sell.ke Blog
In-depth articles on POS systems, ecommerce, M-Pesa payments, inventory management, and growing your business in Kenya and across Africa.
Safaricom offers three business payment products and most Kenyan owners pick the wrong one. Here is what each is designed for, what they cost you in practice, and how to choose.
Your POS is collecting data whether or not you look at it. These nine reports take fifteen minutes a week and are where most Kenyan retailers find margin they did not know they were losing.
Switching POS systems is the reason most Kenyan retailers stay on software they dislike. It does not have to be painful — here is a week-by-week migration checklist that keeps you trading throughout.
The cloud-versus-offline debate is usually framed as a choice. In Kenya it is not — you need both, and what matters is exactly which functions survive a network outage. Here is how to evaluate that.
A pharmacy cannot run on a general retail POS. Here is what batch tracking, expiry management, and regulatory record-keeping actually require from a POS system in Kenya — and how to set it up.
Most Kenyan businesses choose a POS on price alone and regret it within a year. Here is a step-by-step framework for evaluating POS systems in Kenya — the non-negotiables, the questions to ask vendors, and the traps to avoid.
From Kitenge and Khaki to jewellery and watches — here's everything a Kenyan fashion entrepreneur needs to set up an online store, accept M-Pesa payments, and grow sales in 2026.
Jiji, Jumia, and Kilimall feel like shortcuts to online sales — but they are quietly costing you customers, margin, and brand equity. Here is the complete breakdown of why Kenyan sellers are moving to their own branded online stores in 2026.
How to move your stock onto inventory software without losing count — the opening count, the fields that matter, the parallel fortnight, and the failure modes that sink most rollouts.
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia, Ghana and Nigeria pay in different ways — and a POS built for card markets gets the asynchronous part wrong. What each market actually requires at the till.
WhatsApp reaches 90%+ of Kenyan smartphone users and has higher conversion rates than any other sales channel. Here's how to set up WhatsApp commerce with M-Pesa checkout.
What to look for in a restaurant POS system in Kenya — table management, kitchen printing, M-Pesa at table, KRA eTIMS compliance, and offline mode for when the internet drops.
Stock shrinkage silently costs Kenyan retailers 3–7% of revenue. Here's how to measure it, find where it's coming from, and use inventory software to stop it.
The operational side of running a supermarket till in Kenya — lane throughput arithmetic, where the seconds actually go, barcode discipline, and the till shrinkage that happens without anyone stealing.
What to centralise and what to leave local, why stock transfers are where goods go missing, the permissions that stop slow leakage, and the six numbers to review per branch every week.
Till, Paybill or Pochi la Biashara — which to apply for, the documents Safaricom actually requires, how long each takes, why applications get rejected, and how to connect it to your checkout.
A step-by-step guide for Kenyan entrepreneurs to launch their first online store — from choosing a platform and setting up M-Pesa, to driving your first sales on WhatsApp.
M-Pesa processes more daily transactions in Kenya than some European banking systems. Here's why not accepting it is costing your business sales — and how to integrate it properly.