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E-commerce Websites That Sell Reliably
Online shops built around your catalogue, your payment method and the way you ship, with packages by product count.
What Rocket provides
Rocket builds online shops that handle the whole sales flow: browsing the catalogue, choosing options, paying securely, receiving confirmation and fulfilling the order. The shop is built on WooCommerce, with PayFast for secure payment in South African Rand.
If you prefer a hosted platform, see Shopify store development.
We build shops that are practical to run day to day. The admin area is set up so your team can add products, process orders and handle customer questions without technical help.
Who it's for
- Retailers moving from walk-in or social selling to online
- Manufacturers and wholesalers selling to repeat customers
- Print, apparel and gift businesses with variable products
- Existing shops whose checkout or admin is slow and confusing
It also suits businesses adding an online channel alongside a physical store, where stock and pricing need to stay consistent between the two.
Problems it solves
- Orders taken by WhatsApp and typed up manually
- Stock lists in spreadsheets that never match the shelf
- Abandoned baskets caused by an awkward checkout
- Shipping prices that are wrong or too complicated
- No clear way to manage returns, coupons or customer accounts
A common issue is shipping. Charging too little loses margin and charging too much loses the sale, so we configure zones and rates that reflect your real courier costs and any free-shipping thresholds you choose.
What's included
Catalogue management:
- Categories, attributes, variations (size, colour, quantity breaks)
- Product import from spreadsheet
- Stock levels and low-stock alerts
Payments and checkout:
- PayFast card and instant payment methods
- Guest and account checkout, coupons and tax settings
- Order emails and invoices
Fulfilment: shipping zones, flat or weight-based rates and collection options.
Trust and compliance: clear delivery, returns and privacy pages, secure checkout and contact details visitors can verify, which all help buyers feel safe paying.
Options
- Package by product count: 20, 50 or more products
- Larger catalogues or complex product configurators, quoted
- Extras: courier integrations, accounting links, e-commerce SEO and Google Shopping
Where relevant we also advise on selling to businesses: account pricing, quote requests for bulk orders and repeat-order shortcuts for regular buyers.
What you'll need to supply
- Product names, descriptions, prices and photographs, or a request for product photography
- Shipping and returns policies
- Your PayFast merchant details
- Business registration details for legal pages
Product data is where most projects slow down. Each product ideally has a unique name, a short and long description, a price, weight and dimensions for shipping, and at least one clear photograph on a consistent background.
How the process works
- Review catalogue and fulfilment needs.
- Plan categories, filters and checkout.
- Design shop templates.
- Build, load products and configure shipping and payment.
- Run test orders end to end.
- Launch and train your team on order handling.
Before launch we place real test orders through checkout, check the confirmation emails and confirm that stock reduces correctly, so you are not discovering faults with your first customers.
What affects cost and timing
Product count and data quality are the biggest factors: clean spreadsheets save days. Variations, custom options, integrations and photography add scope. Shop launch dates should also allow time for PayFast approval and test transactions.
Shop projects usually run longer than brochure sites because of catalogue data, testing and payment approval. We recommend starting your PayFast application early and preparing product data in a spreadsheet while the design is underway.
Shop packages and estimate
Pick the package closest to your catalogue size, or estimate a custom shop.
Start-Up Store
R13,500 once-off excl. VAT
- A first online store with a small range
- 20 products, 10 categories
- Payment gateway setup (PayFast)
- Standard shipping
- Store owner's manual
SMME Store
R19,000 once-off excl. VAT
- Custom checkout and shipping for an established range
- 50 products, 30 categories
- Customised checkout
- Custom shipping rules
- 3 rounds of revisions
Business Store
From R23,000 once-off excl. VAT
- An advanced, dedicated store for bigger catalogues
- Advanced WooCommerce setup
- 60-minute brainstorm
- Newsletter pop-up and AI live chat
- Analytics and XML sitemap
Prices in South African Rand, paid securely via PayFast. Each package lists what is included; content, third-party fees and media spend are only included where stated. See terms.
E-commerce project estimator
Estimates use our current approved prices in ZAR, excluding VAT. Final scope and price are confirmed in a written quote. Third-party fees and media spend are excluded.
Next step
Tell us what you sell and roughly how many products. We will confirm the right package or quote.
Frequently asked questions
Which payment gateway do you use?
PayFast, which processes secure online payments in South African Rand.
Can you import my existing products?
Usually yes, from a spreadsheet or your current store. Clean, consistent data speeds this up.
Can I manage orders myself?
Yes. You receive training on orders, stock, coupons and refunds.
Can the shop sell to Zimbabwe or other countries?
Shipping zones can be configured for other countries. Pricing stays in Rand through PayFast.
Will the shop be found on Google?
We build with search-friendly structure, but rankings cannot be guaranteed. See our e-commerce SEO service.
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