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Ecommerce WebsitesOnline stores built for how Kiwis shop — Afterpay at checkout, NZD pricing, NZ Post delivery logic, and mobile-first design. Shopify, WooCommerce or custom, quoted per project in NZD.
New Zealanders shop on phones, pay in instalments, and expect delivery anywhere in the country. Afterpay is embedded in Kiwi online buying, mobile dominates checkout, and a store that cannot quote sensible NZ Post shipping to a rural address loses the sale. Ecommerce here has specific rules — we build to them.
Platform choice matters. Shopify suits most NZ retailers with its NZ-ready payments and apps; WooCommerce suits content-led brands that need flexibility; custom builds suit complex catalogues or B2B. We recommend based on your products, margins and growth plans — not on what we prefer to build.
Every NZ store we ship includes Kiwi checkout essentials: Afterpay and Stripe NZ or Windcave payments, NZD pricing throughout, NZ shipping and rural delivery logic, and Consumer Guarantees Act–friendly returns information. Served remotely from Manchester, quoted per project in NZD.
Full Shopify builds with NZ payments, shipping and apps configured properly.
Flexible WordPress commerce for brands that need content and commerce together.
Bespoke builds for complex catalogues, B2B pricing and trade accounts.
Buy-now-pay-later at checkout — close to expected by Kiwi shoppers.
Stripe NZ, Windcave (DPS) and POLi configured for local trust and conversion.
NZ Post and courier integration with urban/rural delivery pricing that makes sense.
One-thumb checkout flows designed for the phone-first Kiwi shopper.
Category and product pages optimised for google.co.nz, in NZ English.
Products, margins, fulfilment and growth targets.
Shopify, WooCommerce or custom — recommended on the numbers.
Storefront designed mobile-first, reviewed with you on video.
Products, payments, shipping and tax configured — overnight your time.
Test orders end-to-end: checkout, payments, emails, fulfilment.
Go-live, then SEO and ads to drive the first sales.
Afterpay is table stakes. A large share of NZ online fashion, beauty and lifestyle purchases go through buy-now-pay-later. Stores without it watch shoppers abandon at payment. We integrate Afterpay as a first-class checkout option, not an afterthought.
Shipping honesty wins rural NZ. Kiwis outside the main centres are used to delivery surcharges — what they will not forgive is surprise fees at checkout. Clear NZ Post urban/rural pricing, stated early, converts better than free-shipping promises you cannot keep.
NZD everywhere, no exceptions. Prices, shipping, taxes and totals all in NZD, with GST handled correctly. Anything that smells like a USD conversion at the last step kills trust on a .co.nz store.
Market size means margins matter. NZ ecommerce is competitive on price with a small customer base, so every conversion point counts: fast mobile checkout, trust badges Kiwis recognise, reviews, and clear returns info aligned with the Consumer Guarantees Act. We optimise the full funnel, not just the homepage.
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Shopify for most retailers: faster to launch, NZ payments and shipping apps ready. WooCommerce when content and commerce must live together or you need deep customisation. We recommend on your catalogue and margins, not our preference.
Yes — Afterpay integration is standard in our NZ ecommerce builds, alongside Stripe NZ or Windcave for card payments.
NZ Post and courier APIs with urban/rural delivery zones, priced transparently at checkout. We configure the zones with you so rural customers get honest quotes, not surprises.
Yes. NZD pricing with GST applied correctly at checkout, and invoicing that reconciles with Xero if you use it.
Yes — platform migrations with URL mapping, order history and SEO preserved. Your rankings and customers come with you.
Quoted per project in NZD from a scoped spec: product count, integrations, custom features. A focused Shopify build and a custom B2B platform are priced on their actual scope.
Tell us about your products and fulfilment — we will quote the store per project in NZD.
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