Similar garments need distinct instructions
Two pairs of trousers may require different finishes or lengths. A broad alteration label leaves the person doing the sewing to reconstruct the agreement from memory.
Software for tailoring shop owners
Let the order explain what happens to the garment.
When several garments arrive together, each still needs an alteration the customer and sewing team can recognize. Connect those agreed services with the business account and invoice. Your own tagging, measurement and fitting process keeps the physical garments matched to the work.
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The everyday details
You know the work.
The admin adds up.
Fitting changes can expand the order
A request made during a fitting may be different from the original alteration. Confirm the revised scope and price before extra work becomes an assumption on either side of the counter.
Materials and small services are easily missed
Linings, zippers, buttons and hand-finishing time can disappear inside a single fee. Keep the order detailed enough to explain both the work and the costs behind it.
Pickup by another person needs a clear arrangement
The wearer, payer and person collecting a garment may differ. Keep the customer-approved collection and billing instructions clear within your own intake process so the counter does not have to guess who can take the finished piece.
How Microtra helps
Keep the business connected.
Use the tools that fit your day, with your records ready on your phone or on the web.
Describe the work garment by garment
Use itemized estimates for each alteration and agreed material. Write recognizable descriptions, quantities and notes, then make the invoice reflect the work the customer authorized.
Explore this featureKeep customer business history together
Save contacts, client notes and document history so a returning customer does not need to reconstruct the billing conversation. Maintain your own garment-identification and measurement process alongside these records.
Explore this featureKnow which supplies are on hand
Retail shop enables stock and locations. Use items, variants and physical counts for linings, fastenings or other supplies, and record purchases through supplier contacts and purchase orders.
Explore this featureKeep the counter account clear
Share invoice PDFs through your device and record payment collected by your established method. Review outstanding invoices separately from whether the garment is ready for pickup.
Explore this featureUnderstand the business costs behind alterations
Record expenses and receipt photos for business purchases such as fastenings, thread and equipment servicing. Review spending alongside invoice income instead of using the number of completed garments alone to judge the shop's performance.
Explore this featureA day in the life
From the first quote to paid.
Write the intake agreement
Identify each garment, requested alteration and the condition or limitations discussed. Use your own tagging and measurement procedures to connect the physical piece to its work.
Prepare the alteration estimate
Separate the main sewing work from agreed materials or additional changes. Confirm what the customer approves before the order moves into production.
Arrange fittings when needed
Scheduling starts off in Retail shop; enable it in Modules & terms to place fittings and staff time in the diary. Confirm those arrangements directly with the customer.
Review the work at collection
Check the completed alterations against the agreed order. Share the invoice PDF and record money received, leaving a clear record of any balance due.
Your words
Find your way around.
Choose Retail shop when you set up Microtra and these are the labels you start with. Change them, and the tools you use, any time in Modules & terms.
- Your work
- Order
- Your customer
- Customer
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Questions from tailoring shop owners.
Is Microtra a pattern-making or measurement app?
Microtra does not draft patterns, calculate garment fit or provide a specialist measurement system. It supports orders, customer administration, supplies and invoicing around your tailoring workflow.
Why use the Retail shop setup for tailoring?
That setup provides Order and Customer terminology and enables stock and locations. Linked records, scheduling and timesheets start off, with optional modules available in Modules & terms.
Can I keep separate alteration lines on one invoice?
Yes. Describe each garment and alteration separately, with the relevant quantity and price. This makes a hem, zipper replacement and jacket adjustment easier to review than a single mixed charge.
Will customers receive an automatic pickup message?
Server email, SMS delivery and automatic service reminders are coming soon. Contact customers through your established channel when a garment or fitting is ready.
How should a fitting change appear on the bill?
Describe the additional alteration separately when it sits outside the original agreement. Discuss the change with the customer before doing the work, and make the final invoice follow the approved garment-by-garment scope rather than a vague extra-work charge.
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