e-commerce

The Courier Guy reveals some of its most unusual delivered products South Africa's courier industry is growing rapidly thanks to an explosion of e-commerce activity, including intensified competition from international giants like Amazon, Shein, and Temu. According to market research firm...

TakealotMore launched — with unlimited free deliveries and collections for R99 per month Takealot has launched a monthly subscription service that provides free deliveries and collections of orders on Takealot.com and Mr D. The South African e-commerce giant said the subscription service —...

What, in your opinion, are the tech stacks or platforms to look out for in the next 5 years and why?

Are there any services that let me order cough mixture or pain medication (over the counter) online and deliver to my work the same day? I know i will probably miss out on my loyalty points from clicks and dischem, but thinking it's worth it to avoid the mission.

I'm planning on buying a new phone from snapcraze. Has anyone ordered from them before or know if they are reliable? They are really well priced but I'm not sure if they are legit

So, to keep up to date on happenings in the market, i thought i would start this thread to find out more information. I find the South African E-commerce space to be very interesting and complex, so i keep tabs on whats happening in the market. This is more of a hobby then work related...

Hi All, I have opened a new thread earlier this morning but it seems to have vanished into thin air... I have searched Google and have not been able to find what I need, so I am hoping some bright soul here can help. What I need is an e-commerce shopping basket (preferably free and/or open...

Smartphones are revolutionising e-commerce in South Africa The growth of smartphones in South Africa is revolutionising e-commerce, but marketing bosses have yet to accept that it’s not only wealthy people who now have the gadgets.

South African e-commerce revolution expected New research shows that South Africans have a big appetite for e-commerce, with massive growth expected in the near future

Hi all, I would like to know the latest security considerations regarding protecting an e-commerce website from hackers. The website will be written in php with a mysql backend, and payments will be made using bitcoins. Some considerations I know of include: validating input, sanitizing...

Yahoo relaunches e-commerce platform Yahoo has announced the relaunch of its e-commerce platform, which allows small businesses to easily set up online retailing

We’re growing pretty quickly and we need our team of amazing developers to get, well, even more amazing. If you know Java / Clojure and PHP (or enough other languages that a new one will be walk in the park for you), if you like to work fast and hard and you appreciate a good work environment...

Online cross-border trade to grow fivefold by 2020 The value of online exports in six of the top e-commerce markets will grow fivefold to $130 billion by 2020

Kalahari responds to Christmas shopping complaints A number of shoppers have taken to social media to complain about delayed orders from Kalahari, to which the retailer has responded

MTN boosts e-commerce in Africa MTN has partnered with African telecom and Internet companies to help operators offer more e-commerce services on the continent

Indian IT engineers brought in to help South Africa Naspers CEO Koos Bekker says that Naspers started to bring in engineers from India to supplement their own people in South Africa

Nashua Mobile online shop launched Nashua Mobile, a wholly-owned subsidiary of JSE-listed Reunert, has launched a new e-commerce website.

Shoppers can buy items using image recognition A new app lets shoppers purchase items that catch their eye using image recognition technology.

I would like to here your thoughts on what you believe to be SA's best bank for e-commerce is. We are in the process of setting up a new site and now obviously need to decide on which bank to host our merchant account. Personally I heard that Nedbank was best...Due to their e-commerce card...

Shopping malls must evolve to meet Internet challenge As shoppers move online, mall owners are looking to pull in customers by including services that can’t be replicated on the Web