Built for South African sellers

Chat. Recommend. Sell.

A Chat Shop is a web page your customers can talk to. NeedEverything gives South African businesses one: shoppers browse your products and services and ask what they want to know, you or your team answer from the inbox, and they pay without leaving the conversation.

From R299 a month · 3 free days before your first month starts · 10% of what you sell Compare plans

Simple setup: choosing a plan costs nothing. Your shop is not live until you publish it.

  • No code
  • Your brand
  • Human replies
Boutique products ready to be discovered in a Chat Shop
Lulu's Finds · Lulu is replying

A thoughtful gift under R500?

Let me show you three.

Candle

Gift set

Cosy throw

Checkout in chat
An illustration of how a Chat Shop conversation goes. Lulu's Finds is not a real shop.

How it works

Three steps. One smooth sale.

  1. Step 1

    Build your shop

    Add your brand, products and services. No code needed.

  2. Step 2

    Start a conversation

    Shoppers ask. You reply with products, services or a custom offer.

  3. Step 3

    You get paid

    They check out in chat through your Paystack, Payfast, Yoco or Ozow account.

Features

Everything stays in the conversation

  • One shared inbox

    Reply, assign, add a note and close the sale.

  • Products and services

    Sell stock, packages and custom work together.

  • Private offers

    Send a tailored price they can accept in chat. Included from the Growth plan up.

  • Your payment account

    Connect Paystack, Payfast, Yoco or Ozow. Customer money goes to your gateway.

  • Never miss a question

    Customers can message after hours. Reply when you open.

  • Know what converts

    Track chats, carts, orders and the questions shoppers ask.

Pricing

From R299 a month, plus 10% of what you sell

Monthly plan + commission. Customer payments go to your gateway.

How commission works

Customer payments go straight to your own payment gateway — we never hold your money. On top of the monthly plan we charge 10% of what you sell, worked out on an order's subtotal after any discount you gave, before VAT, and excluding delivery up to R200 or the value of the goods, whichever is larger. When you refund an order we credit the commission back. Rates can change at any time with notice. Read the terms.

Starter

Launch your Chat Shop with everything you need to start selling.

R299/ month

plus 10% of what you sell

First month starts after 3 free days

  • 50 products · 20 services
  • 2 team members
  • Basic analytics
  • Chat storefront on your own link
  • Your own payment gateway
  • Team inbox with realtime chat
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Our recommendation

Growth

A bigger catalogue, more team members and conversation analytics.

R599/ month

plus 10% of what you sell

First month starts after 3 free days

  • 500 products · 100 services
  • 5 team members
  • Conversation analytics
  • Custom offers
  • 1 custom domain
  • Everything in Starter
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Pro

For busy stores: unlimited catalogue, a bigger team and advanced analytics.

R1,199/ month

plus 10% of what you sell

First month starts after 3 free days

  • Unlimited products & services
  • 15 team members
  • Advanced analytics
  • Custom offers
  • 3 custom domains
  • Everything in Growth
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Same shop, inbox and checkout. Plans change limits and advanced tools. Switch any time.

Questions

Straight answers

Do I pay before I can see my shop?
Yes, and we would rather say so up front. Creating your account and choosing a plan charges nothing. You pay for your first month once your shop is named — before you add your logo, your first product or your gateway. That month starts after 3 free days. You can change plan afterwards, and your shop is not public until you publish it. What a plan buys
What does it cost, all in?
R299 a month for the entry plan, plus 10% of what you sell. The commission is worked out on an order’s subtotal after any discount you gave, before VAT and without delivery, and only on payments we saw confirmed through your gateway. A refund credits it back. If a month’s commission comes to less than R50 we do not charge it on its own — it carries forward to the next bill. Your gateway charges its own fees, and those are between you and them. Commission, in full
What happens if I miss a bill?
On the day it is due, a notice appears in your dashboard and nothing else changes. Seven days past due your allowances drop to the entry plan’s, so you cannot add a new product, service or team member — you keep everything you already have and it keeps working. Thirty days past due your checkout stops taking new online payments. We do not take your shop offline for an unpaid bill, we do not delete your data, and we do not delete your customers or their conversations. How we bill you
Can I cancel?
Any time, from your billing page. Your plan runs to the end of the month you have already paid for and then stops. We do not refund part of a month, and cancelling does not clear commission you already owe on months you traded. Ending the agreement Refunds policy
Is my catalogue still mine?
Yours. Your product and service names, descriptions and photos, the files you upload, your logo and colours, your conversations and your customer list. We claim no ownership of any of it and we do not sell it, license it or use it to train anything. You give us permission to store and display it for one purpose: running your shop. Your content Privacy policy
Who holds my customers’ money?
You do. You connect your own Paystack, Payfast, Yoco or Ozow account, in your own name, and your shoppers pay into it. We hold no escrow, no wallet and no float, we take no split of a payment, and there is nothing in our systems that could pay money out to anybody — we only read whether a payment succeeded. Your gateway keys are encrypted before they are stored and are never returned to a browser, including ours. We never see or store your own card number either: our payment provider keeps it and gives us back a token. Whose money is whose

Ready to sell by chat?

Build in private. Publish when it feels right. Your first month starts after 3 free days.

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