Day: October 6, 2026

Most South Africans who want to sell online ask one question: how much is the website? It is a fair question, but it is rarely the biggest cost. Payment fees, courier charges, product photos and the advertising needed to get your first customers often add up...

When you are starting a business, a free logo is tempting. Open a logo maker, type your business name, pick an icon, download – done in ten minutes, for nothing. For some businesses that is genuinely fine. For others it creates problems that only show up...

Cleaning is one of the most practical businesses to start in South Africa. Demand is steady, the startup costs are low compared with most trades, and you can begin with one client and grow from there. It is also crowded – which means the businesses that...

Google Ads is the fastest way for a South African business to appear at the top of Google. It is also one of the easiest ways to spend R3,000 in a week and get nothing back. The difference is almost never the platform – it is...

Search “cheap SEO” and you will find South African offers from R500 a month to R25,000 a month, all promising page one of Google. Some of them are good value. Some of them will take your money for a year and leave your website exactly where...

A Google Business Profile is the free listing that shows your business on Google Maps and in the box on the right of Google search – your phone number, hours, reviews, photos and a “Directions” button. For most local businesses in South Africa it brings in...

Ask five South African web designers for a price and you will get five answers between R1,500 and R50,000 – often for what sounds like the same website. Packages are named “Starter”, “Business” and “Pro”, but what is actually inside them varies wildly, and the fine...

Instagram is where a lot of South African small businesses want to advertise, and also where most of them waste their first R2,000. They tap “Boost” on a post, pick a budget, and a week later have a handful of likes, no enquiries and no idea...