Pirates Group
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Pirates Books rings your sales, fiscalises receipts for ZIMRA's FDMS and keeps a proper set of books — stock, empties, credit customers, payroll, IFRS statements. Built by a Harare distributor on its own counter, priced for the shop it started in: three months free, then $2.99 a month.
Why this exists
ZIMRA's digital fiscalisation is coming for every till in the country — and most solutions want hundreds of dollars for devices, licences and "integration", while the day's takings still live in a counter book. We think a bottle store deserves the same weapons as a supermarket chain, for the price of a soft drink a month.
Built for ZIMRA's software-based FDMS — receipts are signed and transmitted by the app itself once your device ID is enrolled.
Any phone, tablet or laptop with a browser. Nothing to install, nothing to maintain, nothing extra on the counter.
$2.99 a month after a 3-month free trial — till, fiscalisation, books, statements. No per-seat charges, no lock-in.
How it works
Three months free, no card. Sign up with Google or email in under a minute.
Prices in USD or ZiG, stock counts from day one — crates and empties included.
Tap the product, take the money — receipt in seconds, change worked out for you.
When ZIMRA issues your device ID, receipts fiscalise automatically — and your books and statements are always ready.
The software
Everything a trading business needs to keep a tight book — built on the counter of a working drinks distributor, so the parts that matter to trade aren't an afterthought.
Ring up a queue from a phone: tap products, quick-tender chips, change worked out for you — receipt issued in seconds, in USD or ZiG.
Built for the FDMS — receipts are signed and fiscalised automatically with QR verification, and queue safely offline until the network comes back.
Serve account customers properly — credit limits, statements, ageing and s81A withholding tracked, so on-account trade never gets away from you.
Ring up sales and log supplier purchases the way you would at the depot counter — every quart, crate and case, priced and receipted.
Track fuel, rent, wages and the day-to-day cash that keeps a distribution business moving — all in one clean book.
Know exactly what's on the shelf and on the truck — live counts across lagers, ciders, imports, mixers and water.
The returnable-deposit system we live by — track empties out, empties in and deposits owed, customer by customer.
Log vehicles, routes, fuel and maintenance so every delivery run earns its keep and nothing slips through.
Run payroll and generate proper IFRS financial statements — income statement, balance sheet and cash flow — ready for the bank or ZIMRA.
Built on our own counter
We couldn't find a book that understood crates, quarts, returnable deposits and route days — so we wrote our own. It's the same system that keeps Pirates Group's depot straight, day in and day out.
Why we built it
Pirates Group has supplied Harare's bars and bottle stores since 2011. To run it well we needed software that spoke the language of the trade — so we built it, and it's kept our sales, stock and empties honest for years. Now we're offering the same tools to other distributors and small businesses who want to run a tighter book without the guesswork.
Pricing
Try everything free for 3 months. After that it's a flat monthly fee — no per-seat charges, no lock-in.
3-month free trial
No card required to start.
Questions
No. Pirates Books is built for ZIMRA's software-based FDMS — once your device ID is enrolled, receipts are signed and transmitted by the app itself, with QR verification printed on every one. Until enrolment you trade normally and nothing is transmitted.
It's $2.99 a month — pay by EcoCash straight from the app (we send the prompt to your phone) or by bank transfer. No card needed, cancel anytime, and your data stays yours either way.
It's built for real Zimbabwean connectivity. The till keeps ringing when the network dips, and fiscal receipts queue safely and transmit when it comes back — nothing is lost in between.
Yes. Cashier logins open straight onto the till and nothing else — the books, reports and settings stay with you. Every sale still lands in your ledger with the cashier's name on it.
Both. Post your rate once a day; the till tenders and gives change in either currency, receipts show the equivalents, and your books keep the USD picture straight throughout.
That's the trade counter: credit limits with an automatic stop, printable statements with ageing, and s81A withholding tracked in a ledger your accountant can work from directly.
Three months free, then $2.99 a month. Set your business up in minutes — or ask us anything first.