Tecbot is a Shopify agency in Johannesburg that designs, builds and grows e-commerce stores for South African brands. From the first product page to the paid media that fills the cart, one team owns the result. No templates left on default. No shortcuts. Just stores that convert.
Most Shopify builds stop at "it works". Ours start there. We bring brand, UX, development and performance marketing under one roof, so your store is designed to convert from day one and keeps improving after launch. Local payment gateways, local couriers, local buying habits. Built in, not bolted on.
Every Shopify project we take on follows the same proven process. No surprises, no scope creep, no radio silence. Just clear steps from brief to first sale.
We start with your products, your margins, your customers and how they buy. We map the catalogue, the checkout and the growth plan before any design happens.
Your store is designed in Figma before a single line of Liquid is written. Product pages, collections, cart and checkout, all approved before we build. Zero guesswork.
We build a custom Shopify theme with clean code, fast load times and a product structure your team can manage. Every app and integration is configured to perform.
Before launch we test every product, payment gateway, shipping rate and discount rule across devices and connection speeds. Nothing ships unless it is right.
We handle the launch, the redirects and the handover. Then, if you want us to, we run the paid media and email that keep the orders coming.
We build on Shopify because it is the most reliable way to sell online in South Africa. Hosted checkout, local payment gateways, an app ecosystem that covers almost any need, and a back end your team can run without a developer. Here is what that means for your business.
Custom themes with full design control. Your store looks like your brand on every device, not like every other Shopify store.
Product pages, bundles, upsells and a checkout tuned for South African shoppers. Every interaction is built to move people from browsing to buying.
Clean structure, fast pages and full control of titles, URLs and schema. Your products get found on Google, not just on your homepage.
Your team adds products, runs promotions and manages orders. No developer dependency for every small update. Real ownership, finally.
PCI-compliant hosted checkout, automatic SSL and 99.99% uptime. Your store stays online on Black Friday and every other day.
Predictable monthly pricing, no server bills and no plugin sprawl. Transparent costs that make sense today and in five years.
“Building our Webflow site with Tecbot was the best decision I made all year. Their pitch blew us away, and the process was smooth from start to finish. No delays, no headaches, just a stunning website in under two months. Their UX and creative team turned our scrappy assets into something slick and beautiful. Couldn’t be happier!”
“Tecbot has been an invaluable partner for Saai, excelling in hosting and website development. They respond promptly, act professionally, and go above and beyond to resolve issues. Their expert advice, thorough research, and dedication have had a significant positive impact on our business. Highly recommended!”
“Working with the Tecbot team was a pleasure. They rebuilt our site from the ground up, delivering high-quality work on schedule. Collaborative, attentive, and responsive, they’re a skilled and reliable team I’d highly recommend.”
“Every aspect of our engagement with Tecbot was handled efficiently, and we’re extremely impressed with the final result. They were highly professional, responsive to our queries, and delivered a world-class website for EFT Corporation.”
“We’ve been working with Tecbot for over three years. Thanks to their expertise, our social pages have grown to over 70,000 followers, we’ve seen a significant increase in bookings, and our online presence has never looked better.”
Agency Summary: Tecbot is a Shopify agency in South Africa built for brands that sell. Unlike freelance Shopify developers, we bring a full team of designers, developers, strategists and marketers to every store.
We deliver end-to-end Shopify design, development, migration and growth marketing for brands that refuse to settle. From first-time founders to established retailers. If your store needs to work as hard as your business does, you are in the right place.
A Shopify website from Tecbot is quoted as a fixed price after a discovery session, based on catalogue size, custom theme design, apps and integrations. Shopify's monthly plan is paid separately to Shopify.
Yes. Shopify supports South African stores with rand pricing and local payment gateways such as Payfast, Peach Payments, Ozow and Yoco. Tecbot builds and runs Shopify stores for South African brands from Johannesburg.
Payfast, Peach Payments, Ozow, Yoco, SnapScan and Zapper all work with Shopify in South Africa, along with the buy-now-pay-later options PayJustNow and Mobicred. Tecbot configures the gateways that suit your customers so they can pay by card, instant EFT or instalments.
For most South African online stores, Shopify is the better choice: hosted checkout, built-in security and local gateways, with no plugin or server maintenance. WooCommerce suits stores that need deep WordPress content or unusual customisation. Tecbot builds on Shopify and migrates stores off WooCommerce.
Most Shopify stores Tecbot builds launch in eight to twelve weeks. Discovery and design take three to four weeks, theme development and integrations four to six, then product loading, testing and launch.
Yes. Tecbot migrates WooCommerce stores to Shopify, moving products, variants, customers, orders and content, redirecting every old URL and carrying metadata across so rankings survive. The old store stays live until the new one is tested.
Yes. Tecbot runs Google Shopping, Meta and TikTok campaigns, email and SMS flows and conversion optimisation for the Shopify stores it builds, with analytics and attribution set up at launch.
