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Jan 24, 2023
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It's a good morning South Africa! We've brought some news that will be exciting to all of you. It is with great excitement that we're announcing a brand new partnership with PayFast. Together, WooThemes and PayFast now provide you with a cost-free PayFast integration into your -powered shop.

PayFast is among the many payment gateways that allow merchants with PayFast-powered stores to conduct transactions through South African rand. Since the time our PayFast integration was launched, it has quickly become the preferred choice of South African-based store owners. We're extremely excited to make an even more economical solution to South African entrepreneurs and business entrepreneurs who are interested in entering the eCommerce space. Being a proudly South African business, we couldn't be more thrilled.

Here are some things you need to learn about PayFast.

  • PayFast was established in the year 2007 by Jonathan Smit and Andy Higgins (then-director of Bidorbuy).
  • The goal of the company is to become an eCommerce enabler, helping businesses, individuals and charities accept online payment across a myriad of ways.
  • They also accept credit card payment, Instant EFT (for those who don't have credit cards) along with other voucher payment ways.
  • There are several hundred thousand registered users (making your checkout speed a little faster and more likely since users are already familiar with name)
  • The most famous or well-known ones are bidorbuy, Takealot, Runway Sale, Curves, Associated Magazines, MedicAlert, NicSocks and League of Beers.
  • No monthly/account fees, only for successful transactions
  • Recently, rates dropped up to 3.9% for credit cards. 2.0 percent for Instant EFT

WooThemes is dedicated to its community of users through the creation of amazing products by offering excellent personal assistance and working in partnership with other partners in order to deliver amazing offers similar to this to your inbox.

can now say, with great pride, that we're the first eCommerce platform that is located in South Africa where you can start selling your products today in South African Rands for absolutely nothing. That's right, this sounds pretty thrilling.

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