Chapter 14: Business

The Business tab (called Business Circle) is a directory of shops, manufacturers, wholesalers and service providers. The header reminds you that businesses are verified with 2+ govt. credentials.

The home screen shows 25 industry tiles. Tap an industry to see its business types (labels) with the number of businesses in each. Tap a type to see the list of businesses.

"V" marks a verified business: one whose owner has verified at least 2 government credentials, including PAN. Businesses without it show as Unverified.

These are shops listed from public map data that nobody has claimed yet. They always appear in their own section below the verified businesses. See 14.7 and 14.14 to claim one.

Businesses are ranked by how well they match your search or type, then verified status, then a live offer, then rating, then distance.

The straight-line distance from your phone's GPS. If your phone has no position, the distance is measured from the area you picked, and the text says so.

It shows the place you are searching around. By default it is your phone's own place, such as your town. Pick another area in the filter to change it. It resets to your phone's place each time you open the screen.

Check that location is on and permission is allowed. If you see "No verified businesses yet", no business in that area has completed verification. Try a wider area, or search by name.

A business appears in the verified list only when it has at least 2 verified credentials and its PAN is verified (14.14). The Business Hub shows a checklist of what is still missing.

Yes. Followers and Following lists are in 14.10.

It is the home page of one business. It has a cover photo, a Follow button for visitors, and three tabs: Products & Services, Filings and About.

Tap the business bag icon on the Samaj tab. It opens your businesses with full editing. When you open someone else's business, it is read-only.

It turns green only when you have at least one product or service with a photo and a price saved. A name or logo alone is not enough.

It lists what your business still needs to appear in Business Circle: business name, business type, at least one product or service with a photo and price, a full address or saved location, and a verified PAN.

Up to 3 per person. For another shop, godown or branch, create a separate business.

With no business you see "No business profile yet". With one business it opens directly. With two or more, you pick which one to view.

Only its owner. Visitors can view, follow and rate it.

Yes, from your business list. Deleting removes its products, services and filings, so confirm before you do it.

Open the business bag icon, tap add, enter the business name, then choose a business type, add a location, add products or services, and verify your credentials. The checklist guides you step by step.

Name, logo and cover photo, business type, About text, contact numbers, address and location, products and services, offers, FAQs and filings.

Your login number is the primary contact and needs no OTP. You can add a WhatsApp number or extra numbers, and each needs an OTP (14.15).

Yes. You will see "Address is required. Please enter your business address."

Yes. Edit any time from your own Business Hub.

Pick one main label from the list (for example "Tile store" or "Tile manufacturer"). Search by typing a word.

Yes, up to 3 extra labels besides the main one. Remove one first if you reach the limit.

Yes. The kind is worked out from your main label. People see shops, clinics, hotels, malls and restaurants grouped as "Local business".

Search with a simpler or related word. Names and spellings are matched loosely.

Open Business Locations, search for your place or drop a pin on the map, and add the full address.

No. A business has one place. For another shop, godown, warehouse or branch, create a separate business, up to 3 in all.

Shop, Godown, Showroom, Warehouse, Office and Other.

Distance, Autofind and nearby alerts all use your saved position. Without a pin, customers cannot find you by distance.

Open the Products & Services tab and add an item with a name, photos and a price. Group items under a heading so customers can browse.

At least one product or service must have both for your business to count as complete and to turn the bag icon green.

Yes. Product and service names appear in search suggestions marked "V" for verified shops. Related words are matched, so "pant" can find trousers.

Yes, you can keep a price list for your business.

Type in the search box. Suggestions appear as you type: business types, shop names and item names.

State, District and Taluka. A business matches if its location is in that area. You can also search near a place you pick by place search, map pin or GPS. Shops within about 20 km of that point match.

It looks for unverified shops in the area you picked, anywhere in India.

Your recent searches, so you can repeat them quickly. Tap Reset to clear the filters.

If an Unverified shop is yours, tap Is this your business? then Claim. A copy is created in your account with 0 verified credentials. It stays out of the verified list until you verify it (14.14).

No. Claiming only gives you ownership. Verification needs credentials and PAN.

A list of every nearby business that matches the categories you choose, right now. You do not have to follow them.

Open Autofind preferences and choose categories. The picker shows only categories that have shops within your radius, with a shop count and a filter box.

An empty choice means show everything.

It has no shops nearby right now. It stays saved and comes back when shops appear, for example when you travel.

No. It uses your phone's GPS and shows saved shop data.

Verified shops always appear first. Unverified shops that can be claimed appear below them.

Short posts from a business, either an Offer with start and end dates or a New Arrival with an arriving or arrived date.

Only the business owner, from the megaphone icon on the Business Hub.

2 at a time, offers and new arrivals together. Posting a third removes the oldest.

Yes. An offer disappears from every screen when it ends. New arrivals are also removed after a while.

A title is required. For an offer, set both a start and end date. For a new arrival, set the arrival date. A description is optional.

Anyone viewing the business. Followers see a NEW dot on items they have not seen yet.

Open the business and tap Follow. It becomes Following.

No.

Offer and new-arrival updates, and a nearby alert when you arrive close to the shop (14.11).

Open Following. The list shows the businesses you follow with their live offers.

Business owners can open My Followers to see who follows their business.

Tap Following on the business page.

Check your internet and try again.

When you arrive within about 200 metres of a shop you follow, KuhuChat sends an alert. Your phone detects this itself.

Shops you follow, unverified shops you added with the bell button, and shops picked automatically from your Autofind categories.

20 in all. Followed shops get slots first, then shops you added, then automatic picks.

No. Each shop has a 12-hour cooldown.

Location and notifications. After you follow a business, KuhuChat asks for location while using the app. On newer Android you then open Settings and choose Allow all the time, so alerts work when the app is closed.

Open the Alerts tab and tap Fix location permission. Make sure location is set to Allow all the time and battery saver is not restricting KuhuChat.

It lists every shop that will alert you and why.

Alerts currently run on Android phones.

Your alerts are cleared, so the next person on the phone does not get yours.

Open the business and tap Rate this business. Choose 1 to 5 stars.

Yes. Your rating shows as Your rating, and a new one replaces the old. You cannot rate twice.

No. You will see "You cannot rate your own business."

The average of all ratings, shown with the number of reviews. A claimed shop starts with its public map rating.

The owner writes questions and answers about the business once. Visitors tap a question to read the answer. There is no chatbot, so answers are always what the owner wrote.

In the About tab tap Add FAQ and write both a question and an answer. Both are required.

Yes. The owner can edit and delete, and control the order.

Visitors see the section only when the owner has added at least one.

The Filings tab, where you verify your business credentials with government records. Verified credentials build trust and put you in the Business Circle.

GSTIN, PAN, TAN, Professional Tax, CIN, DIN, LLPIN, IEC, AD Code, FSSAI, Biz Hypothecation, Pollution (Industry), UDYAM, Factory License, Gumastadhara (Shop licence) and Drug License.

At least 2, and PAN must be one of them.

PAN must be verified first. Every other credential unlocks after that.

Tap the credential, enter the number, accept the Compliance Notice and tap I Agree & Verify. The record is checked against government data.

Fees are non-refundable per verification attempt, you are responsible for the accuracy of the details, and fraudulent entries are legal offences.

Yes. Verifying UDYAM also verifies your PAN and GST from the same response, with no extra charge.

Re-check the number and retry. Each attempt may be charged, so confirm the number first.

Visitors see which credentials are verified on your Filings tab.

It proves the WhatsApp or extra number really belongs to you.

No. The sheet shows it as fixed and says no OTP is needed.

Enter the number, tap Send OTP & Verify WhatsApp, then type the 6-digit code.

Yes. Tap Save address only (skip WhatsApp).

You will see that WhatsApp is already verified.

Yes, each with its own OTP.

No. Verifying a business number never changes your KuhuChat login.