what you kept.
That is the entire app. There is no complicated setup, no training required, and no features you will never use. It is built to do a few things well — catalogue your products fast, track your stock, and show you your profit clearly.
Shopstox is Rs. 500 per year after the free trial. That works out to less than Rs. 42 per month for a complete inventory and profit tracking system that works on any phone, with no app download needed.