The money arrives in pieces
Furniture rarely gets paid for in one go. A customer leaves a deposit, you buy timber and foam, a carpenter is paid something on account, and the balance comes when the piece is delivered — sometimes weeks later.
Each of those is a real movement of money, and if only the final payment is written down, the job looks far more profitable than it was.
PesaScope records the deposit, the materials and the balance as separate events tied to the same customer, so the finished job has a real cost against it.
From order to delivery
- Take the order and the depositRecord what was agreed and what the customer actually paid. The balance sits against their name until delivery.
- Record materials as you buy themTimber, foam, fabric, varnish, nails. Bought over days, recorded as expenses, so the job's real cost accumulates.
- Record what you pay the carpenterAdvances and final payment, so labour is in the picture rather than remembered.
- Take the balance on deliveryThe outstanding amount is already there — record the payment and the debt clears.
Showroom lines and workshop jobs
Pick "Furniture" at sign-up and you get both sides: finished pieces you sell from the floor, and workshop work you charge for.
Custom order, repair and delivery are set up as services, because they're work rather than stock — which keeps your showroom count honest.
One custom sofa set
Twenty-eight percent, not the fifty it looks like before materials and labour are counted.
Showroom stock and workshop work are different
A finished piece on the floor is stock: it has a count, a cost and a margin. A custom order is work: there's no stock to draw down, just materials consumed and time charged.
Keeping them apart matters, because mixing them makes your stock count wrong and your job margins meaningless. PesaScope treats them as products and services respectively, and the weekly summary ranks both together.
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Questions furniture businesses ask
Can I take a deposit and record the balance later?
Yes. Record what the customer paid; the remainder is held against their name with a date, and clears when they settle on delivery.
Can I quote a customer before they commit?
Yes, with PesaScope Pro, which adds quotes that convert into invoices once accepted. The standard app handles the sale and the deposit without quoting.
How do I know what a job actually cost?
Record the materials and labour as expenses over the period of the job, then compare against what the customer paid. For a formal bill of materials there's the optional production module.
Do showroom pieces and custom orders get mixed up?
No. Showroom pieces are products with a stock count; custom work is a service with no stock. They're reported together but counted separately.
Can I record delivery as a charge?
Yes — it's set up as a service, so you can charge for it or not and still see what transport is costing you.
I have a workshop and a showroom in different places. Does it handle that?
Yes, as two branches, each with its own stock and takings.
Set it up in about three minutes
Pick your trade at sign-up and PesaScope loads your starting list for you. Change any price, add what's missing, and record your first sale the same day.
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