Facebook Market Place Setup with Airbuy


We are going to walk you through setting up checkout link's for your Facebook Shop or Facebook Market Place.




1. Landing on Airbuy


On the Landing page, follow the hand symbol and click on the link to Sign Up as a Seller also known as a Merchant.






2. Business Page


Click on SIGN UP or REGISTER MY ONLINE STORE to create your account.






3. Signing up


SIGN UP USING YOUR NUMBER.






4. Enter your number


Fill in your cell number.






5. One Time Pin


An OTP will be sent to you to confirm whether your cell number is yours.






6. Verifying your OTP


Your number will be verified before you can continue.






7. Business Name


Your business name wont be editable once set. You'll have to make sure it is filled in correctly.






8. 4 Digit Pin


Create a 4 digit pin which will be required for logging in.






9. Successful Sign Up


After successfully signing up, you'll be redirected to your business profile page.






10. Business Details


Submit more of your business details which will be needed to verify your merchant account.






11. Please wait...


Your business details will be stored safely.






12. Uploading your Logo


If you have a logo to upload, click on UPDATE YOUR STORE LOGO HERE. If you do not have a logo, click on DASHBOARD.






13. Browse for Logo


Click on the Browse button to search for your logo .






14. Select your Logo


After finding your store logo, select and open the image file.






15. Cropping the Logo


Before going on, the logo will have to be cropped into a square image.






16. Activate your Account


Click on the link sent to the email address you entered in your business profile to activate your account. You will get access to your API key and you will be able to sell online.






17. Green Tick


After clicking on the link sent to your email, your account will now be active. You'll have access to your API key and you'll be able to sell your products online.






18. API Key


Tap on ACCESS YOUR KEY to have access to your API key.

Note: You can stop here if you already have an e-commerce website and wont be selling items on Social Media e.g. Facebook Market Place. Click here to continue.





19. Add Products To Sell


To create product checkout link's, select the Add products here to sell button.

Note: If wont be selling items on Social Media e.g. Facebook Market Place, stop at number 18 above or click here.





20. Add new product


To add your first product tap on the + button.






21. Selecting your package


Before you can add a product, you'll need to select a package to work with.






22. 10 Free items


Choose the free package to get a feel of how things work.






23. Type of Service or Product


What type of Service or Product will you be selling?






24. Loading...


Please wait while Airbuy saves your package details. To change your package details, click on the menu button on the top right of your screen and to go back to your dashboard, click on the dashboard button on the top left of your screen.






25. Now, to Add New Products


To add products tap on the + button.






26. Product details


Enter product details which you can edit again.






27. Relates to the package you chose


The form relates to the package you chose for the type of items you are selling.






28. Add product image


Hover over the product and click on the image icon to add a product image.






29. Portrait product image


First add a portrait image of your product by clicking on the first Browse button.






30. Landscape product image


Then scroll down to add a landscape image of your product by clicking on the second Browse button.






31. Cropping


Your images will be have to be cropped.






32. Going back


Scroll all the way up to go back.






33. Copy product url


Click on the copy icon on top of the product.

You can now paste and send this link to people on WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, via Email or even SMS.





34. Sign into Facebook


If you have not created a page already on Facebook, go to the top panel and click on Create then click on Page.






35. Create a Page


Go ahead and Get Started.






36. Business or Brand


Fill in your business details.






37. See more


To your left, click on See more to have access to more options.






38. Shop


Select the Shop option.






39. Setting up your Shop


Follow the prompts for setting up your shop.






40. SELECT CHECKOUT METHOD


Please select Checkout on another website.

If you did not select Checkout on another website, you will have to delete the shop on Facebookand start from number 37 above.





41. Add product


You can nowadd products.






42. Checkout URL


Before saving the product details, paste in the product url you copied from number 33 above in the Checkout URL field.

Note: If you do not see the Checkout URL field, that means you have to delete your shop and start from number 37 above. Please make sure to do number 40 to have access to the Checkout URL field.





43. Nice work


You have successfully added your first product on Facebook and are ready to receive payments using Airbuy.






44. Tell people about your Facebook Shop


Your clients can now go shopping on your Facebook Shop by finding your shop on Facebook. If they cannot find your shop, you might have to copy the Facebook Shop url link and send it to your clients.






45. Checking out from Facebook


Now your customers can Check Out on Website using Airbuy.

Note : If the Airbuy product link does not work, make sure you have activated your Business Profile by clicking on Profile on your Airbuy Dashboard and filling in the form. Then to complete the activation, click on the link sent to your email address.





46. Customers checking out


Your customer will be redirected to your product on Airbuy and they can Checkout and pay you without their bank details.






47. Completing the Payment


They will have to click on Buy to proceed.






48. Number Verification


We will verify their cell number as a security measure.






49. OTP Verification


A One Time Pin (OTP) will be sent to their phone to make sure the cell number is the customer's cell number.






50. Buy


One last measure of security is for the customer to enter their own 4 digit pin in order to complete the payment.






51. Processing transaction


We will check whether the customer has enough money to make the transaction.






52. Order Complete


If the customer has enough money, they will be notified.






53. Your Earnings


You will have to login in to your Airbuy Business Dashboard to keep track of your earnings. Learn more here

Note: You will be notified via email that a customer has bought from you.