Stock control software built for the trade counter.
TradeSorter is stock control for hardware stores, builders’ merchants and timber yards. Photograph the delivery note and the stock’s in. Every stock-out is tagged to a sale or a job. Minimum levels turn into a reorder list that writes itself. No ERP, no consultants, no retyping.
Lines retyped from a delivery note
Scan to book stock in or out
Days free, no card needed
A month for a single shop, up to 3 users
Everything that moves stock, recorded as it happens
Stock control only works if the record is updated at the moment stock moves. TradeSorter puts that moment on a phone at the counter, on the shelf and in the yard.
Stock in from the delivery note
Photograph the supplier’s delivery note or invoice. TradeSorter reads it into a received purchase order, matches each line to your catalogue and books the stock in. No templates per supplier.
Learn moreStock out by sale or job
Every stock-out is tagged to a sale or a project, with who took it and when. You always know where the materials went, and what each job has consumed.
Learn moreLow-stock alerts and a reorder list
Set a minimum level per product. Anything below it is flagged, ranked by urgency with a suggested quantity and cost, and turns into a purchase order in one click.
Learn moreBarcodes and shelf labels
Scan from any phone camera, no hardware to buy. Generate barcodes for products that don’t have one and print shelf labels or a full A4 sheet.
Learn moreStock takes and cycle counts
Count the whole shop, a few shelves, or the ten lines most worth checking this week. Completing a count posts one adjustment per line that differed, with the variance as a spreadsheet.
Learn moreWorks in the yard with no signal
Counting and booking stock in or out keep working when the signal drops. Every line is kept on the phone and sent when you are back on Wi-Fi.
Learn moreYour stock levels, live, on one screen
Every product with its current stock, minimum level, unit cost and shelf location. Stock in or stock out is one tap away on each line.
Stock control up and running in an afternoon
No consultants, no lengthy onboarding. Import your catalogue, scan your first delivery, and the record keeps itself from there.
Import your catalogue
Upload the spreadsheet you already have, map the columns, done. Or add products as you scan them in.
Book in the next delivery
Photograph the delivery note. Check the lines, confirm, and the stock is in with a movement logged per line.
Tag every stock-out
Sale or job on every stock-out, so the levels stay right and the job costs add up.
Reorder from the list
The reorder list ranks what is running low. Raise the purchase order and email it to the supplier in a couple of taps.
Stock control for the shops an ERP forgets
TradeSorter sits between the spreadsheet you have outgrown and the ERP you don’t want.
Hardware stores and ironmongers
Thousands of small lines, fast-moving fixings, and deliveries from a dozen suppliers a week. Stock control that keeps up without a day of typing.
Builders’ merchants
Stock issued to site jobs as well as sold over the counter. Every stock-out tagged to the project, so the job cost and the yard count both come out right.
Timber and roofing yards
Counting in the yard where there is no signal, shelf and rack labels you can scan, and a reorder list by length and grade rather than by guess.
Start the 30-day trial
Starter is £29 a month for up to 3 users and 60 document scans. Pro is £79 for up to 10 users and 450 scans. No card to start, cancel any time, and the first 20 shops before 30 November get 50% off for 12 months with YEAREND50.
See full pricing or try reading a delivery note for free first.
Stock control software, answered
Stock control software keeps a live record of what you have, where it is and what it cost, and updates it every time stock comes in from a supplier or goes out to a customer or a job. TradeSorter does this for hardware stores and builders’ merchants: deliveries are booked in by photographing the delivery note, every stock-out is tagged to a sale or a project, and a reorder list is built from the minimum level you set per product.
Yes. It is built for independent hardware stores, ironmongers, builders’ merchants and timber yards that need proper stock control without an ERP system. Starter is £29 a month for up to 3 users and covers a single shop; Pro is £79 for up to 10 users.
No. The barcode and QR scanner runs from the camera on any phone, tablet or laptop. If you already have a USB or Bluetooth scanner it works too, as a keyboard. Shelf labels and barcode sheets print on any printer.
A spreadsheet only knows what someone remembered to type. TradeSorter updates itself: a delivery note photographed at the counter becomes a received purchase order, every stock-out records who took it and which job it went to, and a count on the shelf posts the difference. You can still import your existing spreadsheet to get started and export reports back out.
Yes, for counting and for booking stock in or out. Open the count or the stock-in screen while you have signal, then every line you scan is kept on the phone and sent as soon as the signal is back.
Yes. Every plan starts with a 30-day free trial with full access, no card needed. Import your catalogue, book in a few deliveries and run a count before you decide.