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VTU Tutorials Articles(15)

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How to Create a VTU Website in Minutes Without Writing Code

You can have a working VTU website without writing a line of code. The site builder walks you through it in five steps.

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Setting Up Your VTU Wallet: Payment Gateways Explained

Customers cannot buy anything until their wallet has money in it, so wallet funding is the part of your VTU site that has to work every single time. This guide explains the funding options on the platform, where to set them up, how each one credits the wallet, and how to test before you go live.

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Connecting a Vending API to Your VTU Website (VTpass & ArewaBundle)

Your site does not deliver airtime or data by itself. It asks a vending provider to do that, and the provider is paid from the balance you keep with them.

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How to Price Your Data Plans for Maximum Profit

A VTU business lives on margins. Set prices too high and customers leave; too low and you barely profit.

Pricing Profit Data Plans
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Adding a Custom Domain to Your VTU Website

When your VTU site starts on our platform, it lives at an address like yourname.xpiriatech.com. That works, but a customer is more likely to trust and remember yourbrand.com.ng.

Custom Domain Branding DNS
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Launch a Referral Program to Grow Your VTU Business

Word of mouth is the cheapest customer acquisition there is. Here is how to reward customers for bringing their friends.

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Managing Customers and Wallets Like a Pro

Your customers' wallets are where the money sits, so how you manage them decides how smoothly your business runs. This guide covers the customer tools in your VTU admin: reading a wallet history, adjusting a balance, blocking accounts and numbers, and giving agents the right access.

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Branding Your VTU Site: Themes, Colors and Logo

On a site where customers put real money into a wallet, looks matter because they signal trust. A clean, consistent design with your own name and logo tells visitors this is a real business.

Branding Design Themes
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Import Networks and Plans Instead of Starting From Scratch

Typing in every network and every data plan by hand is slow, and one wrong digit can cost you money. The platform gives you two shortcuts: a starter catalogue, and an import from your provider's own plan list.

Setup Plans Networks
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Accepting Manual Bank Transfers on Your VTU Platform

Not every customer wants to use a payment gateway. Many people simply prefer to send a transfer from their bank app to your account and tell you they have done it.

Payments Manual Transfer Funding
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Understanding Transactions and Provider Responses

Every airtime or data sale on your site leaves a record, and learning to read that record saves you hours of guessing. This guide explains the four transaction statuses, how the platform decides whether a provider's reply means success, and what you and your customers can see.

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Handling Failed Transactions and Wallet Refunds

Sooner or later a customer will message you: "I paid, but I did not get my data." How you handle that moment decides whether they trust you or leave. This guide explains exactly what the platform does when a purchase fails, where to see it, and the few checks that stop you from refunding someone

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