The question is always the same three things
Do you have it, how much, are you open. A customer who can ask before leaving the house is a customer who arrives meaning to buy, and you are spared the ones who came for something you do not carry.
- A WhatsApp button that opens a chat with you
- Your own page with its own web address
- Photos of your goods, your shop or your work
When the power goes, the phone still works
Load shedding takes the card machine and the wifi with it. A message does not disappear. It waits, and it is still sitting there when the lights come back and you have a second to look. For a shop that trades through it, that matters more than it sounds.
- A WhatsApp button that opens a chat with you
- Listed under your category and your city
The stokvel decides where the December money goes
Grocery stokvels pay out before Christmas and the buying is settled long beforehand, usually in a group chat where somebody is comparing who has what and at what price. That is planned money heading somewhere specific. A shop that can be found and asked in September is in that conversation. Add Black Friday, which is the single biggest retail window of the South African year and happens mostly on phones, and the quiet months are the ones worth using.
What listing does, and what it does not
It makes you findable and easy to message. It is not a registration, a licence or anything an official needs to see, and it does not deal with anybody else you answer to. We are a directory. Being found is the whole of it.
- Free to list, with nothing to pay later
- No account and no password, just one short form
- No commission on anything you sell
Be the shop they check before they walk
Free, one short form, and customers message you directly.
Questions
Do I need a website?
No. The listing is what customers find, and that is the whole idea.
Does this register my shop with anyone?
No. It is a directory listing and nothing more. It has no bearing on any registration or permit you may need.
What will it cost me?
Nothing to list and no commission on what you sell.