Guides
How to sell, get paid and keep track
Written to be useful whether or not you ever use TAB. Each one answers a question operators actually have, including the parts we have nothing to do with.
For anyone already selling in the chat
How to sell on WhatsApp without losing track of orders
A practical guide to running a business on WhatsApp: catalogs, taking payment, keeping records, and the point at which a notebook stops being enough.
For shops, restaurants and anyone paying terminal rent
How to take card payments without renting a POS machine
What the options actually are for collecting card and transfer payments in Nigeria, what each one costs you in practice, and when a terminal is still the right answer.
For retail shops and anyone counting stock by hand
How to keep stock straight in a small shop
Reorder levels, dead stock, cost against price, and how to keep a count that stays true when you sell in more than one place.
For anyone comparing options and getting nowhere
How to choose a POS system for a small business in Nigeria
What to actually compare when every listicle says the same thing: pricing shape, what happens when the network drops, who holds your sales record, and the questions to ask before you sign.
For restaurants, bars and anyone with tables
How to set up a QR code menu that customers actually use
A practical guide to QR ordering in a Nigerian restaurant: what to print, where to put it, what happens when the order arrives, and the mistakes that make customers give up and wave instead.
For anyone counting at the end of a shift
How to close out the day and know what you actually made
A repeatable closing routine for a Nigerian shop, bar or restaurant: what to count, how to match transfers against sales, what to do when it does not balance, and when to stop doing it by hand.
For anyone whose shop front is a grid
How to sell on Instagram in Nigeria without losing DM orders
Turning followers into orders: what to put in the bio link, how to price in the post, where DMs quietly leak sales, and how to stop running a shop out of an inbox.
For anyone who has been shown a fake alert
How to take bank transfers without chasing screenshots
Why the screenshot habit costs more than it looks, how to tell a real credit from a convincing image, and how to set transfers up so nobody has to check anything.
For the end of the week, and the accountant
How to match your sales to your bank statement
Why the figures never match on the first try: settlement timing, charges taken at source, reversals and part payments, and a repeatable way to work through a month without losing an evening.
For anyone who has watched a queue walk out
What to do when your POS machine is down
Why terminals fail at the worst hour, why the account number fallback creates a second problem, and how to keep taking payment when the machine will not.
For anyone whose record is a pen and a ruled book
How to record sales in a notebook so they match your bank account
A notebook is not the problem. A notebook that does not say how each sale was paid is. What to write down, in what columns, so the day can be checked against the bank without guesswork.
