Working in USD and ZiG
Keep USD and ZiG apart in one till: price items, split payments, and read reports that always mean what they say — built for Zimbabwean traders.
Updated 13 September 2026
Zimbabwean trade happens in more than one currency, often in the same transaction. Swipee handles this by keeping each currency separate rather than blending them.
How currency works in Swipee
- Every price is stored in the currency you set it in.
- Every sale records the currency it was taken in.
- Reports and totals are shown per currency.
- Your balance is held per currency.
Sales are still recorded in the currency they were taken in. For catalog prices, you set one USD to ZiG rate. In the app that lives on Setup, next to taxes and discounts. On the dashboard it lives in Settings, next to sales tax. Every item's ZiG price is USD × that rate, and changing the rate updates every item immediately — tills and the dashboard stay in step.
If your shop never takes USD, turn on This shop only charges in ZiG on that same screen. Item prices are then entered in ZiG when you add them, and the till charges ZiG. Use this only if you do not sell in dollars.
Switch currency at the till
The currency chip sits above the amount on the checkout screen. Tap it to switch between USD and ZiG before you charge. Check it before every sale that is not in your usual currency — it is the easiest thing to miss at a busy counter.
Pricing items
Most items are priced in USD. Swipee shows and charges the ZiG amount from your shop-wide rate.
If one product is bought and sold in ZiG, set that item's price in ZiG when you add or edit it. The till converts it from your shop rate when the sale is in USD — it does not multiply a ZiG price by the rate again.
Change the rate whenever the street rate moves. A shop-wide ZiG only setting still locks every item to ZiG.
Reading multi-currency reports
Your sales summary shows each currency on its own line. Resist the urge to add them together — a single blended number hides which side of your business is growing.
A note on rates
The catalog rate is yours to set and change. Each sale is still stored in the currency it was taken in, so reports stay split between USD and ZiG.
Next steps
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