Buy together
One machine, bought together
A cooperative, a susu group, a women’s or church group, or a family can pool money for a machine none of you would buy alone. One price in writing, one order, and a group link where each member pays their share from their own phone and everyone sees who has paid.
How it works
Agree the shares
Who puts in what, who runs the machine, and what happens if someone stops paying. Write it down and sign it.
Ask for one price
The organiser asks for a quote as a group. One all-in price to Accra, in writing.
Pay the deposit together
The organiser approves the item. You collect the deposit among yourselves and pay it in one go: the price is locked.
Each pays their share
On the group link, from their own phone, in any amounts from GH₵ 50. Everyone sees who has paid.
It arrives
Photos on the way, then handover once it is paid in full. The machine is the group’s.
What every member sees
- The machine, the all-in price and the order’s progress.
- How much is paid and how much is left, as a group.
- Who has paid what, by name.
- A way to pay their own share, with Mobile Money or a card.
What stays private
- The organiser’s phone number, email and address.
- The organiser’s tracker, where the quote is approved.
- Members’ phone numbers and emails: a receipt email goes to the payer only.
- Payments go straight to Landed for this one order, never to a member’s account.
Work out the shares
Before anyone pays: who puts in what, who runs the machine, and what happens if someone stops paying. Print it, read it out at your meeting, and sign it.
| Member | Share |
|---|---|
| Member 1 | 1 · 33% |
| Member 2 | 1 · 33% |
| Member 3 | 1 · 33% |
| Together | 3 shares |
Add the all-in price from your quote and each member’s part appears here, to the pesewa.
Your agreement
Buying together: our group What we are buying: one machine for the group Organiser, who places the order, approves the quote and keeps the tracker: one member the group chooses Members and shares (3 shares in all) - Member 1: 1 share (33%) - Member 2: 1 share (33%) - Member 3: 1 share (33%) The deposit: we collect it among ourselves, then the organiser pays it in one go. That locks the price. The rest: each member pays their own share on the group link, within 12 weeks, and everyone can see who has paid. Who runs the machine day to day: to agree Where it is kept: to agree Earnings: Shared by shares, after running costs If a member misses a payment: The others cover it, and the member pays them back If a member leaves: They sell their share to a member, or to someone the group agrees on Repairs and spare parts are paid from earnings before anything is shared. Signed Member 1: ____________________ Date: ________ Member 2: ____________________ Date: ________ Member 3: ____________________ Date: ________
A plain-words starting point for your group to read out, change and sign, not legal advice. It stays on this device: nothing here is sent to us.
Safe for everyone in the group
- One all-in price to Accra before you pay anything: the machine, shipping, duty and clearing, in writing.
- A deposit, then the rest your way while it ships: any amount from GH₵ 50, no fixed schedule, no interest, no fee.
- The price is locked once your deposit is paid. If the exchange rate, freight or duty change, we absorb it.
- Straight from the factory, not a middleman, with receipt, packing and arrival photos on your tracker.
- Your deposit back in full if the seller cannot supply your machine and you do not want an alternative.
- Covered on the way. Lost or damaged before handover is always on us. Add Landed Protection, and a wrong, not-as-described or dead-on-arrival machine is replaced or refunded in full.
- A free consultation first on the voltage, spare parts and servicing your machine needs.
Every case is on our refunds page. How instalments work: pay your way.
Questions
Who is the buyer when a group orders?
One member, the organiser, asks for the price, approves it and keeps the tracker. The order is in the group’s name. We talk to the organiser about the order, and every member can see the money on the group link.
Can each member pay from their own phone?
Yes. The organiser makes a group link from the tracker and shares it. On it, each member pays their share with Mobile Money or a card, under their own name, and sees who has paid what. Members never see the organiser’s phone number, address or tracker.
Why is the deposit paid in one go?
The deposit locks the price and starts the order, so it comes as one payment. Most groups collect it among themselves first, for example at a meeting, and the organiser pays it. After that, everyone pays their own share of the rest, in any amounts.
What if a member stops paying?
Agree that before you order: the planner on this page asks. Most groups either have the others cover it and the member pays them back, or cut that member’s share to what they actually paid. The order only needs the full amount paid before handover.
What if we cancel?
Before the deposit, nothing is owed. If the seller cannot supply your machine and you do not want an alternative, the deposit is refunded in full. Any other refund follows our refund policy, and we arrange it with the organiser, the group’s contact.
Do we get a better price buying together?
Buying one bigger machine together often costs less per member than each buying a small one. If your group needs several of the same machine, ordering them together can meet a supplier’s minimum and bring the price down.
Should our group register?
It helps for a machine you will earn from together. A cooperative can register with the Department of Co-operatives, and a business with the Office of the Registrar of Companies. Either way, write down who owns what and sign it: the planner here gives you a starting point.
Is the group link private?
Anyone with the link can see the item, the price, what is paid and the names of who paid. Share it only in your group. If it goes somewhere it should not, the organiser makes a new link and the old one stops working.
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