Selling before you have a site.
WHY THIS IS REASONABLE
Testing whether customers want what you sell, before investing in a site.
THE OPTIONS
Payment links from your gateway, shared by message or social media A gateway's own storefront or invoice feature Bank transfer with manual confirmation
PAYMENT LINKS
Both Paystack and Flutterwave generate links you can send to a customer. They pay by card or transfer, and you are notified.
This removes the need for a checkout while keeping a payment record.
WHY A RECORD MATTERS
Orders taken purely by message, paid by transfer, with no system, leave you with no record of what was sold to whom.
That becomes a problem at tax time and in any dispute.
WHAT YOU LOSE WITHOUT A SITE
Being found by people searching Credibility with customers who check The ability to scale beyond conversations
THE PROGRESSION
Start with payment links and messaging. Build the site once you know the product sells.
Do not stay there indefinitely; a business reachable only through one person's phone cannot grow.
