Shopify vs WooCommerce in South Africa: Costs, Payments and Which to Choose (2026)
Shopify Payments isn’t available in South Africa, so Shopify adds its own fee on every sale. We compare Shopify and WooCommerce on real 2026 fees, payment providers, couriers, hosting and day-to-day running.
POPIA and Your Website: A Plain-Language Checklist for South African Businesses (2026)
What POPIA means for a South African business website in 2026: privacy notices, forms, marketing consent, operators, security, breaches, Information Officers, PAIA manuals, cookies and the 2025 rule changes.
Custom Website vs. Wix, Squarespace and WordPress: What Johannesburg Businesses Need to Know
Wix, Squarespace, WordPress or a fully custom build. Everyone has an opinion, and the right answer depends on what the site has to do for you. We build mainly on WordPress and WooCommerce, and we take on fully custom builds when a project needs one. We are not against website builders either, and some businesses […]
How Much Does a Website Cost in South Africa? 2026 Prices and Guide
By Yaaseen Ebrahim, founder of Innovation by Design. Updated 18 October 2026. “How much does a website cost?” is the first question most business owners ask, and many agencies avoid answering it. This guide gives real rand figures for South Africa in 2026: what other providers publish, what we charge, what you will keep paying […]
Why Your Cape Town Business Website Isn’t Getting Enquiries (And How to Fix It)
Your website is live and it looks professional. A few hundred people visit each month. Nobody calls or sends an enquiry. This is a common complaint from businesses in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban and everywhere else. The cause is rarely the look of the site. Something between the visitor and the enquiry is broken, and […]
Web Design for E-Commerce in South Africa: From Abandoned Sites to Profit Centres
Plenty of South African online stores look good and still sell very little. The design is fine. The problem is usually something in the path between a visitor and a paid order. This is what we look at first when a store is not performing, and what it costs to build one properly. Get the […]