💬 WhatsApp Business for Jamaican Shops · Lesson 5 of 8 · free

💳 Get Paid in the Chat (Transfer Proof, Card Links, No Ghosting)

How to take payment inside WhatsApp without chasing screenshots — and when a card link changes everything.

⏱ About 20 minutes · read it, then do the "Do this now" steps before the next lesson

The proof workflow

Send bank details with a quick reply, ask for the proof screenshot in the same chat, label Paid when it lands. One thread per customer becomes your receipt trail.

Deposits kill ghosting

For made-to-order or held items: 50% deposit before you start. The customer who vanishes at 'deposit' was never paying.

Card links

A card payment link (from your store or gateway) sent in the chat converts the impulse buyer who won't do a transfer. When your store runs on Ezy Cart, every product has a link that also delivers digital items automatically.

Homework

Write the /pay quick reply with your bank details and a card link if you have one.

✅ Do this now — step by step

  1. Write the /pay quick reply: bank, branch, account, account name — and a card payment link if you have one.
  2. Ask for the proof screenshot in the same chat and label the chat Paid when it lands.
  3. For made-to-order or held items, require a 50% deposit before you start — say it kindly and early.
  4. When your store runs on Ezy Cart, send the product link instead — card or transfer, delivered automatically.
  5. Keep every paid chat: one thread per customer becomes your receipt trail.

⚠️ Mistakes to avoid

🇯🇲 How it plays out in Jamaica

A Portmore cake maker lost two large orders in a month to no-shows before adding a 50% deposit rule. Zero no-shows since; the deposit filtered the time-wasters before the oven went on.
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