Shopify · Strategy·July 2026·11 min read Moving from Wix or Squarespace to Shopify: the South African store’s migration guide Wix and Squarespace are great for getting started — and a common ceiling once you’re selling seriously. Here’s when it’s worth…
Strategy · South Africa·July 2026·12 min read Your own store vs Takealot: where should South African sellers actually sell? Takealot gives you instant access to millions of shoppers — and takes a cut of every sale, owns the customer, and…
After twelve years and 400+ South African store builds, we kept giving the same advice in the same onboarding calls: which platform at which margin, why the gateway fee stack matters more than the sticker rate, how to price so…
Marketing & Growth · South Africa·July 2026·12 min read Email marketing for South African online stores: the flows that actually make money Email is the highest-ROI channel in ecommerce — you own the list, it costs almost nothing, and a…
AI & Automation · Shopify·July 2026·12 min read AI for your eCommerce store: practical uses for South African retailers (not the hype) Past the buzzwords, AI is genuinely useful for online stores right now — writing product copy at scale,…
B2B & Wholesale · Shopify·July 2026·12 min read B2B & wholesale on Shopify: how South African businesses sell to other businesses online Wholesale and trade selling has different rules to retail — tiered pricing, customer-specific catalogues, credit terms, bulk orders.…
Strategy · South Africa·June 2026·12 min read Shipping & delivery for South African online stores: couriers, costs, and the free-shipping question Shipping is the number-one cause of abandoned carts in South Africa — and the area where most stores either…
Shopify · South Africa·June 2026·11 min read How to accept payments on Shopify in South Africa (the Shopify Payments workaround) Shopify Payments doesn’t work in South Africa — and the way you handle that costs or saves you real money…
Strategy · Marketing & Growth · South Africa·June 2026·12 min read Black Friday readiness for South African online stores (start now, not in November) Black Friday is the biggest sales event on the SA retail calendar — and the day…
CRO & UX · Marketing & Growth·June 2026·11 min read Abandoned cart recovery: the South African store’s playbook Roughly 7 in 10 online carts get abandoned before checkout. That’s not lost demand — it’s interested buyers who got that close…