Bumpa App Guide - Managing Business Operations
What you'll learn: In this guide, you'll learn how to manage the operations of your business on the Bumpa app. This guide will break down shipping on the Bumpa, how to record your expenses and explore expense categories, and how to manage your taxes.
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Introduction
Proper management is the heart and soul of any business, and your business must run like a well-oiled machine. To do this effectively as a business owner, you often require help.
On the Bumpa app, there are many features designed to help you manage different parts of your business operations, and this covers both selling online and owning one or more physical stores. For example, the Bumpa app lets you integrate delivery companies, making it easy to send off deliveries right from the Bumpa app, with details complete for your dispatch rider, and the ability to track the status of your items. The expense categories feature is also designed to make it easy for you to track and manage your expenses while grouping them into different categories to understand better how you’re spending for your business.
In this guide, we’ll break down how you can set up these parts of your Bumpa app and start utilising them to manage your operations better.
Shipbubble Integration
The Shipbubble integration allows you to import all your orders from Bumpa into Shipbubble, and choose from various delivery partners like SpeedAF, DHL, Sendstack, GIG, UPS, Topship, etc, compare prices and delivery timelines and choose the best option for your business, and all these are aimed at helping you process orders faster.
To integrate your Shipbubble account with Bumpa, you will need to use the API key feature on Bumpa to connect your store with Shipbubble.
1. Log in to your Bumpa account at app.getbumpa.com. On the dashboard's left sidebar, click on “Store”.
2. Click on the “API key”
3. Create a Token name (for example: Shipbubble). Next, click on the ”Generate” key button.
4. Once your API key is generated, click, “Copy Key” and log in to your Shipbubble account.
After getting the API Key from your Bumpa dashboard, head over to your Shipbubble dashboard to complete the integration.
If you haven't created your Shipbubble account yet, click here to sign up. Then, log in to your Shipbubble account at app.shipbubble.com. Click on "Connect stores," choose "Bumpa," and paste the API Key copied from your Bumpa account, just as shown below.
1. On the left-hand side menu, click on "Stores," and then select "Stores."
2. Next, click on “Connect Store”.
3. Next, paste the API key copied from your Bumpa store into the box and click “Connect”
Congratulations! Your Bumpa and ShipBubble accounts are now successfully connected.
Fulfilling Bumpa Orders on Shipbubble
To access and manage your Bumpa orders and book shipments:
1. Go to "Web stores" and "Orders" on the menu bar
2. Scroll to the right, click on "Create Shipment", and fill in the shipping and package information required accurately.
3. Select your preferred courier service, click on 'Book Now' and then make payment.
Fez Delivery Integration
Just like Shipbubble, connecting to Fez delivery allows you to import all your orders and use any of their delivery partners to make deliveries. Kindly ensure to create a free Fez delivery account here - https://businessportal.fezdelivery.co/register. To connect your store,
1. Log in to your Bumpa account at app.getbumpa.com. On the dashboard's left sidebar, click on “Store”.
2. Paste the API key created from Bumpa and “Save”.
3. Create a Token name (for example: Fez Delivery). Next, click on the ”Generate” key button.
4. Once your API key is generated, click, “Copy Key” and log in to your Fez account.
After getting the API Key from your Bumpa dashboard, head over to your Fez Delivery dashboard to complete the integration. If you haven't created your Fez Delivery account yet, click here to sign up. Then,
1. Login to your Fez dashboard. Click on “Import orders from Bumpa”. Then, click on "Manage keys".
2. Paste the API key created from Bumpa and “Save”.
3. Then click on “Import Orders” and any new order made on your website will be reflected here.
And then you’re done! You can now start processing orders and sending out your orders for delivery!
Expense Categories on Bumpa
Expense categories in Bumpa help you organise and track your business expenses effectively, providing clear visibility into your financial outflows. The first step in managing your expenses is to create specific categories in Bumpa (for example, "Office Supplies," "Marketing Expenses," etc.). This categorisation helps you accurately allocate expenses, understand spending patterns, and make informed financial decisions for your business.
How to create an expense category
1. Log in to your Bumpa account at app.getbumpa.com/login. On the dashboard's left sidebar, click on “Store”.
2. Click on “Expenses”.
3. Select “Expenses Category”.
4. Click on “Create New Category”.
5. Input the “title and description”.
6. Click on “Save”.
And that’s it.
Recording an Expense
To record an expense, follow the steps below:
1. Log in to your Bumpa account at getbumpa.com/login. On the dashboard's left sidebar, click on "Store”.
2. Click on “Expenses”.
3. Click on “Create New expense”. Note: You can also upload an image (optional).
4. Select the expenses category, then input the amount, date and additional notes.
5. Click on “Save”.
And that’s it!
Managing your Taxes
Setting up taxes in Bumpa allows you to accurately apply and manage tax rates for your products or services, ensuring compliance with local tax regulations. The VAT feature on Bumpa allows you to add an extra charge to your products for customers to pay as Tax.
Follow the steps below to create and apply a tax;
1. Log in to your Bumpa account at app.getbumpa.com. On the dashboard's left sidebar, click on “Store”.
2. Click “Taxes”.
3. Click “Create New Taxes”.
4. Input tax name, description (optional) and percentage.
5. Select “Apply” tax to Web checkout or POS checkout.
6. Click “Create Tax”.
And you’re done!
How to edit tax
It’s also possible to edit an already-created tax. To do this, follow the steps below.
1. On the dashboard's left sidebar, click on “Store”.
2. Click on “Taxes”.
3. Select the tax you want to edit. Click on edit.
4. Make the necessary changes and click “Save changes”.
How to delete tax
To delete an already created tax,
1. On the dashboard's left sidebar, click on “Store”.
2. Click on “Taxes”
3. Select the tax you want to delete. Then, click on “Delete”.
And that’s it. You’re done!
Conclusion
The Bumpa app is a comprehensive business management app that caters for the important parts of your business operations and lets you manage or set up what you need with ease. Taking advantage of the store operations features allows you to manage and track expenses effortlessly, add tax easily to your pricing, get multiple shipping options to reduce the cost of shipping to your customers and allows you tie orders to shipping seamlessly.
So take advantage and start managing your business operations smoothly with the Bumpa app!
