How much does an e-commerce store cost in Johannesburg?

Standard catalogue stores from R15,000 (up to 50 products, local payment and shipping integration). Larger or more complex stores (1000+ SKUs, custom checkout, B2B portals, marketplaces) quoted per project — typically R30,000–R80,000.

Will my store integrate with PayFast, Yoco and Bob Go?

Yes — these are standard integrations for every Joburg store we build. We also integrate Peach Payments, Ozow, Stripe (for international), Stitch, EFT gateways, Courier Guy, Aramex, Pargo, PUDO, Postnet and most major SA payment and shipping partners.

Can you build a store that competes with Takealot or Superbalist?

Within your category, yes — but only with the right strategy. We build the technical foundation (fast, mobile-tuned, well-structured); competing in Joburg's saturated e-commerce verticals also needs ongoing SEO, content production and paid acquisition. We can advise on the broader strategy or refer to specialist partners.

How long does an e-commerce build take?

Standard catalogue stores 4–6 weeks. Faster if you have product photos, descriptions and categories ready before kick-off. Complex B2B or custom builds 8–12 weeks.

E-Commerce · Johannesburg

E-Commerce in Johannesburg

Custom e-commerce websites for South African businesses. South African payment, South African shipping, South African scale.

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E-Commerce for Johannesburg businesses

WeMakeSites builds custom e-commerce stores for Johannesburg businesses from R15,000. We integrate the payment gateways your customers expect (PayFast, Yoco, Stripe, Peach, Ozow) and the shipping partners that actually deliver in Joburg (Bob Go, Courier Guy, Aramex, Pargo, PUDO, Postnet). Stores ship in 4–6 weeks. Built on Shopify, WooCommerce or custom-headless Next.js depending on your scale and requirements, every store includes mobile-first design tuned for sub-2.5s LCP, product schema for rich Google results, customer accounts, abandoned-cart recovery, and inventory management. Joburg's e-commerce competition is brutal across most categories; we build stores that convert above industry-benchmark rates because the technical foundation actually works on the mobile devices your customers shop from.

Why Johannesburg businesses choose us

Joburg's e-commerce market is the most competitive in Africa. Takealot, Superbalist, Yuppiechef, Faithful to Nature, Woolworths Online — every category has well-funded incumbents with full marketing teams. A small e-commerce operator competing here needs a store that converts at rates above industry benchmark, not just a working checkout.

We build for that. Stores tuned aggressively for mobile (75%+ of Joburg e-commerce traffic), with Lighthouse 90+ scores, sub-2.5s LCP, and the kind of streamlined checkout that closes mobile orders before customers get distracted. Local payment integration that actually works (PayFast and Yoco out of the box, not retrofitted), local shipping integration that hooks into Joburg courier reality (Bob Go for branded label generation, Courier Guy for same-day in-metro, PUDO for low-cost), and inventory and order management that scales beyond your first 100 orders.

We're platform-agnostic. Most Joburg operators under 500 SKUs do best on Shopify (faster setup, easier maintenance, better mobile out of the box). Content-heavy stores or unusual flows often need WooCommerce. Operators planning serious scale — multi-warehouse, headless content, complex pricing rules — go onto custom-headless Next.js. The recommendation comes from your scale and goals, not what we like building.