For Businesses

Shops, supermarkets, pharmacies, restaurants, traders and riders run their business in Arcle: get found, take orders, get paid, and see how it's going — in the same chat, in a Business workspace.

Becoming a business

Apply from Settings. Once approved you get the Business workspace and a business profile — name, description, logo — that appears on your invoices and orders. You can edit your profile any time under Business Hub → Profile. Upgrading is free; Arcle charges on the work, not for the account.

Get found: your price list

There's no storefront to build. Upload what you sell and what it costs — type it, say it, send a photo or a spreadsheet — and customers who ask Arcle “how much is …?” see your shop by name with your price. Keep it current: prices older than 30 days are shown as possibly out of date. You can switch items off when you run out.

Take orders

Paid before you see it

An order reaches you only once the customer has paid. The payment is held until you act: accept it and you're paid; reject it (with a reason) and the customer is refunded in full.

How you're paid

Accepted orders pay out to your Arcle wallet in digital dollars — convert to naira whenever you choose. An order the customer paid from their naira balance pays you in naira. Arcle's commission is shown on each order.

Delivery

Mark the order ready and Arcle finds a rider. Delivery is confirmed by the customer's handover code (see Shops, Errands & Delivery).

Get paid for everything else

Invoices

“Invoice Sarah ₦250k for the website, due in 14 days” — a numbered invoice with your branding, line items, VAT and discounts, emailed to your client with a PDF and a way to pay. Arcle tracks it to paid and you can chase it when it's overdue.

Payment links

Branded links for a fixed amount — no named customer, no due date. Use an invoice when you need to chase.

Stock and suppliers

Track stock by location, with stock held for pending orders kept separate. Purchase orders list items and receive exactly (partial deliveries included). Supplier scorecards show who delivers on time and in full. Every change to a count is recorded, so you can see how a number changed and why.

Know how it's going

  • Morning briefing — orders waiting, invoices overdue, stock running low. Silent on days with nothing to say.
  • Monday weekly report — the week, what changed and why, what to watch.
  • Alerts — when sales drop sharply, a best-seller runs out, and the like.
  • “Why did sales change?” — compares two periods and names the products and customers behind the difference.
  • Cash — what's due in over the next 30 days, what's held, being paid out and paid, and what Arcle's fees came to.
  • Customers and products — rising and falling products, customers who've gone quiet, your biggest customers, and a health score made of named parts.
  • Every report says what it couldn't see — no cost recorded means no profit figure, rather than a guess.

Suggestions, never actions: Arcle can propose a restock or offer to chase invoices, but nothing is sent without you.

Riders

Riders get a Rider workspace: jobs in their city with what they'll earn shown up front, their week's earnings and statement, completion record and ratings. Going online and accepting jobs are buttons on the rider dashboard.

Fair rules

If a business breaks Arcle's rules it can be suspended — no new orders or sales — with the reason shown to the owner. The owner's own account, savings and personal payments are never affected, money already earned can still be withdrawn, and orders already in progress can be finished.

Try it

“Add Peak milk ₦1,200 and Golden Penny bread ₦1,500 to my price list”
“Show my orders waiting”
“Why did my sales drop this week?”
“Who are my biggest customers?”
“Chase my overdue invoices”

Keeping the books properly? See Arcle Books.