StarPay: Simple Payments, Happy Customers

Client:

StarPay

Role:

Design Lead

Year:

2025

StarPay is a complete payment gateway built to help businesses accept payments easily across multiple channels. From bank transfers and wallets to QR codes, cards, and payment links, StarPay enables merchants and cashiers to generate bills, collect payments, track transactions, and manage sales—all from one connected ecosystem across mobile, web, and POS systems.

Scope of Work

Mobile Design
Web Design
Portal Design
Product Brainstorming
Product Strategy
Visual Design

Project Overview

StarPay is a payment gateway platform designed to help merchants request, receive, and manage payments easily. It supports multiple payment methods—including bank transfers, wallets, QR payments, cards, and payment links—so businesses can serve customers in the way that works best for them.

The platform includes merchant and cashier mobile apps, a web portal for merchants, checkout pages for customers, and management portals for banks and admins. Together, these tools create a complete and scalable payment ecosystem for businesses of all sizes.

Goals
  • Simplify payment collection for merchants and cashiers

  • Support multiple local and international payment methods

  • Provide clear visibility into balances, transactions, and sales

  • Enable businesses to manage products, bills, and cashiers easily

  • Offer scalable tools for banks, admins, and large merchants

Multi-Channel Payment Requests

Merchants can request payments using bank transfers, wallet payments, QR codes, cards, or payment links. They can choose the option that best fits each customer during billing.

Benefit: Increases payment success by supporting every customer’s preferred payment method.

Simple Product Selection & Bill Generation

Merchants and cashiers can quickly select products from a pre-created list or enter custom prices to generate bills in just a few steps.

Benefit: Speeds up checkout and reduces manual errors during payment requests.

Product Creation & Management

Merchants can create, update, and organize products used for billing. Product data stays consistent across apps and portals.

Benefit: Simplifies sales operations and improves billing accuracy.

Reports & Sales Statistics

StarPay provides clear sales reports and performance insights, including total sales, payment method breakdowns, cashier activity, and transaction trends.

Benefit: Helps merchants make better business decisions using real-time data.

Bill Management & Details

All generated bills are stored in one place with clear statuses such as paid, pending, or failed. Merchants can view full bill details and payment history anytime.

Benefit: Improves visibility and follow-up on every payment request.

Transaction Management

StarPay provides a complete transaction list across all payment channels. Merchants can search, filter, and review transaction details easily.

Benefit: Makes financial tracking simple and transparent.

Cashier Management

Merchants can create and manage cashier accounts, assign access, and monitor each cashier’s transactions and performance.

Benefit: Ensures accountability while scaling in-store operations.

Cashier App

Cashiers use a dedicated app to generate bills quickly, view collected payments, track tips and balances, and access all sales information in one place.

Benefit: Enables fast, smooth in-store payments with minimal training.

Customer Payment Checkout Page

Customers receive a payment link or QR code that opens a clean checkout page showing merchant details, bill information, and available payment options. Payments can be completed easily and securely.

Benefit: Creates a smooth and trusted payment experience for customers.

Multi-Currency Balances (ETB & USD)

The StarPay Merchant Web Portal is built for businesses that prefer using a desktop. It brings all payments, sales, and management tools into one clear and easy-to-use dashboard.

Merchants can view and manage both ETB and USD balances from one dashboard, with clear breakdowns of received payments and available funds. This helps businesses track earnings across different currencies with ease.

Benefit: Improves financial visibility and simplifies multi-currency operations.

Multiple Payment Requests

Merchants can generate bills and request payments using various options such as bank transfer, wallet, QR, cards, or payment links, depending on customer preference. The process is fast and flexible for both in-store and remote payments.

Benefit: Increases payment success and speeds up the checkout experience.

Sales & Transaction Statistics

The portal provides detailed sales reports, transaction histories, and performance insights across payment methods and time periods. Data is presented clearly for quick review and analysis.

Benefit: Supports smarter business decisions through real-time insights.

Product Mgm't & Star Loyalty Coins

Merchants can create and manage products used for billing and set up Star Loyalty Coins to reward customers on purchases. Loyalty rules and rewards are easy to configure and track.

Benefit: Encourages repeat purchases while keeping sales operations organized.

Admin & Bank Portals

Dedicated portals allow admins and banks to manage merchants, configure payment options, monitor transactions, handle disputes centrally, and access system-wide reports and analytics.

Benefit: Ensures secure, scalable, and well-governed payment operations.

Statistics & Analytics

The Admin and Bank portals provide a centralized view of system-wide performance and financial activity. Key metrics such as total transaction volume, successful and failed payments, active merchants, cashier activity, and payment method usage are presented through clear dashboards and reports.

Benefit: Enables banks and admins to make informed decisions, maintain oversight, and ensure the platform operates securely and efficiently at scale.

Conclusion

StarPay brings payments, billing, and reporting into one simple platform. With flexible payment options and easy-to-use tools, it helps businesses get paid faster and grow with confidence.

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“Babi played a key role in simplifying StarPay’s payment experience and making it easy for real businesses to use.”

Philimon Mehari

Co Designer On Starpay

“Babi played a key role in simplifying StarPay’s payment experience and making it easy for real businesses to use.”

Philimon Mehari

Co Designer On Starpay

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