Software for Hardware & Building Material Distributors
Dealers and contractors on credit, bulk quantities on slab rates, heavy consignments that cannot move without an e-way bill — Orbit keeps the whole trade on one desk, and keeps billing when the internet drops.
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What slows a hardware & building materials distributor down
And what Orbit does about it.
Contractors on Long Credit
Project buyers pay late and in pieces. Bill-wise ageing and receipt allocation show exactly which bills are open, per contractor.
Bulk Rates by the Slab
Ten bags and a hundred bags are different prices. Price lists with quantity slabs apply the right rate automatically.
Heavy Loads, Paperwork
A consignment over the e-way threshold cannot leave without its bill number. Orbit tracks the e-way bill number on the invoice and the transfer.
Built for the way you distribute
Every line below is a screen in the app today.
- Dealer and contractor master with credit terms
- Price lists with quantity slabs by dealer category
- Schemes and costed free goods from principals
- Bill-wise receivables, ageing and cheque tracking
- Orders & quotations for project enquiries
- Warehouses and yards with stock transfer and count
- E-way bill number required on large consignments
- Purchase orders and GRN against principal invoices
- Sales returns and credit notes
- GST filing reports, HSN summary and IRN tracking
Distributor tour
See Orbit run a distribution business
Hardware & Building Materials Distributor software — FAQs
What hardware & building materials distributors ask us first.
Can I quote a contractor and turn the quote into an invoice?
Yes. Orders and quotations convert straight to an invoice, so the rates you quoted are the rates you bill without retyping.
Can I stock across several godowns or yards?
Yes. Stock is held per warehouse, moved between them by transfer, and reconciled by physical count.
Does it stop a large consignment going without an e-way bill?
For stock transfers over the e-way threshold, Orbit will not let the consignment leave without an e-way bill number, and the invoice register tracks the e-way number on each invoice.
Can I see which contractors are overdue?
Yes. Receivables are aged per bill against each dealer's credit terms, with cheques tracked until they clear.
Does it work without internet?
Yes. Orbit is a Windows desktop app that keeps your hardware & building materials distributor data in a database on your own PC, so invoicing, stock, dealer ledgers and reports keep working with no internet at all. Trading-partner documents queue up and go out when the connection returns.
Is there a free trial for distributors?
Yes — a 14-day trial of the full distributor app on one Windows PC, no credit card needed. Or book a demo and we will walk through it with your own dealers and products.
How is it priced?
Distribution is quoted per business rather than sold off a price list, because it depends on how many users, warehouses and branches you run. Book a demo and we will send a written quote for your hardware & building materials distributor business.
Can I sell to retailers who do not use Orbit?
Of course. Every dealer gets a normal GST invoice, printed or shared as a PDF. Retailers who do run Orbit can also link with you, so their orders arrive on your screen and your invoices land in their purchase entry.
Book a Demo for Your Hardware Distribution
We will set it up with your own dealers and products, and send a written quote.