FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about managing your installment business with Instalify — branches, recovery, security, pricing, and more.

What is Instalify?

Instalify is an installment business management system that handles lease sales, installment recovery, inventory, customer ledgers, multi-branch accounting, and reporting from a single platform.

Can Instalify manage multiple branches?

Yes. One business can run unlimited branches in different cities. Company admins see consolidated reporting across all branches, while each branch admin manages only their own staff, inventory, customers, and accounts.

How does installment recovery work in Instalify?

Each customer can hold multiple installment accounts, each with its own schedule and transactions. Payments can be collected online, at the branch counter, as full or partial amounts, or via debit/credit adjustment — all tracked in the customer ledger.

Can customers check their balance and statement on WhatsApp?

Yes. Customers can request their account balance and installment statement directly through WhatsApp from your landing page, reducing counter queries and improving transparency.

Does Instalify help avoid defaulters across businesses?

Yes. The customer clearance feature lets businesses verify whether a customer is a defaulter in any other branch or business before approving a new installment account, helping reduce loss ratio.

Which businesses can use Instalify?

Any installment or lease business — including mobile phone shops, electronics, home appliances, furniture, and motorcycle dealers — can use Instalify to manage sales, inventory, recovery, and accounting.

Does Instalify include inventory and accounting?

Yes. Instalify includes branch-level inventory with a stock ledger, plus a double-entry accounting system with chart of accounts, transactions, and branch-wise and business-wise reporting.

Is Instalify cloud-based? Can I use it from anywhere?

Yes. Instalify is a fully cloud-based installment business management system — no installation needed. Access your shop, branches, customers, and reports from any laptop, tablet, or mobile browser, from anywhere. Since it's cloud-based, an internet connection is required — there is no offline mode.

Can bike and car dealers use Instalify for vehicle installments?

Yes. Motorcycle, auto bike, and car dealers use Instalify to sell vehicles on installments with engine and chassis number tracking, guarantor records, down payments, monthly recovery schedules, and defaulter checking.

Can I use Instalify for cash sales too, not just installments?

Yes. Instalify includes a fast POS-style cash sale module with product search, per-item discounts, instant invoices, and automatic stock deduction — so one system runs both your cash counter and your installment business.

How does Instalify handle customer cancellation?

When an installment account must be cancelled, Instalify records the cancellation with reason, settles the ledger, and keeps the full transaction history — so your books stay clean and the customer's record remains traceable.

Is my business data secure?

Instalify uses OTP-based verification, role-based access control, and permission-based module access, so each user only sees what their role allows. Every transaction is recorded for a clear audit trail.

Can I control exactly what each staff member is allowed to do?

Yes. Instalify uses granular, permission-based access — every module (customers, accounts, transactions, inventory, accounting, reports) has its own permission keys, and you assign exactly the ones each role needs. A cashier can record payments without being able to edit a lease account's sale price, for example. Editing sensitive financial details on an account sits behind an even higher permission tier for extra protection.

What is Day Closing and Month Closing?

Day Closing walks each branch through reconciling its cash position at the end of every business day before the next day is allowed to open — carrying forward correct opening balances automatically. Month Closing does the same at a higher level, giving you a clean, permanently closed monthly financial picture instead of a number that keeps shifting. New master records (customers, accounts, products) can't be created until the current day has been opened, which prevents backdated or out-of-sequence entries.

What reports does Instalify provide?

Instalify includes a full reporting suite: Pendency Reports (due/overdue accounts by officer, branch, or date), Daily Installment Sales Reports (DISR/DDISR), the Daily Sales & Recovery Summary with monthly targets, Sales Incentive Reports, Outstanding and Account Statement reports, Stock Balance and Stock Ledger reports, Accounts and Sub-Head Summary reports, and an Activity Logs audit report for owners. Multi-branch businesses also get owner-only Master Reports that consolidate every branch into one company-wide view.

Can I control which columns show on a report?

Yes. Major reports support drag-and-drop columns: drag a column header to reorder it, or drag it into the "Removed Columns" box to hide it and get a cleaner view. Drag it back out any time to restore it. This layout is personal to each user and saved automatically on their own device — two staff members can view the same report with completely different column layouts.

Can I navigate and fill forms using voice commands?

Yes. Instalify includes an AI-powered voice assistant (built on Google's Gemini) that understands spoken Urdu, English, and mixed Roman-Urdu. Say "open customers" and the right page opens; say "add customer, name Ali Khan, mobile 0300..." and the form fills itself in. For safety, the assistant never submits a form on your behalf — you always review and press Save yourself. It also only offers pages and forms your account already has permission to access.

Does Instalify support guarantors on installment accounts?

Yes. You can record a guarantor's details — name, office, designation, mobile number, and NIC — against a customer, either as a full record or a quick add while creating the account. A guarantor can be flagged to appear on a customer's statement, so recovery staff always know who to contact if an account falls behind.

Can Instalify manage staff salaries too?

Yes. Instalify includes a Staff Salary module that generates monthly salary sheets per branch, based on each staff member's basic salary and their sales/recovery incentive calculations, with a clear draft → pending → approved workflow before payment.

Is there an audit trail of who changed what?

Yes. Every transactional action across the system — creating, editing, or deleting a record — is logged. Business owners get a dedicated Activity Logs report to review staff actions across the whole company, so if a number ever looks wrong, you can trace exactly who touched it, when, and what it looked like before.

Can I migrate my existing customer and transaction data into Instalify?

Yes. Instalify includes dedicated data migration tools for bringing in customers, accounts, transactions, and staff records from a previous system or spreadsheet, with a review step before anything is finalized so your historical data lands cleanly instead of creating duplicates or mismatches. Our team can help guide you through this when you switch to Instalify.

How is Instalify priced? Is there a free trial?

Yes, you can start a free trial directly from our website. Ongoing pricing is based on the number of running installment accounts you manage, with both monthly and yearly billing options — yearly billing works out cheaper per account. Visit our Pricing page for current plan details and exact rates.

Can more than one staff member use Instalify at the same time?

Yes. Instalify is a genuine multi-user system — any number of staff at any branch can be logged in and working at the same time, each seeing only what their own role and branch permissions allow. There's no per-seat software installation; everyone works from the same cloud platform through their own browser login.

Can I customize how my own dashboard and sidebar look?

Yes. You can drag your dashboard summary cards into whatever order matters most to you, and drag the sidebar menu into the order that fits your daily workflow. Nothing can be removed from the sidebar this way — only its position changes — and your layout is remembered automatically on your own device, with a one-click reset if you want the default back.

Do transactions get a printable slip or receipt?

Yes. Every lease sale and every installment payment generates an auto-numbered, printable transaction slip automatically, and past slips can be reprinted on demand from the transaction log if a duplicate is needed. Account statements, stock invoices, and day-closing summaries are all print-ready as well, formatted for A4 so they're ready to hand to a customer or file.

How do I get started with Instalify, and is support available?

Sign up for a free trial from our website to explore Instalify with your own business in mind. Our team can help you set up your branches, staff accounts, and permissions, and guide you through migrating historical data if you're switching from another system. If you have any questions along the way, reach out through our Contact page.