E-commerce
Cost
What Does a Website Cost in South Africa?
Real rand prices, not ranges hidden behind a contact form. What a brochure site, an online store and a custom build actually cost, and what moves the number.
27 October 2026Why Website Quotes Vary So Much
Three quotes for the same brief at R8,000, R35,000 and R120,000. What each price point is actually buying, and how to tell which one is lying to you.
27 October 2026What Does an Online Store Cost in South Africa?
WooCommerce from R35,000, Shopify from R45,000. But the build is the smaller number over three years, and the one most people forget to work out.
27 October 2026What Should Website Maintenance Cost?
From R499 a month for a WordPress business site, from R3,000 for a store. What that buys, why shops cost more, and what happens when you skip it.
27 October 2026Platform choice
Wix, Squarespace or a Developer?
Website builders are good until they are suddenly not. Where the line sits, what breaks when you cross it, and the South African catch nobody mentions.
28 October 2026Next.js vs WordPress: When Is Custom Worth It?
Headless and custom builds are faster and more expensive. An honest account of when that trade is worth making, and when WordPress is simply the right answer.
28 October 2026WordPress vs Webflow
Webflow gives designers real control and clean output. WordPress gives you a plugin for everything and a developer on every corner. Which matters more here.
28 October 2026Who Actually Owns Your Website?
Four things you should own and often do not: the domain, the files, the hosting and the content. How to check, and what to do if the answer is wrong.
28 October 2026Still have a question?
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