Shopping & Buying from Businesses

Many businesses list their products and services on WABA, and some let you buy right here.

Web: Open Shop in the main menu — All products & services, or just Products or Services. On a business page, click View all products & services to see that business's catalog.

Mobile: Tap the shopping-bag button on the Home tab, or View all products & services on a business page.

Note: On the web, the Shop page currently asks you to sign in before it opens. A business's own catalog, linked from its page, is open to everyone.

The Shop ("Buy from Black-owned businesses") mixes offerings from across the directory:

• Filter by All, Products, or Services, and turn on Buy on WABA only to hide items you can't buy here.
• Each card shows whether it's a product or service, the price, the business and its city, and either Buy on WABA or View details.
• Click Load more to keep browsing.

A single business's catalog works the same way, with its own search box and the same All / Products / Services filters. Availability shows on each card — Available, Limited, or Unavailable — and a note appears if the catalog may be out of date.

Open an item to see its details and availability, then look at the button:

1. Buy now — the business sells this on WABA. Choose a quantity and click Buy now. You'll go to secure checkout powered by Stripe; sales tax is added there.
2. Continue to business website — the business sells it on its own site.
3. Message Business — the item isn't sold on WABA yet; message the business to order, book, or ask about it.
4. Request a stay — for rentals (see below).

After you pay, you're brought back to your order page: "Thank you — your order is confirmed" with the items, subtotal, shipping, tax, and total. Questions about an order go to the business directly.

Mobile: Buy on WABA opens checkout in your phone's browser, one item at a time. Rental requests and messaging from an item are web-only.

Some businesses list rentals priced by the night, week, or month. On the item's page on the web:

1. Find the Request a stay card — it shows the minimum stay.
2. Pick your check-in and check-out dates on the calendar. Dates that aren't available are greyed out.
3. Click Request these dates.

WABA doesn't take payment for rentals — your request is sent to the business as a message with your dates, and the conversation opens in your Messages so you can sort out the details together.

Requires: You must be signed in to request a stay.