Setting how buyers pay and get it

What does this tour show?

It shows the five minutes of setup a social seller does before sharing anything. Amira, a sample seller, sells beauty products to her followers: her own hand-poured candles and lip balms, and a body butter she resells for a skincare supplier. Before she posts her first story with a link, she needs to decide three things. Is the shop open? How do people pay? What does delivery cost?

The tour has three steps on one phone screen, My link & shop, working down its three sections: Your link, How buyers pay and Delivery.

Why decide payment and delivery before you share?

Because the first buyer will ask, and the answer needs to be the same for everyone. If one follower is told delivery is free and another is charged, both will find out. If cash on delivery has no ceiling, someone will order £150 of candles and not be in when you knock. Settings decided once, in calm, protect you from making it up in a DM at eleven at night.

Step by step

1. Open My link & shop. At 08:00 Amira opens the shop settings on her phone. The heading shows her shop name, Amira's Beauty Shelf, and the first section is Your link, with a green Open label.

2. Switch on Take orders through my link. One switch decides whether buyers can order through the link at all. With it on, anyone who taps the link from a story or a post can place an order. With it off, the link does not take orders.

3. Check the link name. Under the switch is the Link name, ending in amira-beauty. This is what followers will see in her bio and in shared posts. Short and close to the shop name is easiest to remember.

4. Turn on cash on delivery and set the limit. Under How buyers pay, the first box is Cash on delivery with its own switch. Below it, "Cash on delivery up to" is set to £60. Most of her orders are a candle or two, so £60 covers them while keeping very large unpaid parcels off her doorstep run.

5. Turn on bank transfer and add the details. The second box is Bank transfer. Amira fills in Account name and Sort code. Buyers who prefer to pay first, or whose order is above the cash limit, can transfer straight from their banking app.

6. Note that card is not offered yet. The last line, Card or online, carries a Later label. Amira does not promise card payment in her posts, so nobody is disappointed at checkout.

7. Set one delivery charge. In the Delivery section she sets Delivery charge to £3.20. The hint underneath explains: one charge per order, and leave it empty for free delivery.

8. Set the free-delivery amount. Under Free delivery from she types £30. The hint says it is optional, and that orders this big or bigger pay no delivery. Two large candles at £16 each come to £32, so a buyer who adds a second candle gets free delivery.

What does a buyer see when an order breaks a rule?

The settings are not just labels; the checkout follows them. If a follower's basket comes to more than £60 and she picks cash on delivery, she is told the order is over the cash on delivery limit and asked to choose bank transfer. If she tries to pay by card, she is told card payment is not available yet. And if her basket includes something Amira resells for a supplier, the page explains that those items are paid in cash when they arrive, because the supplier sends them. Each message is written for the buyer, so Amira does not have to explain her rules in a chat.

Amira's settings at a glance

Tips for choosing your settings

• Set the free-delivery amount a little above your usual order. If most people spend about £20, £30 gives them a reason to add one more thing without feeling pushed.
• Work out your real delivery cost before you pick a charge. Petrol, packaging and your time all count, even for drops round the corner.
• Keep the cash limit close to your typical order. It is easier to raise it later than to chase an unpaid large order.
• Check your sort code twice. A wrong digit sends a buyer's money to the wrong place, and sorting it out takes days.
• Write your delivery terms in your bio too. The link shows them, but people decide before they tap.

Common mistakes

Sharing before switching the link on. If Take orders through my link is off, the first wave of followers sees a shop that will not take an order, and few come back.

No cash limit. Unlimited cash on delivery invites large orders you may never be paid for. Pick a number.

Free delivery on everything. It sounds generous, but on a £7.50 lip balm set a £3.20 delivery cost can take most of the profit. Use a threshold instead.

Promising card payments. The settings say Later for a reason. Saying "pay by card" in a post leads to confused buyers at checkout.

What should you do next?

Share the link and see what comes in. The next tour in Amira's day shows her Home screen the next morning, with what is waiting and the link ready to send on WhatsApp.

Before you settle on prices, read the guide on how to price products. The cash flow guide explains how cash-on-delivery orders and bank transfers each affect when you actually have the money, and the guide on getting paid faster has wording that helps when a transfer is late.

How EasyTaskr helps

My link & shop in Share & Sell opens your link for orders and sets how buyers pay: cash on delivery up to a limit you choose, and bank transfer with your account name and sort code. You set one delivery charge per order and an optional amount above which delivery is free.