The Scenario
You sent a premium add-on offer to your subscription box customers last Tuesday. 80 of them opted in, and each one has a saved card authorization code in your system — already in a Google Sheet, one per row, with the charge amount in column B. The add-on ships Friday. The charge needs to go out today.
Your developer is at a conference. You need to submit this bulk charge yourself.
The bad version:
- You look at the Paystack API docs for the bulk charge endpoint. The request body needs to be a JSON array with authorization codes and amounts. You've never built a JSON array by hand before.
- You try copying the sheet data into a text editor and formatting it manually. By the time you get to row 20 you've already misplaced a closing bracket and the whole thing fails to parse.
- You message your developer. They respond six hours later. The charge goes out at 10 PM — which means some customers see it at a confusing hour and your support inbox fills up with "unauthorized charge" messages by morning.
80 authorization codes sitting in a sheet. One API call standing between you and the payout.
The Easy Way: One Prompt in SheetXAI
SheetXAI is an AI agent that lives inside your Google Sheet. It reads your authorization codes and amounts, formats the bulk charge request, submits it to Paystack, and writes the returned batch code back to the sheet — no JSON, no developer dependency.
Initiate a Paystack bulk charge using the authorization codes in column A and amounts in column B of this sheet — write the returned batch code to cell D1.
What You Get
- A single Paystack bulk charge submitted covering all 80 rows
- The returned batch code written to cell D1 for tracking
- If the submission fails, the error message is written to D1 instead
- No JSON formatting, no API calls you have to build yourself
What If the Data Is Not Quite Ready
Amounts are in naira and need to be in kobo
Initiate a Paystack bulk charge using authorization codes from column A and amounts from column B converted to kobo (multiply by 100) — write the returned batch code to cell D1.
Some rows are marked as opted out and should be excluded
Initiate a Paystack bulk charge using authorization codes from column A and amounts from column B — but only include rows where column C says 'OPT IN'. Write the returned batch code to D1 and the count of included rows to D2.
You need a per-row reference for reconciliation
Initiate a Paystack bulk charge using authorization codes from column A and amounts from column B, adding the customer email from column C as the reference for each charge — write the returned batch code to D1.
Filter opted-in rows, convert amounts, add references, and submit in one shot
Filter to rows where column C says 'OPT IN', convert amounts in column B to kobo, use the customer email from column D as the per-charge reference, then initiate a Paystack bulk charge for those rows using authorization codes from column A — write the returned batch code to E1 and the number of charges submitted to E2.
One prompt, one submission, batch code in E1 — and the charge goes out before noon.
Try It
Open the Google Sheet 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 payout.