Automatic UPI Payment Verification for Shops

What is the e-Kirana Payments companion app?

The e-Kirana Paymentsapp is a small, free Android companion to the e-Kirana desktop software. It lives on the shopkeeper's phone — the same phone where you already receive your UPI payment alerts — and its only job is to confirm payments so the desktop can mark bills paid automatically. You install it once, open the e-Kirana desktop app, and scan a QR code to pair the phone to that one desktop. After that, the phone quietly listens for UPI payment notifications and reports a match to your counter. There is nothing to type, no bank login inside it, and no money ever moves through it. It is a confirmation helper, not a payment app.

It runs alongside everything else e-Kirana does at the counter — see kirana store software for the full picture.

How does it work, step by step?

Setup is a one-time QR pairing, and after that auto-verification just happens in the background every time a customer pays. Here is the whole loop.

1. 1Install the e-Kirana Payments app.

   Put the free Android app on the shopkeeper's phone — the phone that already gets your UPI payment alerts. Nothing else changes about how customers pay you.

2. 2Pair to the desktop by scanning a QR code.

   Open e-Kirana on your Windows PC, show the pairing QR code, and scan it with the app. The phone is now linked to that one desktop counter — no accounts to type, no cables.

3. 3Grant notification access.

   You allow the app to read notifications so it can see the UPI payment alert your bank or UPI app shows when money arrives. This is the only permission it needs to confirm a payment, and you can switch it off any time.

4. 4A customer pays over UPI.

   The customer scans your UPI QR or sends money as usual. Your phone shows its normal payment notification — the same alert you see today. You do not have to do anything.

5. 5The bill is marked paid automatically.

   The app reads that alert, matches the amount to the open bill or order at your counter, and tells the desktop to mark it paid — usually within a second or two. The bill turns green; you pack and move to the next customer.

Online orders are verified the same way — UPI payments are confirmed before you pack, whether the order came in from your own online store or the customer mobile app.

Manual UPI checking vs. e-Kirana auto-verify

The difference is not whether you take UPI — you already do. It is whether confirming each payment steals your attention at the counter. Here is manual checking next to auto-verification, side by side.

What permission does it need, and is it safe?

The companion app asks for one Android permission: notification access. That is what lets it read the UPI payment alert your bank or UPI app pops up when money arrives — the only way to confirm a payment landed without you opening the bank app yourself. It is worth being precise about what this does and does not mean. The app looks for the payment confirmation — the sender and the amount — so it can match the payment to the correct bill at your counter. It does not move or request money, and it cannot make a payment on your behalf. It can only read an alert about a payment that has already happened. You pair it to your own desktop with a QR code, and you can revoke the notification permission or unpair the phone whenever you like. In short: it is a quiet confirmation helper for payments you are already receiving, nothing more.

• •One permission only — notification access, to read the UPI payment alert.
• •Read-only — it confirms a payment that already arrived; it never sends money.
• •Paired to your desktop by QR — linked to your own counter, not the internet at large.
• •You stay in control — revoke the permission or unpair the phone any time.

Does it work with my UPI app and bank?

Auto-verification works off the UPI payment alerts your phone alreadyshows — the same notifications you see today when a customer pays you. You do not switch UPI apps, you do not change how customers pay, and you do not log a bank into anything. As long as your UPI app or bank shows a payment notification on the phone and you grant notification access, the companion app can read that alert and confirm the payment. The practical requirements are simple: keep the shopkeeper's phone — the one that receives the alerts — switched on, online, and paired to the desktop while you trade. If an individual alert is ever delayed or missed, nothing is lost: the bill simply stays open and you confirm it by hand, exactly as you do today. So it adds a layer of automation on top of your existing UPI setup rather than replacing it.

How much does it cost?

See the full breakdown on the pricing page.

Key facts

• ✓A free e-Kirana Payments Android app verifies UPI payments and marks the matching bill paid automatically.
• ✓You install it on the shopkeeper's phone and pair to the desktop by scanning a QR code — no accounts to type.
• ✓It needs only notification access to read the UPI payment alert — it never sends or moves money.
• ✓Works off the UPI alerts your phone already shows — you keep your existing UPI app and bank.
• ✓If an alert is ever missed, the bill stays open to confirm by hand — nothing is lost.
• ✓The companion app is free; e-Kirana is ₹2,999/year (Standard) and ₹4,999/year (Business), both +18% GST, annual only, with no commission on your sales.

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