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Pet-shop ERP-lite that fuses retail (lot/expiry tracking) + banho/tosa scheduling + per-pet vaccination calendar with WhatsApp reminders 30 days before due — the only tool built for the BR pet workflow.

Problem

Brazilian pet-shops face a uniquely vertical workflow that no generic POS or ERP handles: combined retail (ração and medication with lot+expiry tracking) + services (banho/tosa scheduling per pet) + vet clinic (prescriptions, vaccination calendars). Generic systems (Bling, Tiny, Mais PDV) break under it; PetMaster and Pet Shop Control fill some gaps but the market is fragmented at sub-vertical level (e.g., bairro pet-shop vs grooming-only studio vs autonomous vet).

Audience

Owners of Brazilian pet-shops + autonomous veterinary clinics + grooming-only tosadores. Comac 2024: 46K estabelecimentos pet, R$73B/yr market. Average 1-10 funcionários. Sub-segments: bairro pet-shops (60%), clínicas vet (25%), grooming studios (10%), home-service tosadores (5%). WTP R$79-149/mo (PetMaster benchmark ~R$99/mo).

Reasoning

Source signals

  • **SIG-20260425-br-vertical-micro-tool-petshop-banho-tosa-clinica-erp** — "Quando o assunto é organizar o dia a dia da loja, muita gente fica na dúvida: usar planilha, um sisteminha simples ou investir logo em um ERP para pet shop?"
  • **SIG-20260425-br-vertical-micro-tool-loja-roupa-pdv-grade-tamanho** — adjacent confirmation that BR retail micro-niches need vertical PDV.
  • **SIG-20260425-br-vertical-micro-tool-salao-barbearia-no-show-whatsapp** — same WhatsApp-prepay + reminder pattern works in adjacent service vertical.

Reasoning

Pet-shops in BR have a **uniquely vertical workflow**: retail+service+clinic in one location, which rules out generic POS (Mais PDV, VendaPix break) or generic ERP (Bling, Tiny — overkill, no per-pet logic). Comac 2024: **46K establishments, R$73B/yr market** — huge TAM. PetMaster and Pet Shop Control exist, but the market is fragmented at sub-vertical level — white space in every sub-niche. Strategy: start with **one sub-niche** (e.g., "grooming studios only" or "clínicas vet with house calls only"), build deeply-tailored UX (per-pet history, vaccination reminder via WhatsApp 30 days pre-due, ração lot+expiry tracking), then expand. 2-week build window is on the edge but realistic if scope is capped at banho/tosa booking + vaccination reminder + retail-lot tracking, no full vet-prescription module in MVP. Pix QR Cobrança native, WhatsApp Business Cloud API is commodity. Regulatory: vaccination and prescriptions are CRMV-sensitive — positioning as "tracking helper, not clinical system" keeps risk to soft-block max.

Quick competitive read

  • **PetMaster** (~R$99-150/mo) — closest competitor, but 2010s-era UX, no WhatsApp-first
  • **Pet Shop Control** — niche but fragmented (single dev, updates every 6 months)
  • **Generic ERPs (Bling, Tiny)** — not pet-vertical
  • **Mais PDV / VendaPix** — generic POS, can't handle pet complexity
  • **Excel + caderno** — actual competitor #1 for bairro pet-shops with <10 employees

White-space: hyper-niche + WhatsApp-first + vaccination calendar. Competitive pressure 5/10 (market exists but fragmented).

Initial pricing hypothesis

**R$79/mo Solo** (1 location, up to 200 pets, banho/tosa booking + vaccination reminder), **R$149/mo Pro** (multi-store, vet prescriptions, ração lot+expiry tracking, WhatsApp branding). Aligned with PetMaster benchmark.

Distribution hypothesis

1. Partnerships with ração distribuidoras (Royal Canin, Premier) for co-marketing

2. Instagram + Facebook on #petshop #tosador #medicoveterinario — organic potential

3. Local veterinary associations (CRMV-SP, CRMV-RJ) for educational webinars

4. Referral program: owner recommends partner-vet — both get R$50 credit

What we ship

**Core features (MVP)**

  • Unified POS: retail (ração with lot + expiry tracking) + services (banho/tosa) + vet-lite (consultas) on a single ticket; Pix QR Cobrança at the till via licensed PSP
  • Banho / tosa scheduler: tosador × time-grid, drag-and-drop, duration auto-set by pet size, before/after photos saved to the pet's timeline
  • Per-pet timeline with photos: vaccinations, grooming, vet consults, ração purchases, photos (R2 encrypted) — visible to the tutor via PWA
  • WhatsApp vaccination reminders: 30 days before due date, bot pings tutor + offers an optional Pix-prepay booking link
  • NFS-e for services + fiscal retail: auto-emission via Receita Federal API for banho/tosa/vet services; optional CRMV validation for registered vets

**Primary user flow**

1. Owner onboards the pet-shop — enters CNPJ → bot validates via Receita Federal → ração catalogue imported via shelf-photo OCR or CSV from the distribuidora

2. Tutor arrives with pet — scan QR at the till → pet profile auto-loads (or new registration: name, breed, age, photo) → owner adds services + items → single Pix QR for the whole ticket

3. Vaccination calendar — first vet visit logs vaccines + due dates → 30 days before next vaccine, WhatsApp bot pings tutor: `Rex precisa de V10 em 5 maio, agendar?`

4. Per-pet timeline updates continuously — every ração purchase / banho / tosa / vet visit with photos lands in the tutor's PWA timeline

**What it looks like**

  • Owner dashboard (Cloudflare Pages): POS view + scheduler tabs + per-pet timeline; tablet-first (desktop + iPad)
  • Tosador mobile PWA: today's appointments, grooming checklist, before/after photo upload
  • Tutor PWA: pet profiles, vaccination calendar, purchase history, downloadable recibos, "agendar banho" CTA
  • WhatsApp bot UI: vaccination reminders, banho/tosa confirmations, ração-delivery notifications
  • Outputs: NFS-e PDF for services, Pix QR Cobrança for tutor checkout, vaccination card PDF (for pet travel), photo-timeline export for Instagram

**MVP build plan: 14 days**