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Inventory Software for Hardware & Building-Material Stores

Stock by weight, length and piece — across every godown you hold.

Short answer

399Apps is inventory software for hardware and building-material stores in India. It tracks each item in the unit you actually sell it — kilogram, metre, foot or piece — holds separate quantities for shop and godown with transfer entries between them, and keeps a brand × size catalogue readable. Flat ₹399/month, unlimited users.

A hardware or building-material store sells steel by the kilo, pipe and wire by the metre, and fittings by the piece — often the same brand in a dozen sizes, split across a shop and a godown. Counting all of that in a single unit hides what is really in stock and where.

Flat ₹399/month · Unlimited users · No card required · Cancel anytime

How Hardware & building material stock is tracked

Hardware stock is multi-unit and multi-location: 399Apps tracks each item in the unit you actually sell it — kilogram, metre, foot or piece — and holds separate quantities per godown with stock-transfer entries between them. Brand × size stock views keep a wide catalogue readable, and minimum-level alerts stop fast-moving fittings from running dry.

Who this is for — and who it isn't

A good fit

If you sell steel by the kilo, pipe and wire by the metre and fittings by the piece across a shop counter and a separate godown, 399Apps fits because multi-unit stock and location-wise quantities are built in rather than forced into a single piece count.

Probably not for you

If you mainly run construction projects and need site-wise cost budgeting and contractor billing, a project-costing tool fits better — 399Apps handles the store, not the site.

We would rather you read that second box and walk away than pay for twelve months of the wrong tool.

The stock problems it solves

Different trade, same trap — stock that drifts from what the books say. Here's what 399Apps keeps straight for hardware & building-material stores:

Weight & length units

Sell steel by kg, pipe by metre, fittings by piece — each in its true unit.

Brand × size catalogue

The same item in a dozen sizes, tracked as distinct SKUs, kept readable in reports.

Shop + godown stock

Separate counts per location with transfers, so nothing is double-counted.

Reorder on fast movers

Minimum-level alerts on daily-selling fittings and consumables.

What you get

  • ✓Weight / length / piece units
  • ✓Godown-wise & shop-wise stock
  • ✓Brand & size-wise catalogue
  • ✓Minimum-stock reorder alerts
  • ✓Stock transfer between locations
  • ✓GST-correct invoices, GSTR-ready

One flat price — stock and billing together

Legacy inventory software charges per user and hides stock control behind an add-on module. 399Apps is ₹399/month for your first app and a flat ₹399/month for each additional app — inventory and GST billing in one system, unlimited users, cloud or self-hosted. Adding staff never raises the bill.

FAQ

Inventory software for hardware & building-material stores — FAQ

Half my stock is in the shop and half in a godown two streets away — can I see both separately and move stock between them? +
Yes. Each location holds its own quantity for every item, so the counter sees what is actually behind it rather than a combined figure. Moving 200 metres of pipe to the shop is a stock-transfer entry that reduces the godown and raises the shop, leaving a record of what moved and when.
I run a hardware & building material business — will 399Apps handle the way I actually hold stock? +
Yes. 399Apps (Nidhi Inventory) is built for the way hardware & building-material stores hold stock. Hardware stock is multi-unit and multi-location: 399Apps tracks each item in the unit you actually sell it — kilogram, metre, foot or piece — and holds separate quantities per godown with stock-transfer entries between them. Brand × size stock views keep a wide catalogue readable, and minimum-level alerts stop fast-moving fittings from running dry.
Which of my stock problems does this actually fix? +
The ones that cost a hardware & building material business money: weight & length units, brand × size catalogue, shop + godown stock, reorder on fast movers. Each is handled in the software itself — no add-on module, no per-user fee.
What will this cost me, and does the price go up as I add staff? +
₹399/month for your first app and a flat ₹399/month for each additional app — the same price across India, with no per-user licence. Adding staff never raises the bill, so a one-counter shop and a busy hardware & building material distributor pay the same base price.
Do I have to buy billing separately, or does the inventory come with GST invoicing? +
Stock and billing are one system, so every sale updates inventory and produces a GST-correct invoice with GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B-ready data — no double entry, no separate billing tool.
Can I keep my data on my own server instead of the cloud? +
Yes, either way. Run 399Apps fully managed on the 399apps cloud with daily backups and an India data region, or self-host it on your own server for complete data ownership. The same inventory and billing features work in both.
Try 399Apps

Affordable inventory software for hardware & building-material stores — from ₹399/month

Stock control and GST billing in one system, with unlimited users. Start your free 14-day trial — no card required.