How do I sell on WhatsApp and get paid properly?
Put your products in one shop with a link, share that link in your WhatsApp Status and chats, and let customers order and pay by mobile money or card from the page. This saves you answering the same price question again and again, and every order and payment is written down for you.
Why chatting alone gets hard
Selling in chats works when you have a few customers. As you grow, the same questions come back all day: how much, what colours, is it still available. Orders get lost in long chats, and it is hard to tell who has paid.
A shop link fixes this. The customer sees every product, the price and the picture, and orders by themselves. You keep WhatsApp for what it is best at, which is talking to people.
How to set it up
- Open your shop and add your products with clear photos and prices.
- Copy your shop link, or the link of a single product.
- Post the link in your WhatsApp Status with one line about what is new.
- When a customer asks for a price, send the product link instead of typing it out.
- Let the customer pay on the page by mobile money or card, so you do not have to chase payment.
- Check your orders list each day, and message customers on WhatsApp when their order is on the way.
Messages written for you
On Sellyard the share button writes the WhatsApp message for you, with the price and the picture already in. You tap once and choose who to send it to.
Quick questions
- Can I still use WhatsApp with a shop?
- Yes. The shop takes orders and payments, and WhatsApp stays the place where you talk to your customers.
- How do I get paid when customers order?
- Customers pay by mobile money or card on the order page. Each payment shows in your shop's payments list so you can see who has paid.
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