As part of my internship with All Nations I’ve been given the responsibility of developing their African/South African web presence. Part of this involves integrating their book store and contact database with a simple, central, social networking site. It won’t be anywhere near the complexity clutter of facebook, but may involve a customised version of Wordpress MU, utilizing Buddypress.
The most tricky part of this process is that Paypal do not allow funds to be withdrawn into a South African bank account. There are so many wonderful, simple, ecommerce solutions that make use of Paypal, and as a result save the merchant a lot of money.
So what are the alternatives?
Right now I’m looking at the following options:
- Use Shopify and find a payment processor which works well (and is low in cost) in South Africa.
- Use Magento and their VCS payment module.
Please do let me know if you have any ideas!
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