Create an Online Store
in Nigeria

Traditional Website Builders vs. a WhatsApp-Native Store

A Shopify or WordPress store means picking a theme, connecting a payment gateway (most of which don't support Nigerian rails natively), and driving traffic to a standalone URL customers have to remember. A WhatsApp-native storefront skips all of that — the "traffic" is the audience a merchant already has on WhatsApp Status, Instagram, and TikTok.

What You Actually Need to Launch

Three things: product photos, a name for the store, and a way to get paid. Everything else — the catalog layout, the order form, the payment page — is handled by the platform.

• A phone with a camera — no professional photography required to start
• A business or personal bank account, or a Paystack account for card payments
• A list of what you're selling and roughly what it costs

Registration and CAC: Do You Need It First?

No — a merchant doesn't need CAC registration to start taking orders through a storefront link. Formal registration matters for scaling, opening a business bank account, or applying for a payment gateway's higher transaction limits, but it isn't a blocker to launching.

Choose your store name

This becomes your link — yourbusinessname.frontstore.ng.

Upload your first products

AI writes the listing copy from each photo, so there's no blank-page problem.

Connect a payment method

Add Paystack or bank transfer details so orders convert into confirmed payments.

Share and go live

Post the link everywhere your customers already are — no separate marketing push needed to launch.