ShopFront SASell online in South Africa.
Priced in Rands.
Start free with bank EFT, upgrade for PayFast, Yoco, Ozow and SnapScan. ShopFront never stacks its own transaction fee on top. No USD billing. Just your shop, your customers, your money.
PLATFORM THAT STACKS A 2% FEE
SHOPFRONT SA
Illustrative example: a platform that adds 2% on top of a third-party gateway, as Shopify's Basic plan does in SA. 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
- ✓Bank EFT on every plan — PayFast, Ozow, Yoco & SnapScan on paid plans
- ✓No fee stacked on top — ever
- ✓Rand subscription billing, no USD shock
- ✓VAT-ready tax invoices (paid plans)
- ✓Abandoned-checkout recovery emails
- ✓Send order emails from your own domain (paid plans)
Ship
- ✓Live rates from Bob Go & The Courier Guy (paid plans)
- ✓Print courier waybills from your dashboard (paid plans)
- ✓Flat-rate & free-over-X shipping rules
- ✓Tracking numbers & shipped-notification emails
Grow
- ✓Buyer accounts — magic-link or password sign-in
- ✓Saved addresses & order history
- ✓Custom domain for your storefront (paid plans)
- ✓Ready-made visual themes, full colour & font control
- ✓POPIA-ready privacy tools
Built by South Africans, for South Africans.
Specials & promotions.
Founding Seller offer: Starter for R49/month
Get 12 months of the Starter plan for R588 once-off, which works out to R49/month instead of R99. You get card and instant payments (PayFast, Yoco, Ozow, SnapScan), online bookings, team accounts, live courier rates, a custom domain and VAT invoices, plus order emails from your own domain. Founding sellers are also first in line for special rates and promotions for 2 years. Limited spots. One payment and no auto-renewal: after 12 months your plan continues at normal prices.
Learn more →No surprises. No conversions.
Editable live, but never hidden. What you see is what you pay — every month, in Rands.
Founding Seller offer · limited time
Starter for R49/month. R588 once-off for 12 months.
Everything in Starter — card payments, online bookings, team accounts, courier rates — plus email from your own domain, and first in line for special rates and promotions for the next 2 years.
30 spots left
Ends 30 November 2026
42 days leftFREE
Start selling today
- ✓Up to 5 products
- ✓Up to 10 orders a month
- ✓Bank EFT payments
- ✓Discount codes & collections
- ✓Your shopfront.chuply.com shop
STARTER
For a growing shop
- ✓Up to 25 products & unlimited orders
- ✓Card & instant payments — PayFast, Ozow, Yoco, SnapScan
- ✓Order on WhatsApp — buyers send their cart straight to your WhatsApp
- ✓Product reel videos for Instagram, TikTok & WhatsApp Status
- ✓Online bookings & team accounts
- ✓Live courier rates & waybills
- ✓Custom domain & your own favicon
- ✓VAT invoices
GROWTH
For real momentum
- ✓Unlimited products
- ✓Unlimited reel videos
- ✓Everything in Starter
- ✓More team seats
- ✓Priority support
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 (up to 5 products and 10 orders a month, paid by bank EFT), with paid tiers at R99 and R299/month, billed in Rands. On a paid plan your payment gateway (PayFast, Ozow, Yoco, SnapScan) charges its own standard transaction fee — 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 its plans in US dollars and, on its entry plan, adds about 2% for using a third-party payment gateway (Shopify Payments isn't available in SA), ShopFront is priced in Rands with no second fee stacked on top of PayFast.
What payment methods can I accept?
Bank EFT on every plan, including Free. On a paid plan you can also take card and instant payments through PayFast, Ozow, Yoco and SnapScan — the payment methods South African buyers already use, surfaced directly at checkout.
Can buyers order through WhatsApp?
Yes, on a paid plan. Switch on Order on WhatsApp and buyers can choose it at checkout: the order is saved in your dashboard and their WhatsApp opens with the items, delivery details and total ready to send to you, so you agree payment and delivery in the chat. There's no WhatsApp API to set up and no per-message cost — it uses your normal WhatsApp or WhatsApp Business number.
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, choose how buyers will pay (bank EFT, or a payment gateway like PayFast), list your products on a real storefront, and set up shipping and the basic legal requirements (VAT, POPIA). You can start on ShopFront's free plan with bank EFT and no card required, and upgrade when you want card payments, courier rates or VAT invoices — 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.
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