A clothing shop is harder to run on basic billing software than most retail. One kurta design can come in five sizes and four colours, which is 20 stock items. The GST rate can change with the price of each piece, customers exchange sizes all the time, and festival weeks bring queues at the counter. This guide compares the billing software Indian garment and footwear shops most often shortlist, and shows which fits which kind of shop.
Quick answer
For a walk-in clothing or footwear shop, RichPOS is the closest fit: size and colour variants, barcode label printing, fast counter billing, easy exchanges and GST reports, from ₹199/month with a 30-day free trial. Vyapar suits very small shops that mainly want simple GST bills, Marg ERP suits garment wholesalers and distributors, and Zoho Inventory suits brands selling mostly online.
What a clothing shop needs from billing software
- Size and colour variants: each combination tracked as its own stock, so you know that the M in blue is gone but the XL is sitting unsold. Our guide on managing size and colour variants explains the setup.
- Barcode labels: print a label for every piece so the cashier scans instead of searching.
- Per-piece GST: 5% up to ₹2,500 per piece and 18% above, picked from the actual selling price. See GST on clothes and GST on footwear.
- Exchanges and returns: quick size swaps that put the returned piece back into stock. See return and refund management.
- Speed in festival rush: barcode checkout, UPI and split payments, and more than one cashier login.
Comparison at a glance
| Software | Best for | Counter POS | Fit for a walk-in garment shop |
|---|---|---|---|
| RichPOS | Retail counters, multi-store shops | Core feature, barcode-first | Strong: variants, labels, exchanges, cashier roles |
| Vyapar | Very small businesses wanting simple GST bills | Yes | Good for a small shop with low volume |
| Marg ERP | Wholesale, distribution, pharma | Yes | Better suited to garment wholesalers than a retail counter |
| Zoho Inventory | Online and multi-channel sellers | Not the main focus | Suits brands selling mainly on marketplaces |
Competitor features and plans change often; check each vendor's current website before deciding.
1. RichPOS: best for walk-in clothing and footwear shops
RichPOS is billing and POS software built for Indian retail counters. For a garment shop that means:
- Inventory & barcode: variants by size, colour and unit, barcode label design and bulk printing, low-stock alerts and a stock adjustment log that records the reason and the user.
- Billing & POS: scan-and-bill checkout, cash, card, UPI and split payments, and sales returns that correct stock automatically, which makes size exchanges quick.
- Users & roles: separate logins for each cashier during festival rush, with limits on what each can see or change.
- Multi-store & warehouse: move stock between branches when one store has the size another store needs.
- GST reports: 20+ reports including HSN summaries, ready to share with your CA.
Pricing: ₹199/month with a 30-day free trial. See pricing.
2. Vyapar: simple GST billing for very small shops
Vyapar is a popular GST billing and accounting app with Indian small businesses, usable on mobile and desktop. A small boutique with a few bills a day may find it enough. Shops with many variants, several cashiers or heavy festival traffic should compare counter speed and variant handling carefully. See RichPOS vs Vyapar and Vyapar alternatives.
3. Marg ERP: for garment wholesale and distribution
Marg ERP has a long history with Indian traders, distributors and wholesalers, with deep inventory accounting. A garment wholesaler supplying retailers may value that depth. A single retail counter often uses only a small part of it and pays for more screens and training. See RichPOS vs Marg ERP and our Vyapar vs Marg ERP page for listed edition prices.
4. Zoho Inventory: for brands selling online
Zoho Inventory is built around order management across online channels and warehouses. A clothing brand that sells mostly through marketplaces or its own website may be well served by it. A shop where most sales happen at the counter usually wants a POS-first tool instead. See Zoho Inventory vs RichPOS.
A worked example: a garment shop in Surat
Take a ladies' wear shop in Surat with the owner and two cashiers. It stocks 150 designs, each in about 5 sizes and 3 colours, so roughly 2,250 variant stock items. Most kurtis sell between ₹800 and ₹2,000, at 5% GST, while a few party-wear sets priced above ₹2,500 fall under 18%. In a Diwali week the shop may make several hundred bills a day with frequent size exchanges. That shop needs every variant labelled and scannable, per-piece GST picked automatically, three separate logins and exchanges that return stock to the right size. Those needs point to a retail POS rather than a simple invoicing app or a wholesale ERP. For festival planning, see festival sale promotions.
How to choose
- Walk-in counter, many sizes and colours: a POS-first tool such as RichPOS.
- Tiny boutique, few bills a day: a simple billing app may be enough to start.
- Garment wholesale or distribution: an inventory-heavy ERP such as Marg.
- Mostly online sales: a multi-channel tool such as Zoho Inventory.
Whatever you shortlist, test it with your real stock: create one design in every size and colour, print labels, bill a sale and do a size exchange before you commit.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the best billing software for a clothing shop in India?
- For a walk-in garment or footwear shop, pick software that handles size and colour variants, prints barcode labels, bills fast at the counter and applies the right GST rate per piece. RichPOS is built for this kind of retail counter, from ₹199/month with a 30-day free trial. Vyapar suits very small shops that mainly need simple GST bills, Marg ERP suits wholesale and distribution, and Zoho Inventory suits sellers focused on online channels.
- What GST rate applies to clothes sold in a shop?
- Under the GST rates in force from 22 September 2025, readymade garments and footwear priced up to ₹2,500 per piece or pair attract 5% GST, and those above ₹2,500 attract 18%. Billing software should pick the rate from the sale value of each piece, not the whole bill. Confirm the rate for your items with your CA.
- Do I need barcode labels in a garment shop?
- Most garment shops benefit from them. Each size and colour of a design is a separate stock item, and scanning a label is faster and more accurate than searching for the right variant at the counter, especially during festival rush.
- Can billing software handle exchanges in a clothing shop?
- Good retail billing software records the return against the original bill, puts the item back into stock in the right size and colour, and bills the replacement. In RichPOS, sales returns update stock and the ledger automatically.
Bottom line: a clothing shop lives on variants, labels, exchanges and fast billing in rush hours. RichPOS covers all of them at the counter from ₹199/month with a 30-day free trial. See pricing or call +91 90333 31255 for a demo with your own stock.
Competitor information is general and based on publicly available descriptions as of September 2026; check each vendor's website for current features and prices. GST rates shown are for general guidance; confirm the rates for your items with your CA.
