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MatruOS for a haat and mela trader

Set up the way a haat and mela trader runs: trading margin on household goods carried to a weekly circuit of haats and to seasonal melas. Routines, workflows, registers, licences and an AI team that knows the work are ready when you sign up.

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Shops and retailReady when you sign up

  • 12routines on a timetable
  • 3workflows with approvals
  • 2SOPs and checks
  • 4registers of your own
  • 4jobs for your AI team
  • 4licences tracked

7-day free trial, no card needed.

What this solves

What a haat and mela trader deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it

01Today

Does not know which haat really earns after tempo share and stall fee; keeps going to a loss haat. Carries the wrong mix to each haat: runs out of what sells, carries back what does not.

02In MatruOS

MatruOS sets up 12 routines, 3 workflows, 4 registers and 4 licences for a haat and mela trader, with an AI team that reads your own records and prepares the work.

03What changes

The right person is reminded at the right time, approvals wait for whoever decides, and every licence has a renewal reminder. Anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes waits for a person's approval.

Where you sit

MatruOS starts from how your business earns

Who you sell to, who you buy from, how credit moves and where you sit in the chain decide how your screens, reminders and reports are set up.

  1. Maker
  2. town wholesaler
  3. haat trader
  4. rural household; the last link where villages have no shop

Your customers

  • Rural and tribal households at the haat
  • Small village shops buying for resale
  • Mela visitors

Your suppliers

  • Town wholesalers (Sadar Bazar type market)
  • Manufacturers' depots in clothing and utensil clusters
  • Dry fish and spice wholesalers
  • Other bigger haat traders

Credit and cash

Buys in cash or on 7-day credit from town wholesalers who know the trader; sells cash and UPI; regular village buyers get khata till harvest or the next haat (Rs 200-2,000 each); stall fee is paid in cash on the spot; mela plot rent paid in advance

Weekly. Restock day uses the week's takings; khata built up in lean months is collected after the kharif (Oct-Dec) and rabi (Apr-May) harvests; festival and mela stock is bought 2-4 weeks ahead, often with a small loan or wholesaler credit

Your screens use your words

  • CustomerBuyer
  • OrderSale
  • ItemMaal
  • InvoiceParchi
  • SupplierWholesaler
  • locationHaat

How it works

How MatruOS is set up for a haat and mela trader

Set-up takes a few minutes. After that, you change only what is different in your business.

  1. Describe the business in one lineFor example "Haat and mela trader", typed when you sign up.
  2. Recognised as a haat and mela traderRoutines, workflows, registers, items, licences and the AI team for this trade are set up for you.
  3. Bring your dataCustomers, items and balances come across from Zoho Books, Vyapar, Excel and others. For Tally, our team helps you move the data while Tally import is checked on the live app.
  4. Approve and runThe AI team prepares the routine work. A person approves anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes.

Your AI team

What the AI team does for a haat and mela trader

Each job goes to a member of your AI team. It reads your own records and prepares the work. Anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes waits for a person's approval.

Store keeper

Before each haat, suggests what to load and how many pieces of each line, from what sold at that haat over the last 4 visits, the season and any festival or mela nearby; read out as a voice note

Reads haat day book, haat circuit and items that ran out

Works it out and shows you

Accountant

Turns the evening count or voice note into the day book, works out margin minus stall fee and tempo for that haat, keeps fee slips, and flags a haat that earned less than its cost or a fee above the usual rate

Reads haat day book, haat circuit and wholesale purchase

Works it out and shows you

Store keeper

Builds the restock list from the week's run-outs and slow lines and drafts the WhatsApp order to each wholesaler for packing before restock day

Reads haat day book and wholesale purchase

Asks you before sending

Accountant

Lists who owes money at the haat the trader is going to today, oldest first; after harvest, sends a polite voice or text reminder to buyers who have phones

Reads village khata and haat circuit

Asks you before sending

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How you run

Your routines, already on a timetable

Each routine has a time, a person and its steps with the checks that matter. MatruOS reminds the right person and keeps the record. Open one to see its steps.

Every day4

  • 5:00 amLoad the right goods for today's haatTrader · 4 steps
    1. 1Check which haat it is today and what sold there the last 4 times
    2. 2Pack bundles by line (clothes, utensils, cosmetics, dry goods) and count pieces
    3. 3Take change of Rs 2,000-3,000, the UPI QR card and the stamped scale and weights
    4. 4Load the shared tempo by 06:00 and settle the share with the driver
  • 7:30 amReach the haat, pay the fee and set the stallHelper · 4 steps
    1. 1Claim the usual spot before 08:00
    2. 2Pay the stall fee and keep the printed slip
    3. 3Set the frame, tarpaulin and display; heavy items at the back, small high-margin items at the front
    4. 4Put up the UPI QR where buyers can see it
  • 9:00 amSelling hours at the haatTrader · 3 steps
    1. 1Sell; give khata only to known buyers on the list and write it at once
    2. 2Afternoon rush 13:00-16:00 after villagers sell their own produce: both people on the counter
    3. 3Note items that ran out or were asked for
  • 6:00 pmPack up, count cash and write the haat day bookTrader · 3 steps
    1. 1Count unsold pieces back into bundles
    2. 2Count cash, check UPI received on the phone
    3. 3Write sales, khata given, fee and tempo spend in the day book (or speak a voice note)

Every week3

  • MonRestock at the town wholesale marketTrader · 4 steps
    1. 1Make the buying list from what ran out across the week's haats
    2. 2Send the order to wholesalers on WhatsApp a day before so goods are packed for pickup
    3. 3Pay last week's wholesaler credit and take the bill
    4. 4Write the purchase in the wholesale purchase register
  • Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, SunCollect village khata at each haatTrader · 3 steps
    1. 1See which buyers from today's haat owe money and since when
    2. 2Ask politely at the stall; note what is paid back
    3. 3Stop fresh credit to anyone past two harvests
  • Mon 8:00 pmWeekly profit per haatTrader · 2 steps
    1. 1Total sales, margin, fee and tempo for each haat this week
    2. 2Mark any haat that earned less than its travel cost two weeks running

Every month1

  • 1stMonth close with wholesalers and the familyTrader · 3 steps
    1. 1Settle every wholesaler's balance and get the bills
    2. 2Total the month's margin minus fees, tempo and helper wages; set aside cash for next month's stock
    3. 3Check total khata outstanding against last month

Every year1

  • AprGet the scale and weights re-verified and stampedTrader · 2 steps
    1. 1Take the scale and weights to the Legal Metrology inspector or verification camp
    2. 2Keep the verification certificate with the scale

Workflows

Each stage goes to the person who handles it

Work passes stage by stage to the right person. Stages marked for approval wait for the person who decides.

One week of the haat circuit

  1. 1Restock list made from last weekTrader
  2. 2Goods packed per haatFamily member
  3. 3Fee paid and stall setHelper
  4. 4Sold and day book writtenTrader
  5. 5Week reviewed per haatTrader

Credit to a village buyer

  1. 1Buyer asks for goods on creditTrader
  2. 2Trader agrees (known buyer and within liTraderNeeds approval
  3. 3Written in khata with promise dateFamily member
  4. 4Paid back at a later haat or after harveTrader

Mela stall

  1. 1Plot applied or bidTrader
  2. 2Plot rent paid and allottedTraderNeeds approval
  3. 3Stock bought and movedHelper
  4. 4Stall run for the mela daysFamily member
  5. 5Mela profit worked outTrader

Registers and SOPs

Your registers and standards

Registers hold the fields this trade records. SOPs carry the steps and checks, so work is done the same way every time.

  • Haat circuit

    Haat name · Haat day · Distance from home (km) · Stall fee per day · Fee collected by · Contractor phone · Tempo share per trip · What sells best here

  • Haat day book

    Date · Haat name · Opening stock value · Cash sales · UPI sales · Credit given · Stall fee paid · Fee receipt number

  • Village khata

    Buyer name · Village or haat · Phone · Date · Goods taken · Amount · Paid back · Promise date

  • Wholesale purchase

    Date · Wholesaler · Items · Bill amount · Paid now · Due date

  • Fair weighing and measuring

    Sell by honest weight and measure and avoid Legal Metrology fines

    5 steps with checks

  • Stall safety and cash on the road

    Keep goods, cash and people safe on the ground and while travelling

    5 steps with checks

Items and licences

Your first bill is right, and no licence lapses

Starter items arrive with unit, HSN and GST rate. The registrations this business usually needs are listed with a reminder before each one expires.

ItemHSNGST
Cotton saree (up to Rs 2500) · piece52085%
Readymade garments (up to Rs 2500) · piece62115%
Stainless steel utensils · piece73235%
Aluminium cooking pots · piece76155%
Plastic buckets and household plasticware · piece392418%
Glass and plastic bangles (non-precious) · dozen70180%
Hair oil, soap and talc · piece33055%
Rubber and PVC slippers · pair64025%
Dry fish · kg03055%
Whole spices (chilli, turmeric, loose) · kg09105%
Toys and balloons · piece95035%
Plastic tarpaulin and rope · piece392618%
  • Weighing scale stampingLegal Metrology department
  • Udyam (MSME) registrationMinistry of MSME (Udyam portal)If it applies
  • GST registrationGST department (GSTN)If it applies
  • Trade licenceMunicipal corporation or panchayatIf it applies

Your people

The people who run it, each with their own login

Each person sees the screens and reminders for the work they do.

TraderPlans the week's circuit, buys from town wholesalers, fixes prices, sells and bargains, gives and collects khata, pays the stall fee.
Family memberPacks bundles, keeps the cash bag and UPI QR, runs a second stall at another haat (medium), notes sales.
HelperLoads and unloads the tempo, sets the frame and tarpaulin, guards goods, carries water and food.
Haat contractorCollects stall fee for the panchayat or APMC, gives the slip, points out the spot (outside party).

Not covered yet

  • Sending messages, bills and reminders on WhatsApp from MatruOS is not live yet. Today they go by link, QR code or email, and from your own phone in one tap.
  • Live bank and UPI feeds are not connected yet. Upload a bank statement and MatruOS reads it into payments for you to confirm.

Questions people ask

How long does it take to set up MatruOS for a haat and mela trader?

Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Haat and mela trader". MatruOS picks this business type and sets up everything on this page in a few minutes. You then get a 7-day free trial, no card needed.

Do I have to type all of this in?

No. The routines, workflows, registers, items, licences and AI team on this page arrive already set up. You change what is different in your business, and bring your customers, items and balances from Zoho Books, Vyapar, Excel and others, with our team's help for Tally data.

Can I change the routines and workflows?

Yes. Every routine, workflow, register and SOP is yours to rename, retime, switch off or add to. MatruOS keeps the rest of the system in step with your changes.

What does the AI team do without asking me?

It runs routine checks and prepares drafts. Anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes waits for a person's approval. The one exception you can choose is payment reminders, which go out on their own once you have checked them and switched them on.

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