The easiest way to sell on social media ๐ฉณ๐ง๐.
Store links that send orders to Whatsapp, a Free bank account, Multiple ways to get paid & More ๐
If you sell on social media, Catlog is the tool you need to start selling stress free.
You can take orders on whatsapp easily, get a free bank account, keep track of your orders & customers and collect payments in multiple ways.
Start using Catlog:
๐ฃ Weโve been working on something exciting.
Soon sellers on catlog will be able to:
1. Collect payments on WhatsApp
2. Get a free account for their businesses
3. Collect payments with card, transfers & split payments
๐ธ Payments & Invoices with Catlog - Coming soon!
Introducing
@FindWithCatlog
๐
Findwithcatlog helps anyone find items to buy on Twitter, by searching the name of the item and
#findwithcatlog
Today, we've listed about 15k products across a wide range of product categories.
Try it out by searching for a shirt or shoe.
Catlog helps you avoid back and forth with customers.
Just send customers your catlog link and get orders directly on WhatsApp.
๐ Create your store link:
Catlog remains the easiest way for you to sell online and receive orders on WhatsApp.
@_E_vonn
shared how Catlog has helped her business.
Visit to create your free store and start selling the easy way.
We see a lot of tweets here about terrible customer experiences with small businesses.
Letโs flip it. Share your experience with a small business going all out to satisfy you as a customer. Even better if you can tag them.
Letโs go.
After a failed shoe business in 2019,
@adeolaowosho
is making it easy for people to work from home through his business
@mazzinisbox
that sells workspace accessories and gadgets.
Read about our chat here:
Introducing Orders and Customers ๐
Record keeping is an important part of every business.
But, it can be really tasking when you have to do it manually, thatโs why we built out a simple way for you to keep track of your orders & customers.
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We have some exciting updates ๐
Businesses on Catlog can now:
โ Get a bank account in their business name
โ Collect payments on their storefronts
โ Collect payments from Whatsapp
โ Collect payments via Invoice links
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We did a thing ๐ฅ
Over the last few months, we've been moving pixels around and Catlog now has an updated look.
We updated our brand to better reflect our mission of simplifying social commerce.
We've also rolled out a new website & merchant dashboard.
Meet the new Catlog โจ
Instagram is a great tool to grow your business if you use it the right way and maximize its full potential.
Do you sell online? Join us in this online class on how to boost your sales on Instagram.
Date: 26th of May, 4pm WAT
Get tickets:
Join Catlog and
@growwithpennee
in a Twitter space conversion where we will talk about ways to attract more sales & manage customers.
If you are a business owner, you shouldnโt miss this.
Set your reminder:
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Introducing Instagram Import ๐
Businesses can now import their posts (images and videos) from Instagram as products on their Catlog store!
Our AI reads the name and prices and also creates great product description!
โจGet started:
For us at Catlog, it is more than building the best platform for sellers to do business.
We want our sellers to build thriving businesses and we are ready to give them all the support they need.
Thatโs why weโve launched our community
Read more here:
Started his business in Babcock in 2017, Rejoice now runs a cloud bistro
@eatbernadines
and a dine in restaurant in Lagos.
Read more about his journey as an entrepreneur in Nigeria:
Introducing Discounts and Coupons on Catlog ๐
With this update, you can now give your customers good deals they wonโt be able to resist.
This means more sales and you also get to retain more customers. Amazing right?
Read more about it here:
Last week, we announced our launch.
Today we'll be giving out meals from
@eatbernadines
to 10 people.
To qualify, visit select something you want (max 3k), and post the cart link in the comments, also tag a vendor you think would find Catlog useful.
We had a chat with Chidinma about her business and her entrepreneurship journey.
Read our chat here:
You can have some delicious breakfast delivered to you from her Catlog store:
Catlog helps you simplify the way you receive & manage orders, manage your customers, receive payments & much more
@adeolaowosho
talks about why he loves Catlog and how much it has helped his business
Create a free store for your business today:
On 29th of June, free classes on product photography will begin for our catlog community members.
The class will be facilitated by Zainab Oyewo
@simbi_props
Click on the link below to register and be a part of it.
To run a successful business, you need your health to be at a 100.
Join us on Saturday, August 13th to discuss how you can protect your health as a business owner.
Health is wealth.
Set your reminders!
Introducing store view modes ๐
Previously when customers visit your store, they see items displayed as a simple horizontal list.
Today weโre glad to announce store view modes, different ways for customers to see items on your store.
Read more here:
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Previously, sellers have had to create multiple products on their stores to display one product in different variants.
Today we're happy to introduce Product Options ๐, an easy way for sellers to specify options for products, so customers can easily choose.
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๐ Today we're starting a new series called Catlog Nuggets, where we'll share important information you need to know about Catlog every week.
โณ๏ธ We get the question "What is Catlog" a lot, and in this episode, our founder Silas, provides an answer to that question.
We had a lovely chat with
@_E_vonn
about her entrepreneurship journey.
She shared really insightful stuff with us and you can read here:
Visit her Catlog store to shop affordable and quality sneakers:
โจ On todayโs episode of Catlog Nuggets, Kome shares the answer to a very important question business owners ask us all the time.
โHow do I receive orders on Catlog?โ
On todayโs episode of Catlog Nuggets, Silas talks about four(4) ways business owners get paid on Catlog.
On Catlog, you get paid :
โ Via your Catlog Bank Account
โ By enabling direct checkout on your store
โ Through Order links
โ Through Invoice Links
Watch to learn how!๐
Introducing Deliveries on Catlog ๐
We're glad to announce that businesses on Catlog, can now book deliveries with over 10 delivery partners.
โจ Delivery prices are discounted, businesses get a tracking page, and automated status notifications.
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This is the point where you start tagging those businesses you love to patronise, tag as many of them as you remember.
Tag your favorite vendor and tell them why you like them.
We've launched Catlog -
@MyShopCatlog
๐๐
Catlog is a way for sellers to create a simple list of all the products they sell and get a link they can share anywhere.
You can think of it as Linktree for all the products you sell.
To get started:
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๐๏ธ Weโve got deals for you!!
Get discounts when you shop from any of these stores with the coupon code CATLOGBLACKFRIDAY ๐ฅ
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A thread ๐งต
Meet our WCW, Ibukunoluwapo Makinde ๐
She is the CEO of Penguin Hairs NG, and a testament to the power of hard work and dedication.
Read through the thread to discover her insights on navigating entrepreneurship as a woman.
Weโve been working on this event for sellers. This is your chance to learn product photography at no cost and take your product picture game to the next level. Donโt miss it.
Have you ever tried to get a photographer to take pictures of your products?
Then youโd know that their prices can cut neck. Most small businesses canโt afford them.
Anyways, thereโs a FREE product photography class being organized by
@catlogshop
for small business owners.
If you sell online and are tired of receiving endless Instagram or WhatsApp DMs from customers asking for info only to ghost - use Catlog.
Catlog gives you a link customers can use to select items they want and pay directly.
Try for FREE:
#WhatsApp
It is important to us that our sellers keep growing their businesses and we are happy to support them all the way.
We wrote about How to optimize your Catlog store for success.:
Our updated Identity is bundled with a lot of other things, new colors, fonts, illustrations, redesigned storefronts, and even refreshed emails.
Read more about what has changed here:
Introducing: Store Managers & Multiple stores ๐
With Store Managers, you can easily add other people to help manage your store.
If you also run multiple businesses, you can now manage all of them from one account on Catlog.
๐ More about this update:
Dear business owner,
The 1st quarter is over and you are most likely making plans for the 2nd quarter.
Why donโt you take some time to reflect on quarter 1 and celebrate your wins no matter how little (pop some ๐พ)
Business owners, are you feeling the pinch of the current exchange rate at 1 USD = 1,517.300 NGN?
In all of this, don't forget to review your prices. Customers will understand, as long as you keep delivering the same quality products and service.
We understand how important it is that your store is optimized for conversion and we built that into Catlog.
As a seller, there are ways to set up your Catlog store for success and we are here to guide you
A ๐งต
This is what Catlog does for your business.
Customers donโt have to be confused on whatโs available and you donโt have to send multiple pictures to them in the DM.
Get started in 3 easy steps:
- Sign up
- Create your store
- Upload your products.
โจ Yesterday, we introduced Instagram imports!
If youโre curious about how to import your posts on Instagram as products on Catlog, take a minute to watch this video.
๐ Get started with Catlog here:
As a business owner, how long (on average) do you spend attending to a customer via DM/WhatsApp?
Especially 1st time customers
Do you just wish thereโs an easy way to get business done without too much back and forth?
โDM for priceโ vendors were found shaking ๐ญ
Donโt be this vendor!!! Start using
@CatlogShop
for your business so you donโt look like a clown to customers ๐
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We announced our brand update a few days ago, have you noticed some of the changes we made to the merchant dashboard? ๐
Weโve made it easier to get things done.
Letโs show you some of the new changes.
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There's been a lot going on the country over the last couple of days/weeks.
We're curious, how has the current happenings affected you as a business owner?
This is a safe space ๐
Catlog ๐ค Making life easy for sellers
We just published how you can add Catlog to your phone. This way, you donโt have to keep going back to your browser each time you need to get into your store.
Read here:
๐ธ Selling easily is never complete without being able to receive payments seamlessly, so we teamed up with our good friends
@thepeerHQ
.
This integration allows customers pay you from wallets like, Chipper cash & Pocket app.
๐ Read more about this here:
Exciting News! ๐ ๐
Weโre delighted to announce that
@CatlogShop
has integrated Thepeer, allowing your customers to pay you seamlessly.
Customers can conveniently pay for their favourite items and enjoy a premium payment experience with multiple digital wallets on Thepeer.
โจ Everything is better with friends, including Catlog.
We've made it easy to invite your friends to Catlog, and even better you both get to earn money. ๐ธ
Just share your referral link to start earning.
๐ Get started with Catlog here:
โHow do I receive orders from my Catlog store?โ
Orders from your store are sent to your WhatsApp in this format. By clicking the link, you can confirm the order and it is automatically added to your dashboard.
Thatโs not all, keep reading the ๐งต
If you sell online, then youโre probably familiar with customers reaching out to ask questions in your DMs.
How do you reduce the stress of having to reply to every customer?
This post is going to give you some tips on how to do that.
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We did a little Bingo yesterday and it turned out that all the business owners that filled it have considered quitting at some point.
Reply to this tweet and tell us what has kept you going as an entrepreneur in Nigeria.
Welcome to 2024! ๐
From all of us at Catlog, we want to wish you a very prosperous new year with endless possibilities ๐
Cheers to a great year ahead, for you and your business ๐ฅ
โจWe have some great news to share!
We've made some new updates to your Catlog store.
โ You can now display your products in multiple currencies, USD, GBP & EUR.
โ Your customers can now checkout to Instagram, just like WhatsApp.
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Recently, we announced payments and invoices on Catlog and to guide you; our merchants, weโll be hosting a webinar to show you how to effectively use the payment tools for your business๐
Date: 12th of April, 2023 at 4pm
๐To register, click the link:
With 900 naira per month, you get a store from Catlog, upload up to 100 products and your store is optimized to show up on Google when people search relevant keywords.
Create your store:
Do you have friends you are constantly thinking of how to support their businesses?
We have put together 6 ways you can support them.
Details in the thread ๐
Over the last couple of months, we've changed our focus from giving sellers a link to providing them with a suite of tools to sell better on social media.
From the 6th of September, we'll be updating our pricing to reflect this.
More about this here:
A lot of sellers can relate to this.
Instead of answering tons of questions and sending 10, 20 pictures to a customer in the DM, all you have to do is send them a link to your Catlog store and they can see everything you have available.
Sign up here:
Meet Naa Ayeley Ankrah, our Woman Crush Wednesday ๐
In celebration of International Women's Day, we're spotlighting extraordinary women like her.
She is the founder of The Archives Ghana, and her drive to succeed and make a lasting impact inspires us all at Catlog.
We built the new website to help everyone easily find any information they need about Catlog, and also to easily communicate to merchants why they need Catlog.
Visit the new website to see our updated brand at work
Letโs talk about why repeat customers are important to your business and how you can get them.
1. It is more expensive to acquire new customers so you will saving yourself a lot of ๐ต by getting your customers to keep coming back.
Keep reading ๐
The keyword here is EASY
Thatโs the core of Catlog, your customers shouldnโt go through stress to order from you and you shouldnโt be stressed either when taking orders.
Itโs a win win.
Sign up, create your store and start taking orders the easy way:
Welcome to a new month business owners๐ฅณ
On todayโs episode of Catlog Nuggets, Kome talks about how to use your store link effectively.
Watch to learn how ๐
To the women who juggle life and business, and grace the world with their brilliance and leadership, Happy International Women's Day! We love and celebrate you ๐
Who is a female entrepreneur that inspires you? Tag her in the comments ๐
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#InternationalWomensDay
Despite its popularity, social commerce transactions are largely crude and inefficient. Silas Adedoyin and Segun Oladiran want to improve this through Catlog, an e-commerce solution built around social platforms sellers use already.
Did you know that you can you can copy the link to a particular product and send it to your customers if they ask for a specific item?
Hereโs how it works ๐งต