A Shopify alternative for Kenya

A buyer in Nairobi expects to pay by M-Pesa or at the door. They expect the price in shillings. They want to know the delivery fee before they order. A Mybizna website does all three without a plug-in.

Checkout takes M-Pesa, Visa, Mastercard and Apple Pay. Cash on delivery works from the day you sign up. Each of your delivery areas has its own fee, and it shows in the buyer’s total.

When an order goes out, you send the details to your rider from your own WhatsApp. The rider opens a page of their own and taps Handed over. The buyer gets a text with the delivery window. For cash, it gives the exact amount to pay.

Your page shows buyers what we have checked about you. That gives a stranger a reason to pay a business they found on Instagram.

Shopify is a monthly plan priced in dollars. Mybizna’s plans are priced in shillings, starting with Free at KSh 0 a month. Mybizna takes 3.9% only when a buyer pays online, and nothing on cash.

Starter is KSh 999, Business KSh 2,499 and Pro KSh 5,000 a month. Each has a lower fee. Paystack’s fee comes out too, at exactly what Paystack charges.

Your first business gets 14 days of Pro, with no card. It starts once your phone number is confirmed, so a phone sign-up starts it at once. Then the business moves to Free unless you choose a plan. A second business on the same account starts on Free.

There is no card on file to charge, and no cancellation to remember. Upgrade when a plan’s lower fee pays for its price, and not before. The pricing page has every number.

Are your products already on Instagram? Type your handle into mybizna.com, and your public posts turn into a website in about a minute. The photos come from your posts, and the names and prices from your captions.

Then you check it, activate it with the number in your bio, and share the link. Without Instagram, you add photos from your phone. Either way, there is no theme to set up and no code.

Mybizna is a website for a small business in Kenya that sells through WhatsApp and Instagram. You get eight looks to choose from, a headline, your logo and your own address. On Pro, you can use a domain you own.

You do not get an app marketplace or a theme editor. You do not need one to take an order and get paid. If your business needs those, Shopify may fit you better. If it needs M-Pesa and cash on delivery in shillings, Mybizna is built for you.