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Before we build anything

Let's map out how you actually sell phones.

I'd rather ask than guess. The more of this you fill in, the more the thing I build fits the way you already work — instead of you having to change how you work to fit it.

About 10 minutes. Most of it is tapping, not typing.

Answer on your phone. If you stop halfway, nothing gets lost — come back to this link and it'll all still be here.

If you're not sure about something, skip it. A rough answer beats a blank, and "I don't know" is a useful answer too.

First, the basics

Quick ones to get going.

The name people know you by. Leave it blank if you just use your own name.
A shop, a table, from home, purely online — and which area.
How long have you been selling phones?
Who works with you?
Is this your main income?
Step 2

What you sell

So I know what a "product" looks like in your world — and what has to be on a listing.

New or used?
Other brands, chargers, cases, screen protectors, repairs, trade-ins.
How many phones do you usually have on hand?
Rough rand figures are fine.
Suppliers, trade-ins, imports, people selling their own — whatever the mix is.
Step 3

How people buy from you today

Before I change anything, I need to see the sale exactly as it happens now.

Where do buyers find you? Tap all that apply.
Roughly how many people ask about a phone in a week?
And roughly how many phones go out in a month?
From the first message to the money in your hand. Every step, even the small ones — how they ask, what you send them, how you agree a price, where you meet, how they pay, what you write down after.
Step 4

Laybys

This is the part most systems get wrong, so I want to get it exactly right. Take your time here.

Roughly how many of your sales are laybys?
Deposit, how long they have, how much and how often they pay, whether the price changes, and when they actually get the phone. If it's different for different people, say that too.
Where do you write laybys down?
A guess is fine — and if you had to check to be sure, say that.
And how do you remember who's due, in the first place?
Do they get the money back, does it roll over, does the phone go back on sale? And roughly how often does this happen?
Even once. What happened, and how did you settle it?
Step 5

Money, time, and the annoying parts

Be blunt here. The complaints are the most useful thing on this whole page.

How do people pay you? Tap all that apply.
Do you know what you make on each phone?
How many hours a week go on the admin side? Answering the same questions, writing things down, chasing money, counting stock.
The thing that makes you sigh. Say it however you'd say it to a friend.
A layby never finished, a phone you lost track of, a price you got wrong, someone who never paid. Real things that have happened.
Have you ever paid for an app, a system, or someone to help with any of this?
Last one

What you'd want, and the practical bits

I asked this last on purpose — I didn't want to put ideas in your head before you'd told me how things really work.

Doesn't matter if it sounds impossible. Say it anyway.
Do you want customers to browse your stock online themselves?
A page, a shop, a website — anything you've looked at and thought "that's clean". Links are perfect.
If this saved you a full day every month, what would it be worth? Yours is free — I'm asking because your honest answer tells me whether it's worth building properly for other people too. "I wouldn't pay for it" is a completely fine answer and the most useful one if it's true.
What do you already have? Tap all that apply. Don't worry if it's none — that's normal.
What do you work on most of the time?
How much time can you give me for setup? Sending me photos, checking I've got prices right, testing it. I'd rather know now than assume.
Festive season, a new shop, a big stock order — anything with a date on it.
So I can come back to you with follow-up questions. It stays between us.
✓

Got it — thank you.

That's genuinely more useful than a week of me guessing. I'll go through it properly and come back to you with what I think we should build first.

One thing that would help more than anything else:

Send me a photo of your layby book, your notes, or whatever you're using to keep track right now — even if it's messy. Especially if it's messy. Seeing the real thing beats any description.

A couple of photos of your stock as you'd normally post them would be great too.

Send them on WhatsApp