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Migration guideFrom Takealot to your own store.

Keep selling on Takealot, and build a store where you keep the customer and more of the margin.

Takealot brings shoppers, but the customer relationship stays with the marketplace and every sale pays fees. Your own store lets you build a list, set your own promotions and sell what doesn’t fit the marketplace.

Most sellers run both. This is how to add your own store without running out of stock or time.

Keep
Your Takealot listings
Add
Your own store on Shopify or WooCommerce
You gain
The customer relationship and your own margin
Watch
Stock across both channels

Step by stepSeven steps.

  1. 01

    Work out the numbers

    Compare what Takealot costs you per sale with your own store: platform, payment gateway, delivery and marketing. Our platform fee calculator puts them side by side.

  2. 02

    Pick a platform and a domain

    Shopify if you want it simple and hosted, WooCommerce if you want full control. Register your .co.za in your company’s name.

  3. 03

    Bring your own product content

    Use your own photos and descriptions, written for your brand. Add what a marketplace page leaves out: your story, sizing help, care, and reviews.

  4. 04

    Payments and delivery

    A local payment gateway, and couriers or pickup points such as The Courier Guy, Pargo, PAXI or Bob Go. Show delivery costs and times before checkout.

  5. 05

    Keep stock in step

    Stock in Takealot’s warehouses fills Takealot orders. Keep your own-store stock in hand, and sync levels with an inventory tool or Takealot’s seller API so you never sell what you don’t have.

  6. 06

    Bring people to your store

    Search, social, WhatsApp and email. Point your social profiles to your site, and check Takealot’s seller rules before putting anything in marketplace orders.

  7. 07

    Get the legal basics right

    Your own store needs what the marketplace handled for you: your business details on the site as the ECT Act requires, a returns policy, a privacy policy and POPIA consent for marketing.

Before launchReady to sell direct.

  1. 01Your numbers: margin per product on Takealot and on your own store.
  2. 02Your domain, registered in your company’s name.
  3. 03Product pages with your own photos, descriptions and size guides.
  4. 04Payments tested, delivery rates set and shown before checkout.
  5. 05A plan for stock across both channels.
  6. 06Legal pages, returns and POPIA consent in place.
  7. 07A sign-up for email and WhatsApp from day one.

QuestionsAsked often.

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  • Generally yes. Check your Takealot seller agreement for any rules on pricing or listings.

  • It doesn’t have to be. You can keep prices the same and give people a reason to buy direct: bundles, free delivery over an amount, loyalty or products only you sell.

  • Shopify is quicker to run, with costs in dollars and an extra fee per sale with a local gateway. WooCommerce has no platform fee but needs hosting and more upkeep. Our platform fee calculator compares them at your sales.

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