Building a website takes time and money, and most small businesses in Zimbabwe are already selling perfectly well on WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram. The good news: you can accept proper online payments with none of that infrastructure.
What you actually need
Just two things: a way to create a payment link, and somewhere to share it. That’s it. The link is your checkout; the chat, caption, or printed QR is your storefront.
Ways to collect without a site
- Send a link in a message. Paste it into WhatsApp, a DM, or an SMS. The customer taps, pays, done.
- Post a link in a bio or caption. A reusable link in your Instagram bio or a Facebook post lets anyone buy without asking you first.
- Print a QR code. Stick it on the counter, a flyer, a delivery box, or a market stall sign. Customers scan and pay on the spot.
- Add it to an invoice. Put the link on the quote or invoice you already send, so paying is one tap away.
How it works, end to end
- Create the link (fixed or open amount) in your Lango dashboard.
- Share it however you sell.
- The customer pays with EcoCash — approving on their own phone.
- You see the result instantly, and the money settles to your bank on your cycle with an itemised advice.
When you’re ready for a website later
Nothing is wasted. The same account grows with you — add the hosted checkout to a site or the API to an app whenever you build one, and everything still lands in the same dashboard and the same settlement. You start with zero infrastructure and never have to migrate.
You can be collecting today: create a free account, or explore every way to get paid.