Opening day for your pharmacy on TtaKkaa: catalogue, batches, and the first sale

This guide is for a pharmacy owner opening on TtaKkaa and wanting to sell on the first day without losing track of batches and expiry dates. For a full tour of the pharmacy section, see the pharmacy setup guide. Here we go in opening-day order.

Step 1: Sign up and choose "Pharmacy"

Sign up at store.ttakka.store with your phone number, enter the verification code, and choose "Pharmacy" as your business type. This turns on the "Pharmacy" section in the dashboard and hides tables and the kitchen screen, which a pharmacy doesn't use. A counter sale is a retail sale, and delivery to the customer's address is available as a second order type.

The first-setup wizard then covers your logo, your first branch and its hours, your products, and how you receive orders. Your tax number and documents can be added later.

Step 2: The medicine catalogue

Pharmacies in Egypt start from a ready medicine catalogue with trade name, scientific name, and manufacturer. Search by either name, set your selling price, and add only what you actually stock. For cosmetics, baby care, and other non-medicine items, add them as normal products with their barcodes, or import them from a spreadsheet.

Step 3: Box and strip

If you sell the same medicine by the box and by the strip, register it once and add a second sell unit. For example, the strip is the base unit and a box holds 3 strips at its own price. On the cashier both appear, and selling a box takes 3 strips off stock. Get the factor right: it is the most common cause of odd stock numbers.

Step 4: Receive stock with batch and expiry

For every delivery, record the batch number and the expiry date. From day one, the "Pharmacy" section shows you:

• Expired batches still on the shelf, so you pull them.
• Batches expiring within 30 days, or the window you choose, with their value at cost.

Also mark items that are prescription-only or controlled. A prescription request is saved against the customer with a photo of the prescription, then approved or rejected, and every controlled-medicine dispense is written to its own log.

Step 5: Printing and the drawer

1. From "Branches & devices" then "Invoices & printers", set up the receipt and check the preview, including tax if it applies to you.
2. Connect the receipt printer on the cashier over Bluetooth or the network, and plug in a barcode scanner.
3. Open a shift and enter the cash in the drawer.

Step 6: The first sale

1. Scan the barcode, or search by name.
2. Choose the unit (box or strip) if the item has more than one.
3. For a regular customer, attach them by phone number; you can add a new customer with a name and phone in the same screen.
4. Take payment and print the receipt. Stock drops with the sale.

Refunds and voids ask for the manager PIN. If the internet drops, the cashier keeps selling offline and syncs when the connection returns.

Step 7: Closing the day

Any cash you pay from the drawer during the day, record as a pay-out on the open shift. At closing, close the shift and read the Z report. Then, before the next morning, glance at the expiry page so nothing close to expiry stays at the front of the shelf.

Next

Read the pharmacy setup guide, the sell units guide, and the barcode selling guide.