{"id":304688,"date":"2019-03-12T07:37:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T05:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=304688"},"modified":"2019-03-12T07:39:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T05:39:26","slug":"the-simple-way-to-run-an-ecommerce-business-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/304688\/the-simple-way-to-run-an-ecommerce-business-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"The simple way to run an ecommerce business in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ecommerce landscape in South Africa is changing rapidly and it is now possible for businesses to run a successful online store without a website, warehouse logistics, or product delivery services.<\/p>\n<p>Many retailers are selling their products online through marketplaces on Takealot, Makro, and Bidorbuy.<\/p>\n<p>Using a marketplace removes the need for a business to develop and manage its own website, which allows it to focus on sourcing desirable products and marketing these products.<\/p>\n<p>Many of these businesses also outsource the most challenging part of an ecommerce operation \u2013 warehousing and delivery.<\/p>\n<p>The leading outsourced ecommerce logistics player in South Africa is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.parcelninja.com\/?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Parcelninja<\/strong><\/a>, which offers online businesses a complete fulfilment solution.<\/p>\n<p>An online shopping business simply drops their products at the Parcelninja warehouse, and they take care of everything else \u2013 storage, inventory management, product packaging, and delivery.<\/p>\n<p>The company therefore makes sure that a product is delivered quickly and professionally after it was sold through an online shop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIT and marketing people \u2013 the guys who typically start ecommerce shops \u2013 do not like to pack boxes and write labels for couriers. This is why we exist,\u201d Parcelninja CEO Justin Drennan explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe offer a complete outsource solution for online shops, which allows them to focus on selling more products and making more money,\u201d said Drennan.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Parcelninja\u2019s offering,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.parcelninja.com\/?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>visit the Parcelninja website<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business owners no longer have to worry about a website, warehouse logistics or product delivery to run a successful ecommerce operation in South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":78769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[9449],"class_list":["post-304688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-parcelninja"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304688"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":304696,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304688\/revisions\/304696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}