Must Have Uzanga Admin Settings For Thrifters (Written)

1. Hide Out-of-Stock Products Automatically

Most thrift businesses sell one-of-one products. Once an item is sold, customers should no longer see it on the website. Uzanga allows you to automatically hide products once they go out of stock.

How to Enable It

1. Go to Appearance
2. Open Product Display Settings
3. Enable Hide Out of Stock Products
4. Save your changes.

Once enabled: 

• Sold products disappear automatically from your storefront
• Customers won’t see “Sold Out” products cluttering your store
• Your website stays clean and updated

2. Set Up Variant Options and Sizes

If you repeatedly use the same sizes or product options, saving them as variants will make posting products much faster. Examples:

• Clothing sizes: Small, Medium, Large
• Shoe sizes: 41, 42, 43, 44

Instead of typing these every time, you can simply select them while posting products.

Benefits:

• Faster product posting
• More consistent listings
• Fewer mistakes

3. Organize Your Product Categories Properly

Creating proper categories makes your website easier to browse and helps you quickly share filtered collections with customers.

How to Manage Categories

1. Go to Settings.
2. Open Product Categories.
3. Create well-organized categories

Example categories include: Hoodies, Crewnecks, Sweaters, Shoes and Jackets.

This becomes extremely useful when customers ask questions like: "Can you send me all your crewnecks?"

Instead of manually sending dozens of photos, you can simply:

1. Filter your website by category.
2. Copy the category link.
3. Send to the customer.

The customer will only see products from that category.

4. Enable Errand Fees

Many thrift businesses charge an extra fee to move orders from a shop or shelf location to a bus station, pickup point or rider. Uzanga allows you to automate this.

Check out this tutorial to learn how to set up Errand Fees

https://help.uzanga.com/videos/how-to-add-extra-fees-at-checkout-on-uzanga

5. Enable Installment Payments (Lipa Mdogo Mdogo)

Some customers may want to reserve thrift items using deposits instead of paying the full amount immediately. Uzanga supports this through installment payments.

With this feature:

• Customers can pay partially
• Remaining balances are tracked automatically
• You avoid manually calculating balances in DMs

You can set:

• Minimum deposit percentages.
• Payment rules
• Installment requirements

This is especially useful for higher-value thrift items.

Check out this tutorial to learn how to set it up.

https://help.uzanga.com/videos/how-to-make-your-website-accept-deposits-lipa-mdogo-mdogo

6. Enable a New Customer Discount Popup

You can automatically show first-time visitors a popup offering them a discount.

For example: “Welcome! Here’s 10% off your first order.”

Benefits:

• Encourages purchases
• Improves conversions
• Captures customer attention immediately

Check out this tutorial to learn how to set it up.

https://help.uzanga.com/videos/how-to-enable-an-offer-popup-on-your-uzanga-website

7. Connect Your Instagram To Uzanga

Instead of posting products separately on your website and Instagram, you can connect Instagram directly to Uzanga.

This allows you to:

• Post products once
• Publish to both your website and Instagram simultaneously
• Save time and energy

For thrift businesses posting many products daily, this can significantly reduce workload.

Check out this tutorial to learn how to enable it

https://help.uzanga.com/videos/how-to-connect-your-instagram-to-uzanga-and-post-products-to-your-website-insta-at-the-same-time

8. Enable Matatu Sacco Shipping

Uzanga supports countrywide matatu sacco delivery, making it easier for customers outside Nairobi to order from your store.

How to Enable it

1. Go to Settings
2. Open Shipping & Delivery
3. Enable Matatu Sacco Shipping

Customers can then:

1. Add products to cart
2. Select their town
3. Choose a sacco
4. View shipping costs automatically
5. Pay directly through checkout

This removes a lot of manual back-and-forth communication and makes nationwide selling much easier.

Final thoughts

Running a thrift business involves:

• sourcing stock
• posting products
• customer care
• deliveries
• content creation
• order management

Anything that saves you time is worth setting up properly. Uzanga’s built-in tools help automate many repetitive tasks so you can focus more on growing your business.