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Ecommerce development · South Africa

Online stores built around the way you sell.

We build ecommerce stores that connect the product catalogue, checkout, payments, stock, orders and fulfilment behind each sale.

PayFast + more

Payment providers

Stock

Connected where needed

Orders

Mapped to fulfilment

Commerce control centre

Store ready

Sales momentum

Built around the buyer journey

Checkout

Secure

Stock

Synced

Orders

Visible

Products · payments · fulfilment

Product management✦ Payment gateways✦ Order workflows✦ Inventory✦ Shipping✦ Conversion UX✦
Product management✦ Payment gateways✦ Order workflows✦ Inventory✦ Shipping✦ Conversion UX✦

Plan beyond the storefront

Checkout is only the middle of the workflow.

From product discovery to payment and fulfilment, we build the complete buying experience around your business, your customers and the way your team operates.

We account for South African payment methods, VAT, shipping zones and fulfilment processes, with wider-market requirements added when the business actually needs them.

What you can expect

  • ✓ Catalogue and pricing rules matched to the products you sell
  • ✓ Checkout and order workflows tested before launch
  • ✓ Direct access to the team planning and building the store
  • ✓ Scope, trade-offs and delivery decisions documented clearly
  • ✓ Launch support, maintenance and integration updates

E-commerce website development

A storefront that sells. An operation that flows.

We build storefronts for South African businesses that need clear product discovery, a dependable checkout and practical control over orders after payment.

PAYMENTS

Payment gateway integration

We integrate trusted South African and international payment providers for a secure, low-friction checkout experience, including once-off and recurring payments.

  • PayFast
  • PayGate
  • Ozow
  • Stripe and many more
  • Credit and debit cards
  • Instant EFT and mobile wallets

STOREFRONT

Product discovery and checkout

Structure categories, variants, search and product information so customers can choose confidently, then remove avoidable friction from checkout.

  • Clean product pages with variants
  • Real-time stock management
  • Smart filtering and search
  • Customisable discounts and coupons
  • Secure checkout with email or SMS
  • Saved carts and reminders
  • Customer dashboards and order history
  • Responsive mobile and desktop UX

LOCAL

Built for South African business

The store can reflect the commercial realities of operating locally while remaining ready for wider markets.

  • VAT-ready invoicing
  • Province-based shipping zones
  • B2B and customer-specific pricing
  • Multi-currency support
  • Local payment options
  • South African fulfilment workflows

INTEGRATIONS

Connected to the tools you use

Your ecommerce store should connect products, payments, fulfilment, customers and reporting instead of creating another data silo.

  • Sage and Xero accounting
  • The Courier Guy and uAfrica
  • ERP and inventory systems
  • WhatsApp and email marketing
  • Custom business APIs
  • Automated order workflows

RELIABILITY

Secure hosting and Cloudflare

Traffic peaks, deployments, payment callbacks and order data all need dependable infrastructure, monitoring and a workable recovery plan.

  • SSL and HTTPS
  • Cloudflare DDoS protection and firewall
  • Edge caching
  • Routine dependency and security updates
  • Daily backups and uptime monitoring
  • Optional managed support

Features that support real operations

Choose the platform around the business model.

The right technical foundation depends on the catalogue, checkout, fulfilment, pricing and integration complexity behind your store.

Custom ecommerce vs template platforms

Shopify and WooCommerce can be useful for straightforward stores. A custom ecommerce build becomes valuable when you need complex products, B2B pricing, a custom checkout, subscriptions, integrations or unique operational workflows.

DevTribe can help you choose the right platform, customise an established platform, or build a tailored Laravel commerce solution.

South African ecommerce integrations

Bring the key pieces of the operation into one reliable flow.

  • PayFast, PayGate, Ozow, Stripe and recurring billing
  • Sage, Xero, ERP and stock systems
  • Courier, shipping and fulfilment platforms
  • Cart recovery, customer dashboards and order history

Planning your project

See the workflow. Bring the right inputs.

A practical starting point for a ecommerce development conversation. The final workflow and deliverables are defined around your operation.

Illustrative workflow

  1. 01 Prepare the catalogue
  2. 02 Define pricing and checkout
  3. 03 Connect payment
  4. 04 Hand orders to fulfilment

What we need to scope your project

  • Products, variants and pricing rules
  • Customer types and checkout requirements
  • Payment and shipping providers
  • Stock, accounting and fulfilment integrations

What shapes cost and timing: Catalogue complexity, buying rules, integrations, content and fulfilment workflows shape the build.

Common questions

Straight answers.

A few practical things clients ask before we begin a ecommerce development project.

Which payment gateways can you integrate? +

We can integrate PayFast, PayGate, Ozow, Stripe and other supported payment gateways depending on your market, currency, checkout and billing requirements.

Can the store connect to accounting or inventory software? +

Yes. We can connect ecommerce stores to Sage, Xero, ERP systems, inventory platforms, courier services and other tools through available APIs.

Should we use Shopify, WooCommerce or a custom platform? +

Shopify and WooCommerce can suit straightforward stores. Custom ecommerce is often a better fit for complex products, B2B pricing, custom checkout, integrations, subscriptions or unique operational workflows.

Can you migrate an existing ecommerce store? +

Yes. We can plan the migration of product, customer, order and content data, then rebuild or improve the storefront with careful redirects and launch checks.

Planning an online store?

Build the store around the operation behind it.

Tell us what you sell, how your operation works and where you want to grow. We will help shape the right storefront, integrations and delivery plan.

Send us your project outline