As your business expands, you begin to seek new ways to boost revenue, increase your customer base and enhance your brand appeal to new and existing customers. Most business owners resort to mapping out effective marketing strategies, offering rewards (discounts, freebies etc.) to loyal customers, introducing new products etc. However, a major way through which modern day businesses expand their operations is by taking their product or service to international markets.

Taking your business global is a great move for expansion as an international customer base provides access to foreign opportunities, new sources of revenue and enhances the reputation of your business. However, navigating the international market space is not a walk in the park as there are many factors to put into consideration…

Economic and political landscape, laws and regulations are a few important factors to consider when entering the international market. However, the most important factor to put into consideration is PAYMENT as having the right payment structure that caters to international payments is vital for your business growth.

Start Collecting Payments From Your Foreign Customers Seamlessly
As always, simplifying payment for businesses in Nigeria remains our top priority and that is why we are very delighted to announce the launch of our new Pay With Card feature.

The “Pay with Card” feature on our checkout enables your foreign customers based in the United Kingdom, Canada and United States to make payment for your products or services in USD using their international debit card. Once an international customer completes payment for your product using their International debit card, the money automatically reflects in your USD wallet on Vella.

Alongside other payment methods (Pay with Vella, Bank Transfer & Crypto) listed on our checkout, The new “pay with card” option aims to simplify and enhance the payment experience for your foreign customer or client as all that is required to complete payment is a valid international debit card.

Receive payment in USD using Payment Link
Whether you have an online store or a physical store, your international customers can make payment in USD for your product or service via an international debit card.

All you have to do is generate a payment link for the international paying customer. To generate a payment link;

- Log into your Vella account
- Select Payment link on your dashboard
- Tap Create Link
- Enter the title and description of the purchase
- Select USDT or USDC as the acceptable currency
- Enter amount
- Tap Create

The paying customer receives the payment link and completes payment by selecting “International” and then “Pay with Card” as the preferred payment option.

Once the payment is successful, the money automatically reflects in your Vella USD wallet and you can withdraw the money directly into your bank account by using our “Swap” and “Withdraw” features.

It’s simple!

Giving your customers a seamless payment experience during purchase is the right way to do business. To start accepting international payments using our payment links, Download Vella on your mobile device and sign up for FREE.

For further enquiries or clarification, please send us an email hello@vella.finance or reach out to us via any of our social media channels @VellaFinance