E-commerce · Johannesburg & South Africa

Online stores built to sell.

E-commerce website design and development for South African businesses — Shopify or WooCommerce, local payment gateways, courier integration, and tracking that tells the truth about what your ads did. Launch R3,500/month, no setup fee; larger stores quoted on Partner.

What you get

A store, and the machine that makes it work.

/ THE STORE

Designed around buying

Product pages structured to answer the questions that stop a sale, collection pages built to rank, and a checkout tested on a real phone on mobile data before launch.

  • Custom design, not a stock theme
  • Product & collection structure that ranks
  • Mobile-first for SA networks
  • Content you can update yourself
/ THE PLUMBING

Local payments & delivery

PayFast, Peach, Ozow or Yoco configured properly, courier rates by weight and region, and the free-shipping thresholds that actually lift order value.

  • SA gateway setup & testing
  • Courier rules & delivery estimates
  • VAT and invoicing configured
  • Abandoned-cart flows
/ THE TRUTH

Tracking that survives

Most stores lose a third of their conversion data to ad-blockers and browser rules, so ad platforms optimise blind. We fix that on the way in, not as an afterthought.

  • Server-side conversion tracking
  • Meta CAPI + Google Enhanced Conversions
  • Clean GA4 with real revenue
  • Octa360 dashboard included

Shopify or WooCommerce?

We build both — and we'll tell you which one you need.

Shopify for most businesses: lower overhead, rarely breaks, faster to launch. WooCommerce when you have unusual requirements or an existing WordPress operation worth keeping.

If you're weighing it up, our Shopify in South Africa guide lays out the real costs, the gateway options and the trade-offs, in rand.

Launch R3,500/mo · no setup fee · larger stores on Partner from R8,000/mo

every store ships with
Local gateway, tested live✓
Courier rates & rules✓
Server-side tracking✓
SEO structure + schema✓
Checkout tested on real mobile data✓

What you see after launch

Every rand, measured.

Stores we build report what the ads actually did — spend, clicks and conversions in one place, next to the organic rankings that cost you nothing.

app.octastudio.co.za/dashboard · paid media

Paid media

What your advertising spent, and what it brought back. Last 30 days.

ChannelSpendClicksConversions
Google AdsR8,2401,486147
MetaR4,24092267
Website (GA4)1,204 sessions1,118 people93
You rank #2 organically for massage gun — and still pay for that click. Worth reviewing.
Cost per conversion is R58 across both platforms this month.

Ad spend · 30d

R12,480

Conversions

214

Website

1,204 sessions

Sources

Google · Meta

Shopify Partnerofficial partner
12 live productsbuilt and running
3 search enginestracked daily
AI visibilitychatgpt · gemini · perplexity
Johannesburgbuilt here, for here

Integrations

We plug into what you already use.

Your accounts stay yours — connected with secure authorisation links and read-only access. Nothing is migrated, no passwords change hands.

Google Search ConsoleWhat Google really sends you
Google Analytics 4Traffic and behaviour
Google AdsSpend, clicks, conversions
Meta AdsFacebook & Instagram
Google BusinessReviews, map pack, insights
ShopifyStores, products, checkout
PayFast · Ozow · YocoSA payment gateways
Courier & shippingRates, rules, tracking
Resend emailNewsletters and journeys
Social publishingScheduled across platforms
WhatsApp BusinessAutomations and lead capture
AI assistantsChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity

Start

Tell us what you sell.

One conversation, straight answers on platform, cost and timeline.

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