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Questions from running a restaurant — straight answers, with the real screen.

What Petpooja costs, what a KOT machine is, 5% or 18% GST, which printer to buy, what the day-end report should show — the questions owners actually ask, answered. Every clip is a recording of the real register, not a drawn picture.

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Ek din, poora flow

Restaurant billing software kaise use kare — ek din ka poora flow, real clips ke saath

A whole day on a restaurant register, in Hinglish, with a real recorded clip of every step — order, KOT, settle, parcel, discount, day close.

Read →7 Sept 2026 · 9 min
Pricing

Petpooja price in 2026: the plans resellers list, what add-ons mean, and what a year really costs

What Petpooja costs according to the reseller listings that are public, how the add-ons stack, and a plain year-one comparison with EasyKOT.

Read →7 Sept 2026 · 7 min
KOT

KOT machine, KOT printer or KOT software? What a small restaurant actually needs

Untangles the three things people call a KOT machine — the standalone billing machine, the kitchen printer, and the software — with prices and a recorded KOT firing.

Read →7 Sept 2026 · 6 min
Day close

What a restaurant's day-end report must show, and the five-minute close

The eight numbers a day-end report must carry, why cash counting is blind, and the close routine shown on a real register.

Read →7 Sept 2026 · 7 min
GST

GST bill for a restaurant in 2026: 5% or 18%, the ₹20 lakh threshold, and what Rule 46 wants on the slip

Restaurant GST rates and the registration threshold in 2026, the composition scheme, aggregator orders, and every line a tax invoice must carry.

Read →7 Sept 2026 · 8 min
Hardware

Which thermal printer to buy for restaurant billing — 58 mm or 80 mm, USB, LAN or Bluetooth

A buying guide for thermal receipt printers — widths, connections, what ESC/POS means, price bands, and the one test that settles compatibility.

Read →7 Sept 2026 · 8 min
Menu

Menu pricing formula for Indian restaurants, with ₹ examples

The food-cost formula with worked ₹ examples for an Indian menu — Half and Full portions, GST, and what a Swiggy or Zomato order really leaves you.

Read →7 Sept 2026 · 7 min
Cash control

How staff steal from a restaurant, and the four controls that stop it without a manager on the floor

Where money leaks in a small restaurant and the four register-enforced controls that close it, shown on a real register.

Read →7 Sept 2026 · 7 min

Looking for how to do something in EasyKOT? That is what the guides are for — printer setup, the first GST bill, the captain app, every printer fault. This page is the questions that come before any software.

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