Dido · sales and invoicing
Dido is sales and invoicing software for businesses in Algeria, published by Sindan Solutions. Companies that deliver, give credit and take cheques use it to follow the quote, the order, the delivery note, the invoice in dinars with VAT and the cheque until it reaches the bank.
In the demo, create a quote, turn it into an order, then invoice it.
The modules
Each card describes what the software does today. You can check all of it on a demo account.
A quote moves from draft to sent, then accepted, rejected or expired. It touches neither stock nor money. Accepting a quote takes a separate permission, and the accepted quote turns into an order with nothing typed twice.
Watch a quote in a joinery shop (French)Each order carries a priority, from low to urgent, and a status that runs through to delivery. Dido records it even when stock is short and names the missing items. Only a confirmed order can go out for delivery.
A note comes from a confirmed order, or from several invoices of the same customer loaded on one lorry. Partial deliveries are normal. Dido refuses to ship more than the order or invoice committed.
The invoice, in dinars with VAT included, takes the goods out of stock and charges the customer account. A service or one-off fee goes on a free line with no catalogue entry. When paid by cheque, it keeps the number, bank, drawer and date.
Watch an order and its invoice (French)A return starts from the invoice, and Dido shows what can still come back on each line. On approval the credit note gets its number and resaleable items go back into stock. The customer keeps the value as credit or gets a cash refund.
Unpaid amounts sit in age buckets: current, 1 to 30 days, 31 to 60, 61 to 90, over 90. Staff log calls, visits and promises to pay by a date. A promise past its date shows as broken.
Contact details, customer type, balance, sales and payment history. The type, retail, mid-wholesale, wholesale or institutional, sets the price tier. Correcting a balance requires a written reason.
Cash drawers, bank accounts and CCP postal accounts, with every movement. Cashiers close their drawer on the amount they counted, without seeing the expected figure. A cheque stays in hand until it goes to the bank, and a bounced cheque goes back on the customer account.
Four kinds of offer, banded by quantity: percentage, amount per unit, tier price, free units. They target an item, a category or the whole basket, between two dates. A discount above the company ceiling requires a specific permission.
A tariff by distance band from your depot. Dido proposes the distance to the customer or the building site, and the transport line goes on the quote, order or invoice like any other line.
A construction customer keeps one account and one balance, with its sites underneath. Every document can name the site. You see the amount invoiced, collected and still owed for each site.
Sales by day, week or month, by customer, item, salesperson and van, with an estimated gross margin per item. Invoiced, collected and still owed stay separate. This analytics module is optional.
Need a workflow these modules do not cover? We build custom ERPs on the same base.
Comparison
What happens to each sales task with each tool. The Dido column repeats what this page describes.
| Task | Paper notebook | Excel | Dido |
|---|---|---|---|
| Correcting an issued invoice | Cross it out or rewrite the page | Edit the cell, with no visible trace | The invoice can no longer change. A credit note cancels it and a new invoice replaces it. |
| Going from quote to invoice | Copy each document by hand | Copy the lines from one file to the next | The accepted quote becomes an order, then an invoice, with no retyping |
| VAT at 19 %, 9 % or 0 % | Work it out by hand, line by line | One formula per line, to check | Each item carries its rate and the invoice shows the total with VAT in dinars |
| A cheque received | Written on a separate page | A row to update by hand | Followed until it reaches the bank, and a bounced cheque goes back on the customer account |
| Unpaid invoices by age | Recount customer by customer | Possible with a sort, if someone enters every date | Sorted into not yet due, 1 to 30 days, 31 to 60, 61 to 90 and over 90 |
| One customer history | Spread across several notebooks | Spread across several files or tabs | Balance, sales and payments on the customer record |
The Dido column describes the software as it works today. You can check it in the demo account.
How a sale moves
Each step picks up the one before it. Nobody types the items or prices again.
Draft, sent, accepted. Nothing has left the stock yet.
The accepted quote becomes an order. Dido flags items that are short.
The delivery note travels with the goods, in one trip or several.
The invoice in dinars, VAT included, charges the customer account.
Cash goes to the drawer, a transfer or CCP payment to the bank account, a cheque waits for the bank deposit.
If goods come back, the credit note credits the customer and restocks whatever can be sold again.
For a business in Algeria
Dido counts in Algerian dinars and applies each item's own VAT rate: 19 %, 9 % or 0 %. Cheques, payments on account and van sales are part of the base software.
From 1 January 2027, an Algerian company under tax audit must prove that its till and accounting data cannot change after the fact. In Dido, an issued invoice and an approved credit note never change. To fix a mistake, you issue a new numbered document.
What the 2027 rule requires (French)Who it suits
Dido fits best where a business delivers goods, gives customers credit and takes cheques.
Try it before you call
The demo opens a sample manager account. The password example shows on the sign-in page.
Create a quote, turn it into an order, invoice it, then process a return. The three films below show the same screens, narrated in French.
The modules, opening an account and a first invoice.
Watch the film (French)Receiving stock, a customer order, then its invoice, using the base module only.
Watch the film (French)A custom role, a new user, and signing a salesperson in on their phone.
Watch the film (French)Pricing
We do not publish a price list. The price depends mainly on the modules you take, and we quote it after a short call.
Until then the demo is free. Our guide explains what drives the price of business software and how to read a quote.
Read the guide on software costsQuestions
It keeps the sales documents, from quote to payment, and each customer account. In Dido that means quotes, orders, delivery notes, invoices, credit notes, payments, cheques and debt follow-up.
Yes. Each item carries its own rate, 19 %, 9 % or 0 %, or falls back to the company default. The invoice shows the VAT-inclusive total in dinars. Offers and discounts apply before tax.
No. To correct one, you cancel it with a credit note, which puts the stock back and reverses the debt, then you issue a new invoice. Both documents stay in the history.
Dido sorts what each customer owes by age, up to over 90 days, worst first. Staff log each call or visit and each promise to pay with its date. Each morning, the list of broken promises tells you who to call back.
Yes, from a spreadsheet. We import items first, then opening stock, then customers and suppliers. You see every row in a preview before Dido writes it, and Dido skips any row that already exists. Open customer debts come over one customer at a time, each with a reason.
Yes. Sales reps and drivers use Dido Terrain on their phones. The office hands each one a one-time code as a QR code, and each person's role decides what they see.
The price depends on the modules you take. We quote it after a short call. Until then, the demo at the top of the page is free, with the password example.
Guides
What moves the price of business software, how to read a quote line by line, and which questions to ask before you sign.
Read the guide
Ten questions to ask before buying sales and invoicing software in Algeria. VAT per item, cheques, invoices nobody can edit once issued, the publisher commitment due in 2027, user rights, receivables, data import and hosting.
Read the guide (French)
What an Algerian invoice must show under executive decree 05-468, when a delivery note may replace it for repeat sales, the monthly summary invoice, the transfer note between your own depots, and how long to keep invoices.
Read the guide (French)
A cheque without funds in Algeria: reporting to the Bank of Algeria within 4 working days, the certificate of non-payment, 10 days to settle, a 5-year cheque ban, and what a seller should record. Based on the commercial code and Bank of Algeria regulations 2008-01 and 2011-07.
Read the guide (French)
No Algerian text sets a general payment term between businesses. Terms of sale must state it and the invoice must show it. Proof of the debt, limitation periods, and a weekly routine for chasing unpaid invoices by age. Based on law 04-02, the civil code and the commercial code.
Read the guide (French)
Algeria's 2026 finance law requires proof, during a tax audit, that nobody can rewrite the records kept by till and accounting software, and that the software protects and archives them. What the articles say and what to check.
Read the guide (French)
Algeria's 2027 finance bill proposes a DA 500,000 fine per till or software system without a publisher commitment or certificate. The text, the 60-day window and what to prepare.
Read the guide (French)Send us one invoice and one delivery note from your business. We will walk you through the same sale in Dido, with your own items.
