{"id":598908,"date":"2022-06-22T08:49:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T06:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=598908"},"modified":"2022-06-22T08:52:36","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T06:52:36","slug":"4-easy-ways-to-grow-your-business-with-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/598908\/4-easy-ways-to-grow-your-business-with-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Easy ways to grow your business with tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Running a business isn\u2019t easy. Luckily, tech companies are making it easier for all business owners to run and grow their businesses.<\/p>\n<p>iKhokha is one of South Africa\u2019s leading financial technology companies. Operating from their headquarters in Umhlanga, iKhokha is constantly developing solutions to help businesses rise.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ikhokha.com\/?utm_campaign=4-Tech-Solutions-to-Help-Your-Business-Grow-June-2022&amp;utm_medium=paid-external&amp;utm_source=businesstech&amp;utm_term=iKhokha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here for more information about iKhokha<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>For physical stores<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ikhokha.com\/?utm_campaign=4-Tech-Solutions-to-Help-Your-Business-Grow-June-2022&amp;utm_medium=paid-external&amp;utm_source=businesstech&amp;utm_term=iKhokha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>iKhokha<\/strong><\/a><\/strong> is best known for their card machines. But how are their devices different from traditional bank speed points?<\/p>\n<p>In the past, businesses paid rental fees to the banks to use their card machines. With iKhokha, business owners can buy a device outright to avoid monthly rental fees.<\/p>\n<p>Every financial service provider charges a transaction fee when a card is swiped, tapped, or inserted into a card machine.<\/p>\n<p>iKhokha further incentivises their merchants by dropping their transaction rates (starting at 2.75%) the more they sell.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>For Ecommerce businesses<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>But iKhokha\u2019s business tools aren\u2019t only available to physical businesses. Ecommerce businesses can also profit from their products.<\/p>\n<p>The latest is the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ikhokha.com\/pay-online?utm_campaign=4-Tech-Solutions-to-Help-Your-Business-Grow-June-2022&amp;utm_medium=paid-external&amp;utm_source=businesstech&amp;utm_term=iK-Pay-Gateway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>iK Pay Gateway<\/strong><\/a><\/strong>, a payment gateway for WordPress (WooCommerce) websites that enables digital businesses to accept debit and credit card payments.<\/p>\n<p>Soon to be available on Wix, this payment gateway also offers the lowest starting transaction rates in Africa at 2.85% per transaction.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>For freelancers &amp; remote workers <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>For businesses and individuals that don\u2019t have an online store but still want to accept card payments online, iKhokha offers iK Pay Link.<\/p>\n<p>Using the free iKhokha app, merchants can send a payment link to a customer via social media, WhatsApp, SMS, or email.<\/p>\n<p>Merchants can even add the link to digital invoices!<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>For those seeking funding <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>iKhokha also offers qualifying merchants access to funding via <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ikhokha.com\/cash-advance?utm_campaign=4-Tech-Solutions-to-Help-Your-Business-Grow-June-2022&amp;utm_medium=paid-external&amp;utm_source=businesstech&amp;utm_term=iK-Cash-Advancce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>iK Cash Advance<\/strong><\/a><\/strong> on the iKhokha app.<\/p>\n<p>Similar to a short-term loan, a cash advance gives businesses a cash injection when they need it most \u2013 helping them to avoid cash flow issues, order stock, cover a shortfall, or upgrade equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Best of all, the iK Cash Advance incurs no compound interest and is repaid with a percentage of future card sales. It\u2019s a popular product as over 65% of cash advance users choose to take another cash advance once paid back.<\/p>\n<p>As iKhokha continues to grow, the business promises to add more products (in the physical and digital payments space) to make business easier for South Africa\u2019s small businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ikhokha.com\/?utm_campaign=4-Tech-Solutions-to-Help-Your-Business-Grow-June-2022&amp;utm_medium=paid-external&amp;utm_source=businesstech&amp;utm_term=iKhokha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.ikhokha.com<\/strong><\/a><\/strong> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Running a business isn\u2019t easy. Luckily, tech companies are making it easier for all business owners to run and grow their businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":598914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[14608],"class_list":["post-598908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-ikhokha"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598908","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\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598908"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":598976,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598908\/revisions\/598976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}