Verity for tailors

Every garment is made for one person. Verity remembers who, what size and by when.

A tailoring shop lives on measurements, trust and a delivery date. Those sit on paper slips, in a master's memory and in phone chats. Before a festival or a wedding season, one lost slip or one promise too many shows up as a missed deadline. Verity keeps every order, size and promise in one record.

Verity in one line

One system that tracks each garment from the customer's measurements to the final trial, delivery and balance, and shows which orders are at risk before the deadline.

See your tailoring shop in Verity See the 14 problems we solve

Free: we set up a working demo of your own business, on your own data, within 7 days. You pay only if your team decides to use it.

Built for a counter that has no time for data entry. The records come from the order slip you already write.

Verity / Shop / Today

All outlets

Live

Orders open

86

this week

Due in 3 days

24

garments

At risk

9

may miss date

Ready, not collected

17

₹38,500 balance

Booked against capacity, next 7 days

  • Mon 20 Oct70%
  • Tue 21 Oct96%
  • Wed 22 Oct135%
  • Thu 23 Oct88%

Wednesday is booked at 135 percent of capacity. 9 orders are promised for it.

Rebalance
  • Silk lining, maroonNeeded 14 m this week, 6 m in stockOrder
  • Embroidery vendor, Order 3318Due back 17 Oct, not returnedChase

Illustrative screen with sample figures. Yours is set up with your own garments, karigars, fabrics and outlets.

How it runs today

Tailoring shops run on memory. A good master remembers every customer. A busy week breaks that.

A customer's measurements are on a slip, in a register or in the master's head. A returning customer is measured again because the old slip cannot be found.

The shop works in bursts. In the weeks before festivals and weddings, orders pile up faster than the karigars can finish them, and promised dates are given by hope.

Work is shared across cutting, stitching, finishing and sometimes outside embroidery. Payment to karigars is by piece, tracked in a notebook, and disputes are settled by memory.

What most tailoring shops run on

  • Order slip book
  • Measurement register
  • WhatsApp with customers and karigars
  • Cash book
  • Fabric and trim cupboard

Each tells you one thing. Nothing tells you which orders are at risk this week or what each karigar is owed.

14 problems, one by one

Where a tailoring shop loses time, money and customers.

These are the situations tailors and boutique owners describe. For each one: what it looks like, what it costs, and what Verity does about it.

  1. 01Orders

    Measurements are lost or out of date

    What it looks like

    A regular customer returns after a year. The old slip cannot be found, so she is measured again, and the fit is slightly different from last time.

    What it costs you

    Time at the counter, a garment that does not fit like her favourite one and a customer who starts looking elsewhere.

    How Verity fixes it

    Each customer has a record with her measurements, date taken and notes on posture and preferences. A returning customer starts from the last record and changes are marked.

    See the screen
  2. 02Orders

    Order details are said, not written

    What it looks like

    The customer asks for a deeper neck, a longer sleeve and piping on the border. The counter says "noted". The karigar gets a slip that says "blouse, red".

    What it costs you

    A garment that is wrong, a redo at the shop's cost and a customer who will not accept the explanation.

    How Verity fixes it

    Each garment order records style, fabric, lining, trims and every instruction, with a photo of the reference if available. The karigar sees the same record the counter wrote.

    See the screen
  3. 03Capacity

    The festival and wedding rush overbooks the shop

    What it looks like

    Three weeks before a festival, the counter accepts every order and promises "by the 28th". By the 25th, thirty garments are unfinished.

    What it costs you

    Missed deadlines, disappointed customers and overtime pay. Tailoring is seasonal, with work clustered around festivals and wedding months, so the same problem returns every year.

    How Verity fixes it

    Each day has a capacity set by karigars and garment type. Verity shows how booked each date is, and a new order checks the date against it before a promise is made.

    See the screen
  4. 04Work

    Nobody can say where a garment is

    What it looks like

    A blouse is with the cutter, then the karigar, then waiting for hooks. A customer comes at 5 pm and nobody can find it.

    What it costs you

    Hours spent searching, a late delivery and a customer who feels ignored.

    How Verity fixes it

    Each garment moves through cutting, stitching, trial, finishing and ready. Everyone sees its stage and who has it, and the counter answers from the record.

    See the screen
  5. 05People

    Karigar pay is counted by hand and argued about

    What it looks like

    Karigars are paid per piece. At the end of the week the master adds slips from a notebook, subtracts advances and gets a total that someone disputes.

    What it costs you

    Hours of the master's time, lost trust and good karigars who leave for a shop that pays on time.

    How Verity fixes it

    Each piece done is recorded against the karigar and its rate. Weekly pay is calculated from the records with advances taken out, and the karigar can see the same statement.

    See the screen
  6. 06Work

    Trials and alterations are not recorded

    What it looks like

    A customer tries a blouse and asks for changes. The alteration goes to a karigar who is busy. At the second trial the same fault is still there.

    What it costs you

    Rework that nobody counts, delays and annoyed customers. A shop that does not record alterations cannot tell which karigar or which style causes them.

    How Verity fixes it

    Each trial is a record with what was found, who altered it and the new trial date. Verity shows alterations by karigar and by style.

    See the screen
  7. 07Stock

    Customer fabric and shop fabric get mixed up

    What it looks like

    A customer leaves three metres of silk. Another buys fabric from the shop. Leftover pieces sit on the shelf and nobody can say whose they are.

    What it costs you

    A dispute over missing fabric, a customer's silk used for the wrong garment or leftover cloth with no value attached.

    How Verity fixes it

    Fabric received from a customer is recorded with a photo and quantity against the order. Shop fabric is stock with a cost. Leftover pieces are recorded and returned or priced.

    See the screen
  8. 08Stock

    Cutting mistakes and fabric shortfalls

    What it looks like

    The master estimates yardage by eye. A blouse is cut and the fabric falls short by a hand.

    What it costs you

    Spoiled fabric, a replacement at your cost and a delayed order.

    How Verity fixes it

    Each style has a usual fabric requirement by size, and the order checks the fabric received against it. Verity records shortfalls and wastage per cutter and style.

    See the screen
  9. 09Stock

    Trims and lining run out at the wrong time

    What it looks like

    Buttons, hooks, zips and lining are in a cupboard. The one colour you need today is not there, so the garment waits.

    What it costs you

    Delays, trips to the market in the middle of the day and a rushed purchase at a higher price.

    How Verity fixes it

    Trims and lining are stock with reorder points. Verity checks the week's orders against what is on hand and drafts a purchase list.

    See the screen
  10. 10Money

    Advances are taken and balances are not chased

    What it looks like

    Customers pay an advance and the balance on pickup. Some garments are ready for weeks and not collected, with the balance unpaid.

    What it costs you

    Garments occupying space, money locked in unclaimed orders and a shop that does not know how much it is owed.

    How Verity fixes it

    Each order shows advance, balance and ready date. Ready garments not collected after a set period appear on a list with a call task, and the outcome is recorded.

    See the screen
  11. 11Money

    Prices change from person to person

    What it looks like

    A similar blouse is quoted at ₹800 by the master and ₹650 by the counter. A regular negotiates a discount that nobody writes down.

    What it costs you

    Margins that depend on who is at the counter, and customers who notice the differences.

    How Verity fixes it

    Common garments have a price list with options for lining, embroidery and urgent delivery. A price below the floor needs an approval, and discounts are recorded with a reason.

    See the screen
  12. 12Orders

    Bulk and uniform orders are tracked in lists on paper

    What it looks like

    A school or a small company orders thirty uniforms in different sizes. Sizes, delivery batches and payments sit on one sheet that is easy to lose.

    What it costs you

    Wrong sizes, partial deliveries argued over and payment delays from the institution.

    How Verity fixes it

    A bulk order is a record with a list of people, sizes and quantities. Deliveries are logged by batch, and payment milestones are tracked against it.

    See the screen
  13. 13Work

    Work sent to outside embroiderers and dyers loses track

    What it looks like

    A lehenga goes to an outside embroiderer with a promised date. A week later nobody knows whether it has come back.

    What it costs you

    A missed wedding date, a customer waiting and a vendor bill that does not match what was sent.

    How Verity fixes it

    Each outside job records what was sent, to whom, the promised date and the bill. Verity lists items past their return date and compares bills with the agreed rate.

    See the screen
  14. 14Owner

    The master and the owner are the system

    What it looks like

    One person remembers which customers are waiting, which karigar is slow and which fabric is low. A week away means missed deliveries.

    What it costs you

    The shop cannot add a second outlet or a bigger team, and the owner cannot step back. Most tailors work alone or in very small units with little training, so knowledge stays in one head.

    How Verity fixes it

    Each morning Verity shows what needs a decision, each item with an owner. A second outlet becomes a location in the same system.

    See the screen

The numbers behind it

The numbers that make these problems worth fixing.

From published sources, with the source named under each figure. Your own numbers will differ, and showing you yours is the first thing Verity does.

  • Nearly 12 million

    custom tailors in India in 2024, about one in six of all manufacturing workers, up from about 7 percent of the manufacturing workforce in 2005 to 17 percent.

    Data For India, 2025

  • 5 million

    of the 14 million manufacturing jobs added between 2018 and 2024 that were in custom tailoring.

    Data For India, 2025

  • 8 in 10

    self-employed tailors earn around ₹6,000 a month, less than half of what other self-employed manufacturing workers earn, in work that is seasonal and clustered around festivals and weddings.

    Zerodha Daily Brief, 2025

  • Over 80%

    of tailors have never received vocational training, and they work with no contracts and no social security.

    Zerodha Daily Brief, 2025

These figures describe tailors across India, most of whom work alone or in very small units, from analysis of government employment data by Data For India and a summary by Zerodha. They show the scale and conditions of the trade, not what your shop will see. No reliable market value was found, since two estimates differ by a factor of about seven.

What you will actually see

The screens you would use every day.

Six views, each for one job. Garments, karigars, fabrics and outlets are set up in your own terms.

Screen 1 of 6

The owner's morning view

Orders due, orders at risk, garments ready, fabric low and dues on one screen, with the items that need a decision listed below.

Fixes

  • 14 The master and the owner are the system

Verity / Shop / Today

All outlets

Orders open

86

this week

Due in 3 days

24

garments

At risk

9

may miss date

Ready, not collected

17

₹38,500 balance

Booked against capacity, next 7 days

  • Mon 20 Oct70%
  • Tue 21 Oct96%
  • Wed 22 Oct135%
  • Thu 23 Oct88%

Wednesday is booked at 135 percent of capacity. 9 orders are promised for it.

Rebalance
  • Silk lining, maroonNeeded 14 m this week, 6 m in stockOrder
  • Embroidery vendor, Order 3318Due back 17 Oct, not returnedChase

Screen 2 of 6

The record for every garment

The customer's measurements, the style, fabric, trims, every instruction and the promised date, in one record the counter and the karigar both read.

Fixes

  • 01 Measurements are lost or out of date
  • 02 Order details are said, not written
  • 11 Prices change from person to person

Verity / Order / T-3318

Garment

Bridal blouse, Priya Nair, T-3318

Customer since 2023, 14 Oct order

Fabric
Customer silk, 1.2 m, photo attached
Measurements
Bust 36, waist 30, shoulder 14.5, taken 14 Oct
Instructions
Deep back, piping on border, hook at side
Promised
26 Oct, festival week
Advance
₹1,500 of ₹3,200
Trial
Booked 21 Oct
  1. 14 OctOrder taken, silk received and photographed
  2. 16 OctCut by Rakesh, 2 cm hem allowance
  3. NotePrevious blouse T-2187 fitted well, same sleeve length

Screen 3 of 6

Garments by stage and karigar

Each garment moves across the board with its karigar and promised date. Trials, alterations and bulk order batches are visible, so the counter can answer a customer in seconds.

Fixes

  • 03 The festival and wedding rush overbooks the shop
  • 04 Nobody can say where a garment is
  • 06 Trials and alterations are not recorded
  • 12 Bulk and uniform orders are tracked in lists on paper

Verity / Floor

Cutting to ready

Cutting2

  • T-3321 Salwar setRakesh, due 24 OctOn track
  • Bulk 41, school uniforms38 of 60 cutBatch 2

Stitching2

  • T-3318 Bridal blouseSunita, due 26 OctAt risk
  • T-3302 KurtaImran, due todayDue today

Trial and finishing1

  • T-3290 LehengaAlteration 2, trial ThuRework

Screen 4 of 6

Piece work, pay and outside work

Pieces done by each karigar, the rate, advances and pay due. Work sent to outside vendors is listed with its return date and bill.

Fixes

  • 05 Karigar pay is counted by hand and argued about
  • 13 Work sent to outside embroiderers and dyers loses track

Verity / Karigars

This week

KarigarPiecesEarnedAdvancePay due
Sunita21₹6,300₹1,000₹5,300
Imran26₹7,800₹2,500₹5,300
Rakesh (cutting)64₹4,480₹0₹4,480
Meena14₹3,500₹3,500Settled
  • Lehenga T-3290 at Zari WorksSent 9 Oct, due 17 OctLate
  • Dupatta dyeing, 6 piecesDue 19 OctOn track

Screen 5 of 6

Fabric, trims and customer cloth

Shop fabric and trims with reorder points, and customers' own cloth recorded with a photo against their order. Short fabric is flagged before cutting.

Fixes

  • 07 Customer fabric and shop fabric get mixed up
  • 08 Cutting mistakes and fabric shortfalls
  • 09 Trims and lining run out at the wrong time

Verity / Stock

Shop and customer fabric

ItemIn stockNeeded this weekSourceAction
Lining silk, maroon6 m14 mShopOrder
Hooks, size 2300180ShopOK
Customer silk, T-33181.2 m1.1 mCustomerTight
Zip 18 in, black1220ShopReorder

Screen 6 of 6

Advances, balances and ready garments

Garments ready for collection with balances, and orders with advances. Those waiting longest are listed first, with a call task for the counter.

Fixes

  • 10 Advances are taken and balances are not chased

Verity / Dues

Ready and unpaid

CustomerGarmentReady sinceBalanceAction
Kavita S.Anarkali suit9 days₹1,800Call
Rohit M.Sherwani4 days₹6,500Remind
Aarti P.Blouse x22 days₹900Not due
Uma D.Lehenga14 days₹4,200Escalate

17 garments are ready and uncollected, with ₹38,500 unpaid in total.

Call all

Illustrative screens with sample data. Layouts, fields, names and terms are set up around how your tailoring shop works.

An ordinary day

The same Saturday before a festival, before and after.

The shop works the same way. What changes is that every order leaves a record that chases for you.

WhenTodayWith Verity
10:00 TodayThe master asks who has the red blouse and checks three slips. With VerityThe board shows it is with Sunita, due Sunday.
12:00 TodayA customer wants delivery on the 26th and the counter agrees. With VerityThe order checks the date against capacity and says the 26th is full. The 27th is offered.
2:30 TodayA returning customer is measured again because her old slip is missing. With VerityHer record appears, with last year's measurements and the note about her sleeve length.
4:00 TodayThe karigar says fabric is short after the cut. With VerityThe fabric received was checked against the style before cutting and the shortfall was caught.
7:00 TodayThe master adds up the week's slips and disputes pay. With VerityPiece records produce each karigar's pay, and they see the same statement.
Month end TodayThe owner guesses how much is owed by customers. With VerityThe dues screen lists advances and balances by customer.

How we work with you

We set it up with you, in four weeks.

You do not get a login and a manual. We learn how your shop actually runs, build Verity around it, bring your data in, then stay on to keep it working.

  1. Week 1

    Discovery and mapping

    What we do
    Spend a day at your shop. Follow an order from the counter to delivery, and map your slips, measurement register, karigar pay and fabric stock.
    What we need from you
    A few hours from you and your master. A week of order slips and your measurement register.
    What you have at the end
    A written map of how your orders, karigars, fabric and dues run today and the problems to fix first.

  2. Weeks 2 to 3

    Configuration

    What we do
    Set up garment types and their stages, price list with options, karigars and rates, daily capacity, fabric and trims with reorder points, vendors and dues rules.
    What we need from you
    Check the garment types, price list and rates with your master.
    What you have at the end
    A working Verity with your real garments, karigars and rules.

  3. Weeks 3 to 4

    Migration and training

    What we do
    Bring in customers with measurements, open orders, fabric stock and balances. Train the counter, the master and the karigars on live orders.
    What we need from you
    Your measurement register and open orders, in whatever form they exist. One hour per role.
    What you have at the end
    Your shop inside Verity and a team that has used it on real orders.

  4. After go-live

    Operations partnership

    What we do
    Stay on after launch. Review the first weeks with you, tune capacity and lists before the next festival season, and handle new outlets.
    What we need from you
    A short monthly review of what the numbers say.
    What you have at the end
    A system that keeps matching how the shop runs, with someone responsible for it.

Bring these on day one

  • Your measurement register or slips
  • Your price list and rates for karigars
  • Your karigar list
  • Your fabric and trims list
  • Your open orders and balances

Your time

About 6 to 9 hours of owner time across the four weeks, mostly in week 1. Your master and counter lead need a few more.

After go-live

Nobody is hired to run Verity. Orders, measurements and pieces are recorded as part of the work you already do, and the reports come from those records.

Verity AI

Ask your shop a question.

Verity AI reads your orders, measurements, karigars, stock and dues. Ask in plain language, then turn the answer into tasks for the right person.

  • Your records only Answers come from your own tailoring shops data, not from generic knowledge.
  • Right person, right view It only shows what the person asking is allowed to see.
  • Turns into action An answer can become a task assigned to a named person.

Verity / Ask

Which orders are at risk of missing their date this week?

Nine orders. Wednesday is booked at 135 percent of capacity and seven of the nine are promised for that day.

  • Wednesday7 orders
  • Tuesday2 orders

Create rebalancing tasks for the master

Verity / Ask

What does each karigar earn this week and what is owed?

Four karigars earned ₹22,080 this week. After advances, ₹15,080 is due.

  • Sunita₹5,300
  • Imran₹5,300
  • Rakesh₹4,480

Prepare the pay statement

Verity / Ask

Which ready garments have been waiting more than a week?

Six garments, with ₹14,300 unpaid. Uma D.'s lehenga has waited 14 days.

  • Over 10 days3
  • 7 to 10 days3

Assign calls to the counter

Sample questions and answers with illustrative figures.

Without chasing

The follow-ups nobody has time to make.

Set once, then they run from your records. People still make the calls. Verity makes sure the right person knows to.

When

A day is booked above capacity

  • Flagged to the master
  • Orders for that day listed
  • Decision recorded: move, add a karigar or tell the customer

When

A garment is ready and uncollected for 5 days

  • Added to the ready list
  • Call task to the counter
  • Outcome recorded

When

A customer's fabric is received

  • Photo and quantity recorded
  • Checked against the style requirement
  • Shortfall flagged before cutting

When

A trim or lining falls below its reorder point

  • Checked against the week's orders
  • Purchase list drafted
  • Receipt recorded

When

An outside job is past its return date

  • Added to the vendor list
  • Task to chase
  • Delay recorded

When

A trial finds changes

  • Alteration recorded with who and why
  • New trial date set
  • Alterations counted by karigar and style

Rules and paperwork

The rules a tailoring shop has to keep up with.

Verity does not give legal or tax advice and does not file anything for you. It keeps the records these rules depend on in order, so your accountant starts from clean data.

  • GST on tailoring and stitching

    What is expected

    Stitching a customer's fabric is generally treated as job work and is taxed at a lower rate than design plus stitch work or selling a garment made from your own fabric. Registration generally depends on turnover, and the limit differs in some states.

    How Verity helps

    Each order records whether fabric came from the customer or the shop, and labour, fabric and trims are separate lines.

    Busy.in, an aggregator, for general background

  • Customer data and consent

    What is expected

    Names, phone numbers and body measurements are personal data. India's data protection rules were notified in November 2025, and most duties start to apply over the following 12 to 18 months.

    How Verity helps

    Customer data sits in one permissioned place, with who viewed or changed it recorded.

    AZB Partners

  • Workers and wage records

    What is expected

    Many tailors work with no contract and no social security. Shops with employees may have to keep wage, attendance and leave records under state shop and establishment rules.

    How Verity helps

    Pieces, advances and pay are recorded per karigar, so a wage record exists without a separate notebook.

    Zerodha Daily Brief

  • Customer property and delivery promises

    What is expected

    When a customer leaves fabric, the shop is holding their property and a promised delivery date is part of the service. A missed date or a lost fabric can lead to a complaint.

    How Verity helps

    Customer fabric is recorded with a photo and quantity, and the promised date and any change to it are kept on the order.

Rules differ by state and size of business and they change. Confirm current requirements with your accountant and the relevant authority.

Who sees what

Everyone sees the same records, through their own window.

The counter should not see karigar pay. The karigar should not see customer prices. Each role opens on what it needs.

  • Owner

    Which orders and customers need my decision?

    Orders at risk, days over capacity, dues, karigar pay, fabric low and outlets compared.

  • Master tailor

    What is on my floor and what is late?

    Orders by stage, trials and alterations, capacity by day and cutting plans.

  • Counter staff

    What do I tell this customer?

    Order stage and promised date, measurements, advances and balances and ready garments.

  • Karigar

    What is mine to do?

    My pieces, the instructions and fabric for each, my rate and my pay statement.

  • Accountant

    What came in and what is owed?

    Advances and balances, karigar pay, fabric and trims purchases and the fabric source split.

Straight answers

What changes, and what stays the same.

Keep using

  • Your cash book or billing software at the counter
  • Your fabric and trims suppliers and how you buy
  • WhatsApp for talking to customers, sent by your team
  • Your accountant, who still prepares your returns

Verity does not

  • Take payments or run the billing counter
  • Design garments or draw patterns
  • Send messages to customers on its own
  • File your returns or run your payroll

We bring your customers with measurements, open orders, fabric stock and balances across from the slips, registers and chats you use now, in stages, so orders keep moving while it happens.

  • Excel
  • Google Sheets
  • Legacy ERP
  • CRM
  • One operating environment

Questions

Questions tailors and boutique owners ask.

I am the master and I do not type much. Can I use it?

Yes. We set it up around the slip you already write, and the people who handle it are the counter and the karigars. We train on live orders and keep it to the fewest taps we can.

Will my karigars accept being tracked?

They get something back: a clear list of their work, instructions that match the order and a pay statement they can check. Most disputes come from missing records, and this removes them.

Can it keep a customer's measurements for years?

Yes. Each customer has a record with measurements and the date they were taken, so a returning customer starts from the last one.

Can it help me plan for a festival?

Yes. Each day has a capacity and the order checks the date against it before a promise is made. You see how booked each date is weeks ahead.

Does it replace my billing book?

No. Billing stays as it is. Verity records the order, advance and balance, and we agree during setup how billing details reach Verity.

Can it message customers when the garment is ready?

Not by itself. Verity lists the garments ready and assigns the call or message, and your team sends it and records the outcome.

I have two outlets. Can I see both?

Yes. Each outlet is a location in one system. Orders, capacity and dues can be compared side by side, and a garment can move between outlets with a record.

Who can see customer information?

Only the people you allow. Access is set by role, and every change is recorded with who made it and when.

What does it cost?

It depends on the number of outlets and what you want set up. Message us and we will give you a clear number after a short conversation about how your shop runs.

Where the figures come from

Sources

  1. Data For India, 2025
  2. Zerodha Daily Brief, 24 Dec 2025
  3. Busy.in, an aggregator, for general background
  4. AZB Partners

Last checked 16 October 2026. Published figures vary by region and method, so treat them as indicative, not as a promise of your results.

Know which orders will miss their date before the date.

Tell us how your shop runs and we will show you the overbooked days, late garments and unpaid balances it would find, using your own numbers.

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