Attique Paper Mart
How a second-generation paper merchant in Urdu Bazaar sells by the ream and by the weight at once, and always knows exactly where his money is.
The challenge
Omer Farooq is the second generation running Attique Paper Mart in Urdu Bazaar, Lahore, and a co-founder of stationery.pk. He knows the paper trade the way only someone raised inside it can, and he was one of the first to trust E-Khata when we were just starting out. A lot of what E-Khata is today grew from that trust, because most of the merchants we now serve in Urdu Bazaar came on Omer's word. The problem he asked us to solve was that common, and that big.
Paper does not sell like most goods. A merchant deals by the ream, by the reel, and by the bundle, but the real value sits in the weight. A ream carries a weight, and a sale has to multiply that weight by the number of reams and then apply a rate. When stock moves, it has to come down in two places at once, the number of units and the total weight. Most software can track one or the other. The paper trade needs both, on every single transaction, or the inventory drifts out of truth within a week.
On top of that, Omer needed to know exactly where his money was at any moment. Not just the day's sales, but the full picture. How many cheques are in hand, how much cash is sitting in the drawer, and what the bank balances are. In a trade that runs on credit and cheques, a vague answer is not good enough.
What we built
We built Attique Paper Mart a system that speaks the language of paper, counts in two units at once, and keeps the money in plain sight.
Selling by the ream and by the weight, together
We built the dual-unit model the paper trade actually uses. Each ream carries its weight, so a sale multiplies weight by the number of reams and applies the rate cleanly. When stock moves, it is deducted in both places at the same time, the unit count and the total weight. The inventory stays true no matter how the goods are sold.
Reams, reels, and bundles in one system
Paper comes and goes in more than one form. We handled the different selling units so the merchant can deal in whatever the customer asks for, while the system keeps the underlying stock honest underneath.
A daybook that is actually accurate
Omer wanted a daybook he could trust, and we built it to be exactly that. Every entry lands in the right place, so the day closes correct on its own instead of being patched by hand at night.
The full money position at a glance
Cheques in hand, cash in the drawer, and balances across banks, all in one clear view. In a trade that runs on credit and cheques, Omer can see exactly where his money is at any moment.
What they got
The outcome
Attique Paper Mart's stock stopped drifting. Every ream sold comes off both the count and the weight, so the inventory tells the truth a week later instead of a guess. And Omer can answer the question every paper merchant asks at the end of the day, where exactly is my money, in seconds rather than by digging through a drawer of cheques.
That trust came back to E-Khata many times over. Omer was one of the first to believe in us, and a large share of the Urdu Bazaar paper trade came to E-Khata on his word, because the problem we solved for Attique Paper Mart is the same problem sitting on every paper merchant's counter.
“Paper is sold by the ream and by the weight at the same time, and nobody built software that understood that. E-Khata did. Now my stock is true and I always know where my money is.”
