⚡ E-Commerce Platforms in South Africa

E-commerce platforms are online store builders, shopping cart systems, and specialized software solutions that enable businesses to sell products and services online.

South Africa is an African country with a population of over 60 million people.

According to our data, e-commerce platforms are detected on 17.8% of websites from South Africa.

Statistics based on 18K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top e-commerce platforms in South Africa in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is WooCommerce, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 64.9% share.
It is followed by Shopify with 14.5% and WordPress Download Manager with 3.2%.

WooCommerce 64.9%
Shopify 14.5%
WordPress Download Manager 3.2%
Wix eCommerce 3.1%
Ecwid 2.4%
Magento 2.1%
SitePad 1.1%
OpenCart 1.1%
nopCommerce 0.9%
PrestaShop 0.9%
Shopstar 0.7%
Adobe Commerce Cloud 0.6%
Commerce7 0.4%
GoDaddy Website Builder 0.4%
Other 3.7%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top platforms that are more popular in South Africa than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

3. WordPress Download Manager ^(-7)
4. Wix eCommerce ^(-1)
5. Ecwid ^(-4)
7. SitePad ^(-116)
9. nopCommerce ^(-18)
11. Shopstar ^(-263)
12. Adobe Commerce Cloud ^(-28)
13. Commerce7 ^(-94)
15. Odoo ^(-8)
17. Portmoni ^(-275)

✨ Best E-Commerce Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 67 e-commerce platforms used on sites from South Africa, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	WooCommerce San Francisco, California, United States A customizable, open-source e-commerce platform built on WordPress that lets businesses sell online and retain full ownership of their site, data, and code. FreeOpen source	64.9%
2	Shopify Ottawa, Ontario, Canada A subscription-based software-as-a-service e-commerce platform that enables businesses to build and manage online stores, process payments, and sell across multiple channels. $39+/month	14.5%
3	WordPress Download Manager Chittagong, Bangladesh A document management plugin designed to manage downloads, control file access with passwords and member roles, and sell digital products on WordPress sites. FreeOpen source$99	3.2%
4	Wix eCommerce Tel Aviv, Israel An online store solution integrated into the Wix website builder, enabling users to create and manage digital storefronts with built-in tools for product listings, payments, and marketing. $17+/month	3.1%
5	Ecwid Montreal, Quebec, Canada A cloud-based e-commerce platform with built-in management, marketing, and design tools. $5+/month	2.4%
6	Magento San Jose, California, United States A popular open-source e-commerce platform based on PHP and MySQL, owned by Adobe since 2018. FreeOpen source	2.1%
7	SitePad UAQ FTZ, United Arab Emirates A drag-and-drop website builder with over 800 professional themes and integrations with cPanel, Plesk, and Directadmin. Free$12+/year	1.1%
8	OpenCart Hong Kong A free open source e-commerce solution based on PHP and MySQL. FreeOpen source	1.1%
9	nopCommerce Yerevan, Armenia An open-source e-commerce software developed in ASP.NET Core. FreeOpen source$500+	0.9%
10	PrestaShop Paris, France An open-source e-commerce platform based on PHP and MySQL. FreeOpen source€29/month	0.9%
11	Shopstar Cape Town, South Africa A South African e-commerce platform with hundreds of design blocks, a drag-and-drop designer, 8+ payment gateways, and integrations with Google Shopping, Facebook, and Instagram. 220 ZAR+/month	0.7%
12	Adobe Commerce Cloud San Jose, California, United States A cloud-based e-commerce platform as a service built on Magento. $22,000+/year	0.6%
13	Commerce7 A direct-to-consumer commerce platform focused on providing customer-centric solutions for the wine industry. $149+/month	0.4%
14	GoDaddy Website Builder Tempe, Arizona, United States An AI-powered website creation platform designed for users with basic computer skills. Free$10.99+/month	0.4%
15	Odoo Grand Rosière, Belgium An open-source, web-based ERP system that provides integrated business applications including CRM, e-commerce, accounting, inventory, point of sale, and project management. FreeOpen source	0.4%
16	Squarespace Commerce New York, United States An all-in-one e-commerce solution integrated into the Squarespace website builder. $25+/month	0.4%
17	Portmoni Tallinn, Estonia An e-commerce platform that offers professional templates, a no-code website builder, built-in SEO tools, and integrations with Stripe, Google Shopping, and Facebook Commerce. $6+/month	0.4%
18	WHMCS London, United Kingdom A self-hosted recurring billing and automation platform used by web hosting providers to manage clients, services, and payments. $29.95+/month	0.3%
19	OpenMage A community-maintained fork of Magento 1.x to provide long-term support and bug fixes for Magento 1.x installations. FreeOpen source	0.3%
20	Webflow Ecommerce San Francisco, California, United States An e-commerce solution built on the Webflow website builder that lets users design, launch, and manage online stores visually without writing code. $42+/month	0.2%
21	Easy Digital Downloads Hutchinson, Kansas, United States A WordPress plugin for selling digital products online, providing product management, checkout, and payment processing tailored for downloadable files. Free$139.65+/year	0.2%
22	J2Store Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India An open-source e-commerce extension for Joomla that is no longer maintained. FreeOpen sourceLegacy	0.2%
23	Yola San Francisco, California, United States A cloud-based, drag-and-drop website builder with e-commerce capabilities. Free$14.95+/month	0.2%
24	VirtueMart Dresden, Germany An open-source e-commerce extension for Joomla! CMS that has been actively developed since 2002. FreeOpen source	0.2%
25	Salesforce Commerce Cloud San Francisco, California, United States A cloud-based SaaS platform that offers B2B and B2C e-commerce functionality, as well as AI-powered tools and automated workflows. $$$	0.2%

👉 See Also

🌎 E-Commerce in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 18,135 websites from South Africa.
We currently track the presence of 310 e-commerce platforms across the web.
Of these, 67 were detected on websites from South Africa.
Statistics were last calculated on May 5, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.