Catalogue
Categories, search, product pages and a way to mark something sold out. The size of the catalogue is part of the quote.
Online stores
E-Commerce Website Design & Development in Zimbabwe
Shopify, WooCommerce and custom stores for businesses in Harare and the rest of Zimbabwe. Paynow connects EcoCash and card payments. The fee is quoted from the catalogue, the checkout and the way orders are delivered.
What the store has to do
A store is not a brochure with a price list pasted in. Someone has to find a product, understand the price, pay, and know when it will arrive. The business has to know what is left on the shelf. Sonke Digital designs and builds that path for businesses selling in Zimbabwe, and for clients abroad who still need a shop their customers can use.
Checkout
A cart, a customer account when the shop needs one, and a payment step that matches how people in Zimbabwe actually pay.
After the order
Delivery notes, collection rules and a stock workflow. These are specified with the shop, not added as an afterthought.
Shopify, WooCommerce, or a custom build
The platform follows the shop, not the other way around. Shopify suits a catalogue that should be trading quickly, with the hosting and the checkout already solved. Warehouse Hub, in the portfolio, is a Shopify shop: departments for fragrances, swim caps, clothing, groceries, beauty and kids, plus search, an account and a cart. The Warehouse Hub project note stays with what that shopfront shows.
WooCommerce suits a business that already wants the shop inside a WordPress site it can edit. A custom store, in Next.js or Laravel, is the quote when the catalogue, the pricing rules or the admin do not fit a hosted shop. Elyon Lubricants and Cairde Hygienics show Next.js on marketing sites. A store on the same stack is a different scope, and it is quoted here rather than on the brochure-site page.
One page covers Shopify, WooCommerce and custom. There is not a separate URL for each platform.
Paynow, EcoCash and cards
Paynow is the gateway Sonke connects for local payments. Once the business has a Paynow merchant account, EcoCash, cards and the other methods Paynow offers sit behind one checkout. They are not built as three unrelated integrations. PayPal stays available when the buyer is outside Zimbabwe, which is the same split already used on website projects.
The merchant account is the business’s. Approval time sits with the provider, and it belongs in the schedule. Paynow’s transaction fees are Paynow’s. They are not part of Sonke’s quote, and they are not printed here.
Delivery and inventory
A Harare shop and a shop that delivers further afield do not share one set of rules. The quote asks for the real ones:
- Where you deliver, where you do not, and whether collection from the shop is an option
- Whether the fee is flat, by area, or arranged after the order
- Who updates stock, and what the site should do at zero: hide the product, or show it as sold out
- What the customer receives by email or WhatsApp once the order exists
If orders are still taken on WhatsApp, the shop can start there and add checkout when the operation is ready. That is a scope decision, made in the quote.
How this differs from a business website
Company sites, service sites and custom builds that are not shops stay on web design and development. That page introduces stores in one short section and sends the detail here, so the two URLs are not chasing the same search. A 50% deposit starts either kind of project. There is no published package price on either page.
The factors that move a quote, including why a store is a different tier from a brochure site, are explained in how much a website costs in Zimbabwe.
Frequently asked questions
Do you build Shopify and WooCommerce stores?
Yes. Shopify, WooCommerce and a custom Next.js or Laravel store are all quoted on this page. A separate shop platform page is not needed.
Can customers pay with EcoCash or a card?
Yes, through Paynow, which is how a Zimbabwean store connects EcoCash and card payments. PayPal is the option for customers paying from abroad. The merchant account belongs to the business.
Is this the same offer as the web design page?
No. The web design page is for business and corporate sites. This page is for stores: catalogue, checkout, delivery and stock.
How is a store priced?
Each store is quoted from the catalogue, the payment step and the delivery and stock workflow. A 50% deposit starts the project, the same note as other website work. There is no public rate card.
Do you set up delivery and inventory?
The quote includes the delivery notes and the stock workflow the business actually uses. A shop without those two is only a catalogue.