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PadiDesk in Action

Run more of your business through WhatsApp

PadiDesk helps businesses answer customers, manage orders, record sales and expenses, track stock, collect transfer payments, send receipts, follow up on balances, and handle customer issues through the tools they already use.

Built for everyday businesses that sell and support customers through WhatsApp.

Who it is for

Made for businesses that already sell in chat

PadiDesk is designed for owners who may not be highly technical. Setup uses sensible presets for your kind of business, so you are not configuring complicated software.

  • Fashion and clothing

    Sizes, colours and restocks answered without retyping.

  • Beauty and skincare

    Shades, bundles and usage questions handled in chat.

  • Food and catering

    Menus, portions, delivery areas and order follow-ups.

  • Electronics

    Specifications, availability, warranty and pricing questions.

  • Jewellery and accessories

    Variants, custom requests and delivery enquiries.

  • General retail

    Daily sales, stock counts and expenses kept in order.

  • Other WhatsApp-first businesses

    Any business that sells and supports customers through WhatsApp.

Two ways PadiDesk is used

For business owners, and for customers

Owner tools and customer conversations stay separate. Choose a view below.

What owners and permitted staff can do

Authorised owners, managers and permitted staff can use PadiDesk to manage routine business records.

  • Record sales
  • Record expenses
  • Update stock
  • Review customer balances
  • Confirm ordinary bank transfers manually
  • View receipts
  • View support tickets
  • Review customer history
  • Take over conversations when human judgment is needed

How the voice-note workflow works

  1. 1Send a WhatsApp voice note
  2. 2PadiDesk turns it into a clear draft
  3. 3You review exactly what will be recorded
  4. 4You confirm by button, text or voice
  5. 5The record is saved through the normal secure business workflow

PadiDesk does not save owner bookkeeping records without review and confirmation.

Owner sample phrases

Example 1 — Sale

Owner says

Record a sale of two black medium shirts at ten thousand naira each, paid by transfer.

PadiDesk understands

  • A sale is being recorded
  • Two units of one product
  • Paid by transfer

PadiDesk prepares

Product
Black shirt
Size
Medium
Quantity
2
Unit price
₦10,000
Total
₦20,000
Payment method
Transfer

Confirm with the Confirm button, a typed YES or CONFIRM, or a voice note saying “Yes”, “Confirm it” or “Save am”.

Example 2 — Expense

Owner says

Add fuel expense of fifteen thousand naira for today.

PadiDesk understands

  • An expense is being recorded
  • Category is fuel
  • Dated today

PadiDesk prepares

Category
Fuel
Amount
₦15,000
Date
Today
Payment method
Asked for if missing

Nothing is saved until you confirm the draft.

Example 3 — Inventory adjustment

Owner says

Reduce red size 42 sandals by three because they were damaged.

PadiDesk understands

  • Stock is going down
  • A reason was given

PadiDesk prepares

Product
Red sandals
Size
42
Change
-3
Reason
Damage
New stock
Calculated after validation

Example 4 — Recount

Owner says

Add five black shirts after recount.

PadiDesk understands

  • Stock is going up
  • The size or variant is missing

PadiDesk prepares

Clarification
“Which size — small, medium or large?”
Then prepares
Stock adjustment of +5 for the chosen variant
Skip option
Reply SKIP to save the record without the missing detail

PadiDesk asks one simple question at a time instead of guessing, and you can always skip a detail you do not track.

PadiDesk asks one simple clarification question at a time instead of guessing.

Voice notes

Customers can send voice notes too

Customers use WhatsApp's normal voice-note recorder — no special app or button.

  • PadiDesk securely converts the voice note into text
  • Nigerian English, Pidgin English and mixed speech are supported
  • Clear routine questions can receive text replies
  • Unclear or sensitive messages are escalated to the owner
  • Voice notes cannot independently confirm payments, refunds, discounts or other sensitive decisions

Customer voice note (example)

Abeg, that black gown still dey? I need medium and delivery to Yaba.

PadiDesk understands

Product
Black gown
Size
Medium
Delivery location
Yaba

PadiDesk then checks trusted business information before replying.

Payments

Payments that match how Nigerian customers already pay

A. Ordinary bank transfer

  1. 1. PadiDesk sends the business's approved bank details
  2. 2. The customer transfers using their normal banking app
  3. 3. The customer sends confirmation
  4. 4. The business owner confirms the payment manually

A screenshot, voice note or customer claim never automatically confirms the transfer.

B. Paystack temporary account

  1. 1. PadiDesk generates a temporary bank account where the business has enabled Paystack
  2. 2. The customer transfers normally
  3. 3. Paystack verifies the payment
  4. 4. PadiDesk updates the business record only after trusted provider confirmation

Receipts

Branded digital receipts after a valid payment

  • PadiDesk can issue a branded digital receipt after a valid payment is posted
  • The receipt can include business name, logo, items, amount paid, balance, payment method and receipt number
  • Customers can receive the receipt through WhatsApp
  • Business owners can view and resend receipts
  • A receipt is not issued for an unverified transfer claim
Example receipt — fictional data
A

Amaka Styles Ltd

Receipt RC-000117

Customer
Sample Customer
Item
2 × Black shirt (M)
Amount paid
₦20,000
Balance
₦0
Payment method
Bank transfer

Reminders

Gentle reminders and order follow-ups

  • Business owners can enable gentle WhatsApp reminders for outstanding balances
  • PadiDesk can also send a gentle follow-up when a customer goes quiet part-way through an order
  • Owners control timing, quiet hours, sending days, minimum balance, wording and limits
  • Reminders stop after payment
  • Reminders stop when a dispute or open support issue requires attention
  • Customers can opt out by replying STOP

Example reminder — fictional data

Hello Ada, this is a friendly reminder that ₦25,000 remains outstanding on order PD-000142. Please ignore this message if you have already paid and your transfer is awaiting confirmation.

Human takeover

PadiDesk knows when to involve a person

Routine questions can be handled automatically, while sensitive or uncertain situations are escalated to the business owner.

May require human review

  • Complaints
  • Refund requests
  • Disputed payments
  • Custom pricing
  • Non-standard discounts
  • Unknown delivery charges
  • Unclear products or variants
  • Threats or urgent issues

Numbered support tickets

Escalated conversations create or update a numbered support ticket the business owner can see, with:

  • Status
  • Priority
  • Category
  • Assignment
  • Notes
  • Activity history
  • Resolution

Internal notes are never sent to customers.

Customer context

Useful answers based on that customer's own history

PadiDesk can use the customer's WhatsApp number to find the records that belong to that business.

  • Recent orders
  • Outstanding balance
  • Unpaid invoices
  • Recent payments
  • Active payment requests
  • Open support tickets
  • Previous escalations

So PadiDesk can say things like

  • Your order is still awaiting delivery.

  • Your transfer is awaiting manual confirmation.

  • Your refund request is already being reviewed.

  • Your temporary account has expired and a new one can be generated.

PadiDesk only uses records belonging to the correct business and does not expose internal notes, unrelated customer records, supplier information or private business data.

Automation and control

What PadiDesk handles automatically

  • Answer common product questions
  • Share prices and availability
  • Ask for missing product variants, with an option to skip a detail
  • Explain delivery information
  • Mark a delivery fee as pending and queue it for the owner when an area has no set fee
  • Share approved transfer instructions
  • Generate Paystack temporary account details where enabled
  • Issue receipts after valid payment
  • Send owner-configured balance reminders
  • Send a gentle follow-up when a customer goes quiet mid-order, within owner-set quiet hours
  • Log and categorise support issues
  • Record requests for items or options the business does not currently offer
  • Surface customer history
  • Reply to clear customer voice notes
  • Handle several requests sent in one message, such as a product, a size and a delivery area

What PadiDesk sends to the owner

  • Ordinary bank-transfer confirmation
  • Refund decisions
  • Complaints and disputes
  • Non-standard discounts
  • Custom pricing
  • Unknown delivery fees
  • Unclear products or variants
  • Sensitive or threatening messages
  • Situations where trusted information is missing

PadiDesk automates routine work. The business owner remains in control of decisions that require judgment.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Ready to make WhatsApp work harder for your business?

Set up your business, add your products and payment information, connect WhatsApp, and let PadiDesk handle more of the routine work.

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