14 January 2015

Great news for South African Shopify users

Submitted by: Greg Johnson

Shopify users in South Africa will be pleased to know that eSolutions, by DPD Laser, one of the premier sponsors at our eCommerce Confex, has launched the first free Shopify Shipping App specifically for the South African eCommerce logistics market. 

The app provides Shopify store owners the functionality to integrate seamlessly with one of DPD Laser's operating businesses, Dawn Wing. After signing up with eSolutions and receiving your Dawn Wing account number, the store owner will be able to download and install the free application directly from the Shopify application store and start shipping parcels. 

Shopify is an industry leading commerce platform that allows anyone to easily sell online, at their retail location, and everywhere in between. Shopify offers a professional online storefront, a payment solution to accept credit cards, a point of sale system to power retail sales and a card reader to process credit card transactions through a mobile phone. Shopify currently powers over 120,000 retailers in 150 different countries, including: Tesla Motors, Gatorade, Google, Wikipedia, LA Lakers, CrossFit, and many more. Shopify was founded in 2006 and it has received US$122 million in funding from OMERS Ventures, Insight Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, FirstMark Capital, Felicis Ventures, and Georgian Partners.  

Learn more about eSolutions, by DPD Laser and their new Shopify App at their stand at the eCommerce Africa Confex. Advisory panel members, Jaco Jonker, CEO of BidorBuy, and Paul Galatis, Director of Yuppiechef, will both be presenting keynotes during the 2-day conference sessions. Other speakers include Simdul Shagaya, CEO and Founder of Konga.com, Colin Fleming, eCommerce Executive of Massmart and Paul Casarin, Operations and Strategy of gumtree.co.za and eBay.

Join the experts on the 3rd and 4th February 2015 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre for Africa's biggest eCommerce event. There are a limited number of delegate spaces still available, register for a VIP conference pass here or a general expo pass by contacting Greg Johnson on  021 180 4700 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.

Website: www.ecommerce-africa.com