Commerce
E-commerce websites for South African businesses
Online stores built to convert visitors into paying customers, on Shopify, WooCommerce or a custom platform.
The problem
Sell online properly
A functional online store is not the same as one that performs.
Many businesses launch an e-commerce site and see poor sales, not because the product is wrong, but because the store experience is not built to convert: product pages, trust signals, checkout flow, payment options. We design and build e-commerce experiences around what actually makes people buy.
What we handle
From catalogue to checkout
Product catalogue and store design
We design e-commerce experiences around the customer journey: from how customers discover and filter products, through product pages that communicate value clearly, to a checkout process that does not lose them at the final step.
Payments, shipping and operations
We integrate payment gateways (including PayFast, PayGate and international options), configure shipping rules, set up inventory management and connect the store to the systems you already use for fulfilment and operations.
SEO and post-launch growth
E-commerce SEO has specific requirements: product schema, category structure, duplicate content management and site speed at scale. We build these into every store from the start and can support ongoing SEO and conversion work after launch.
Common questions
Do you build Shopify stores?
Can you migrate my existing online store?
Work with 18dev
Ready to sell online?
Tell us about your products, your customers and what you need the store to do. We will give you an honest assessment of the right approach and what it will take to build it well.