A two-wheeler workshop bench with tools laid out.
Photographs of real shops are being shot for these pages.

Who works in a garage or service centre

  • One or two skilled mechanics, monthly, hard to replace.
  • Helpers who hand tools and learn, weekly.
  • A washing and cleaning boy, daily.
  • An apprentice on a small fixed amount.

Monthly for mechanics, weekly for helpers, daily for washing. Advances are constant and small, and they are the thing this trade most often loses track of.

The argument this trade has

Your helper took ₹200 twice a week for three weeks. That is ₹1,200 and nobody wrote a single one of them down. At month end he says he took ₹600.

What matters most here

  1. Small advances, many times The exact failure this trade has.
  2. Monthly, weekly and daily Mechanic, helper and washing boy in one list.
  3. His own screen He sees each ₹200 the day you give it.

The numbers this trade knows

  • Six small advances of ₹200 is ₹1,200 — about three days of a helper’s pay.
  • A mechanic on ₹18,000 a month is ₹600 a day.

A shop like yours

We are looking for our first garage or service centre willing to be named and photographed. If that could be you, tell us — we will come to the shop, and nothing is published without your signed permission.

Questions people ask

Can I record an advance in ten seconds?

Yes. Pick the worker, put in the amount, done. That is the whole point of it.

Does it work with oily hands and a cracked screen?

The buttons are large and there are only three marks to choose from. It was built for a shop, not a desk.

Start keeping your register on your phone

It is free, it works with no internet, and setting up your shop takes about three minutes.