Small leaks add up
Most boutiques do not lose money in one big mistake. They lose it in small leaks every week: a due that was never collected, a piece stitched twice, a karigar paid for work that came back. Here are the five most common ones.
Lost or wrong measurements
A notebook gets lost, or a measurement is read wrongly, and a piece has to be stitched again.
The fix: Keep measurements for each customer and each item in one place, with a reference photo, so anyone at the counter can find them in seconds.
Forgotten advances and dues
When advances are written on slips, it is easy to forget who still owes how much.
The fix: Record every advance and payment against the order, and look at a pending-dues list every week.
Karigar payment mistakes
Counting pieces by hand at the end of the week leads to under- or over-payment, and to arguments.
The fix: Set a rate for each item and each karigar, and add earnings only when finished pieces are received and checked.
“Where is my order?” calls
Every call takes a staff member away from the counter.
The fix: Track each piece from cutting to stitching to ready, and give customers a simple way to check the status themselves.
Re-work nobody records
If faults are not written down, the same mistakes keep happening.
The fix: Note every fault and re-work on the piece, so you can see which items and which steps go wrong most often.
How Stitchly helps
Stitchly saves measurements with photos, records every advance and due, calculates karigar earnings when pieces are received, tracks every piece from cutting to delivery, and gives each order a tracking link for the customer. It also records faults and re-work.
This guide is general information to help business owners. For legal, tax or compliance decisions, please check with a qualified professional.