The Scenario
You sent an opt-in email for a premium add-on last week. 80 customers replied yes. Each one has a saved authorization code in your billing system — already exported into an Excel workbook, one per row, with the charge amount in the adjacent column.
The add-on ships tomorrow. The charge needs to go out today. Your developer is at a conference and not responding to Slack.
The bad version:
- You open the Paystack API docs and look for the bulk charge endpoint. The request body is a JSON array with authorization codes and amounts. You've never written JSON from scratch.
- You try building the array in a text editor by copying from Excel. After 15 rows you realize you have a trailing comma inside the array that will break the request. You fix it and try again. The response comes back: "invalid request body."
- You escalate to a second developer. They're also at the conference. Your only other option is submitting each charge manually through the dashboard one at a time.
80 authorization codes. One API call standing between you and a clean payout. No developer available.
The Easy Way: One Prompt in SheetXAI
SheetXAI is an AI agent that lives inside your Excel workbook. It reads your authorization codes and amounts, builds and submits the Paystack bulk charge request, and writes the returned batch code to the workbook — no JSON, no developer required.
Read my Excel 'Bulk Charge' table and submit a Paystack bulk charge for every row using the Authorization Code and Amount (in kobo) columns.
What You Get
- Paystack bulk charge submitted covering all 80 rows in a single API call
- Returned batch code written to a designated cell for tracking
- Error message written to the same cell if the submission fails
- No JSON formatting, no API call you have to construct yourself
What If the Data Is Not Quite Ready
Amounts are in naira and need to be in kobo
Submit a Paystack bulk charge for every row in the 'Bulk Charge' table using Authorization Code and Amount multiplied by 100 to convert to kobo — write the returned batch code to cell E1.
Some rows are marked opted out and should be excluded
Submit a Paystack bulk charge using Authorization Code and Amount in kobo for every row in the 'Bulk Charge' table where the Status column says 'OPT IN' — skip any row where Status is blank or 'OPT OUT'. Write the returned batch code to E1 and the count of charges submitted to E2.
You need a per-charge reference for reconciliation
Submit a Paystack bulk charge for every row in the 'Bulk Charge' table using Authorization Code, Amount in kobo, and the customer email from the Email column as the per-charge reference — write the returned batch code to E1.
Filter opted-in rows, convert amounts, add references, and submit in one shot
Filter the 'Bulk Charge' table to rows where Status is 'OPT IN', convert Amount to kobo, use the Email column as the per-charge reference, submit a Paystack bulk charge for all qualifying rows using Authorization Code — write the returned batch code to E1 and the number of charges submitted to E2.
One prompt, batch submitted, code in E1 — and the charge goes out before noon without waiting on your developer.
Try It
Open the Excel workbook where your customer authorization codes live, then Get the 7-day free trial of SheetXAI and ask it to submit your Paystack bulk charge. For related workflows, see how to validate bank accounts before a payout run, or how to bulk-create transfer recipients for a different type of payment.