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South African e-commerce software
Your own online store.
Yours to keep.
DemoCart is complete e-commerce software for South African businesses. Install it on your own hosting, add your products and start selling — with 7 ways to get paid, live courier rates, lockers and a drag-and-drop page builder built in. Pay once. No monthly licence fees.
- 137 features built in
- Pay by PayFast or EFT
- Set up with the easy wizard
What is DemoCart?
One purchase. A complete online store.
DemoCart gives you everything you need to run a professional online shop: a fast, good-looking storefront for your customers, and a friendly admin where you manage products, orders, payments, deliveries and marketing.
Unlike monthly store builders, you buy DemoCart once and own your copy. It runs on your own hosting, under your own domain — so your store, your customer data and your sales stay yours.
It was built for South African businesses: local payment methods, local couriers, Rand pricing and the POPIA, ECTA and CPA basics are all part of it from day one.
What's included
137 features, ready on day one
No plugins to hunt for and no extras to pay for — it is all in the box.
Storefront & page builder
- Drag-and-drop page sections
- Draft, schedule and publish pages
- Themes, colours and any Google font
- Editable header, footer and menus
- Looks great on phones
Products & stock
- Variants (size, colour…) with their own photos
- Collections and related products
- Stock tracking you can trust
- Quantity-break pricing and upsells
Checkout & payments
- PayFast — card, Instant EFT and more
- Yoco, Ozow, Paystack and Peach Payments
- EFT with proof-of-payment upload
- PayPal for overseas buyers
- Printable tax invoices and packing slips
Shipping & couriers
- Live The Courier Guy and Bob Go rates and bookings
- PUDO lockers and Pargo pickup points
- Fastway, plus FedEx and DHL for international parcels
- Waybills and automatic tracking
- Flat-rate fallback and markups
Marketing & sales
- Discount codes and automatic deals
- Abandoned-cart reminder emails
- Verified-buyer reviews and ratings
- Google-friendly: sitemap, rich snippets, redirects
Selling abroad
- Currency switcher for visitors
- Zero-rated VAT on exports
- International shipping quotes
- PayPal checkout
Run your business
- A dashboard you can arrange your way
- Sales charts and reports with CSV export
- Staff accounts with their own roles
- Built-in step-by-step user manual
Security & POPIA
- Two-step login for staff
- New-device alerts and admin IP allow-list
- POPIA consent log, data export and erase
- Nightly encrypted backups
- Starter POPIA, ECTA and CPA legal pages
…and plenty more — see all 137 features.
What you can do with it
Everything a growing shop needs
Open your shop in a weekend
The setup wizard walks you through your store details, branding, payments and delivery — start clean, or with sample products to play with.
Get paid your way
Card and Instant EFT through PayFast, Yoco, Ozow, Paystack or Peach Payments, plain EFT with proof of payment, and PayPal for customers abroad.
Ship nationwide
Customers see live courier prices at checkout, or choose a PUDO locker or Pargo pickup point. You book the courier, print the waybill and track the parcel from the order page.
Win back lost sales
Abandoned-cart emails go out automatically, and discount codes or automatic deals give shoppers a reason to come back.
Grow with reviews & search
Verified buyers are asked for reviews, and every product page is built to be found on Google.
Sell to the world
Show prices in your visitor's currency, quote international shipping, and take PayPal — exports are zero-rated for VAT.
How it works
Selling in three steps
Buy & download
Pay with PayFast for an instant download, or by EFT — your download is ready as soon as we confirm it. It waits in your client area under Downloads.
Install on your hosting
Upload the files, run the installer and follow the setup wizard. Start with a clean store, or with sample products to try things out.
Start selling
Add your products, choose your look, switch on payments and couriers — then open your doors and take orders.
Good to know
Questions, answered
Is it really a once-off price?
Yes — R1,999 once-off. There are no monthly licence fees: you buy DemoCart once and own your copy. You only pay for your own hosting and domain.
Can I try it before I buy?
Of course. Browse the live store demo as a customer would, or look around the admin demo (look-only) to see how you would run it.
How do I get it?
Order online and pay with PayFast for an instant download, or by EFT — your download is ready as soon as we confirm the payment. You will find it in your Afriweb client area under Downloads, and we email you the link.
What hosting do I need?
Standard cPanel web hosting with PHP and MySQL. Afriweb hosting plans are a great fit, and your store runs on your own domain.
Do I need to know how to code?
No. The installer and setup wizard get you going, and the drag-and-drop page builder lets you change your pages, colours and fonts without touching code. There is a built-in user manual too.
Do I get updates?
Your purchase includes the version that is current when you buy. Ask us about support plans that include newer versions and help with your store.
Is DemoCart a good alternative to Shopify or WooCommerce?
For South African shops that want to own their store, yes: one payment instead of monthly fees, and payments, couriers and POPIA tools built in instead of paid apps or plugins, and the built-in importer brings your products, options, photos and categories across from Shopify, WooCommerce, OpenCart or Zen Cart. See our honest comparisons: DemoCart vs Shopify and DemoCart vs WooCommerce.
Which payment methods can my customers use?
Seven: PayFast (card, Instant EFT and more), Yoco, Ozow, Paystack and Peach Payments, plain EFT with a proof-of-payment upload, and PayPal for overseas buyers. Switch on the ones you want. DemoCart takes no cut of your sales; you only pay your payment provider's normal fees.
Does it help my store comply with POPIA?
Yes. DemoCart includes starter pages for POPIA, ECTA and the CPA (privacy, returns, delivery and warranty), a cookie notice, consent for marketing emails, and your business details where the law asks for them.
Is there a user manual?
Yes, built into the admin and searchable, in English, Afrikaans, isiXhosa, isiZulu and Sesotho.
New to selling online? Read how to start an online store in South Africa.
Ready to open your online store?
Get DemoCart today — one payment, 137 features and no monthly licence fees. Not sure yet? Try the demos first.