# Customer CRM for Printing Shops in Kapsabet | Veira

> Track customer purchase history, preferences and loyalty in one database for your printing shop in Kapsabet. From KES 2,999/mo. Book a free demo.

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- A printing shop needs customer management that handles jobs quoted custom and easy to underprice, not a generic till.
- See every customer's full history: what they bought, when they paid, their preferences and contact details.
- Send automated birthday or anniversary reminders to keep customers coming back.
- Tuned for how trade works in Kapsabet.

1. What Customer Management Software does for a printing shop
2. Built for the trade
3. Running a printing shop in Kapsabet
4. What to look for
5. How it compares
6. A Kapsabet printing shop example
7. Frequently asked questions

## What Customer Management Software does for a printing shop

Customer management software tracks repeat customers, their purchase history, contact details and preferences in one central database. For a printing shop, the value shows up exactly where the work is hardest.

A printing shop turns paper, ink and toner into custom jobs, so costing each job against materials is where margin is protected. Margins vary widely by job, so accurate quoting and material costing decide profit.

Corporate and institutional clients expect compliant eTIMS invoices for every job. Veira handles that as part of the same sale, so compliance is not a separate evening job.

## Printing Shops run differently, and the software should too

A generic till misses the details that decide whether a printing shop makes money. These are the ones that matter:

1. 1The daily realityJobs quoted custom and easy to underprice. Customer Management Software built for a printing shop turns that into a number you can act on, and you also see every customer's full history: what they bought, when they paid, their preferences and contact details.
2. 2Where the margin leaksDeposits and balances on orders. Customer Management Software built for a printing shop turns that into a number you can act on, and you also track loyalty and repeat customers to reward them with discounts or priority service.
3. 3What slows the counterPaper, ink and toner costs. Customer Management Software built for a printing shop turns that into a number you can act on, and you also segment customers by purchase pattern to target promotions to the right people.
4. 4What buyers expectMachine time and waste to track. Customer Management Software built for a printing shop turns that into a number you can act on, and you also send automated birthday or anniversary reminders to keep customers coming back.

## Running a printing shop in Kapsabet

Agricultural trading, tea processing, maize distribution, equipment and supplies. Trade clusters around Kapsabet market, surrounding farms, and Post-harvest and market days. For a printing shop here, that rhythm decides when the counter is busiest and where the pressure falls.

Good mobile coverage; fiber developing. Jobs quoted custom and easy to underprice is hard enough without losing sales to a dropped line, so Veira keeps selling offline and syncs every sale and eTIMS invoice the moment the Kapsabet network returns.

M-Pesa strong; cash for agricultural sales. Veira matches each payment to its sale, so a printing shop in Nandi County closes the day without chasing money, and goes live the same day on a phone, tablet or the Veira terminal.

## What to look for in Customer Management Software for a printing shop

- Mobile-first customer lookup (no staff training required). This matters for a printing shop because of jobs quoted custom and easy to underprice.
- Offline customer database so lookups work during outages. This matters for a printing shop because of deposits and balances on orders.
- Built-in loyalty points or punch card system. This matters for a printing shop because of paper, ink and toner costs.
- Simple customer segmentation and targeted promotions. This matters for a printing shop because of machine time and waste to track.

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## A notebook and a basic till, or Veira

|  | Notebook or basic till | Veira |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Counting stock | By hand, rarely matches the shelf | Live by item, branch and value |
| M-Pesa at the counter | Checked on a separate phone | Matched to each sale automatically |
| eTIMS invoices | Typed in later, if at all | Filed on every sale, even offline |
| Knowing your numbers | A monthly guess | Live margin and takings on your phone |

## A Kapsabet printing shop example

Picture a printing shop in Kapsabet: jobs quoted custom and easy to underprice and deposits and balances on orders shape every shift, and Post-harvest and market days, so the margin leaks exactly where the counter is busiest.

- Jobs quoted custom and easy to underprice.
- Deposits and balances on orders.
- Paper, ink and toner costs.

- See every customer's full history: what they bought, when they paid, their preferences and contact details.
- Track loyalty and repeat customers to reward them with discounts or priority service.
- Segment customers by purchase pattern to target promotions to the right people.

Every sale on Veira files a compliant KRA eTIMS invoice, online or offline. Corporate and institutional clients expect compliant eTIMS invoices for every job.

Customer management software tracks repeat customers, their purchase history, contact details and preferences in one central database. Here is what that looks like with Veira:

- See every customer's full history: what they bought, when they paid, their preferences and contact details
- Track loyalty and repeat customers to reward them with discounts or priority service
- Segment customers by purchase pattern to target promotions to the right people
- Send automated birthday or anniversary reminders to keep customers coming back

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## Frequently asked questions

Based on KRA eTIMS regulations and interviews with 5,000+ Kenyan businesses

Whether you run one printing shop or several across Kapsabet, Veira gives you customer management that fits the trade instead of fighting it. Book a free demo and see it work with your own printing and photocopying.

Veira files a compliant invoice on every sale and keeps selling when the line drops.