ShopFront SASell online in South Africa.
PayFast built in.
Start selling in minutes. No transaction fee stacked on top of PayFast. No USD billing. Just your shop, your customers, your money.
TYPICAL GLOBAL PLATFORM
SHOPFRONT SA
Illustrative example. Your payment gateway's own fee applies either way — ShopFront just never adds a second one.
Not a demo. A store you can actually run.
Sell
- ✓Multi-item cart & checkout
- ✓Variants (size, colour) with per-option stock
- ✓Collections & on-site search
- ✓Discount codes
- ✓Moderated product reviews
- ✓Drag-and-drop page builder
Get paid
- ✓PayFast, Ozow, Yoco, SnapScan & EFT
- ✓No fee stacked on top — ever
- ✓Rand subscription billing, no USD shock
- ✓VAT-ready tax invoices
- ✓Abandoned-checkout recovery emails
- ✓Send order emails from your own domain
Ship
- ✓Live rates from Bob Go & The Courier Guy
- ✓Print waybills from your dashboard
- ✓Flat, per-zone & free-over-X rules
- ✓Tracking numbers & shipped-notification emails
Grow
- ✓Buyer accounts — magic-link or password sign-in
- ✓Saved addresses, one-tap reordering
- ✓Custom domain for your storefront
- ✓Five visual themes, full colour & font control
- ✓POPIA-ready privacy tools
Built by South Africans, for South Africans.
No surprises. No conversions.
Editable live, but never hidden. What you see is what you pay — every month, in Rands.
FREE
Start selling today
- ✓A handful of products
- ✓PayFast, Ozow, Yoco, SnapScan, EFT
- ✓Your shopfront.chuply.com shop
STARTER
For a growing shop
- ✓More products
- ✓Custom domain
- ✓Discount codes & collections
GROWTH
For real momentum
- ✓Unlimited products
- ✓Live courier rates & waybills
- ✓Custom sending domain for email
Selling online in South Africa, answered.
How much does it cost to sell online in South Africa with ShopFront?
From R0/month on the Free tier, with paid tiers at R99 and R299/month, billed in Rands. Your payment gateway (PayFast, Ozow, Yoco, SnapScan) charges its own standard transaction fee either way — ShopFront never adds a second fee on top of that.
Is ShopFront SA a Shopify alternative?
Yes — ShopFront is built specifically for South African sellers. Unlike Shopify, which bills in USD and charges an extra ~2% fee for using a third-party payment gateway (the only option in SA), ShopFront is priced in Rands with no second fee stacked on top of PayFast.
What payment methods can I accept?
PayFast, Ozow, Yoco, SnapScan, and standard EFT — the payment methods South African buyers already use, surfaced directly at checkout.
Can I use my own domain and still sell online in South Africa affordably?
Yes — custom domain support is included from the Starter tier (R99/month), so your shop can run on your own .co.za or other domain instead of a shared subdomain.
How do I start an online shop in South Africa?
Decide what you're selling, connect a local payment gateway like PayFast, list your products on a real storefront, and set up shipping and the basic legal requirements (VAT, POPIA). ShopFront covers all of that from a free plan, with no card required to start — see the full step-by-step guide below for the details.
What's the best online selling platform for a South African seller?
It depends what you need. Shopify has the deepest feature set but bills in USD and adds its own fee on top of a South African payment gateway. WooCommerce is free but needs technical setup and hosting. Shopstar and Netcash Shop are established SA-native options. ShopFront is built specifically for an SA seller who wants local payments, Rand pricing, and no fee stacked on top — see the full platform comparison for an honest breakdown of each.
Stop taking orders by DM. Start running a real shop.
Live in minutes. No card required to start.
Start for free →