Shop Local SA – Online Marketplace to Support South Australian Businesses

To suit today’s customer requirements, we all know we need to sell online. But where do you begin?
Shop Local SA offers you all of the technology and as well as functionality you need to have your online store up and running quickly.

Shop Local SA is an online marketplace consisting of South Australian businesses’ products and experiences. It gives a one-stop shop for people to shop online while knowing they are supporting local businesses.

They are all about helping South Australian companies succeed, promoting vibrant communities, and facilitating commerce between consumers and South Australian businesses.

Their local team works at the state, regional, and town levels to assist South Australian companies in capitalizing on the robust Shop Local trend.

Journey: From a Small Start to a Big Business

Over 3.5 million small companies exist in Australia, and they are the backbone of their economy. Their tiny enterprises, whether a butcher, greengrocer, florist, or local shop, keep their country functioning.

Shop local SA is looking for a platform to grow and expand its business. They get a self-hosted ecommerce platform with marketplace capabilities, powerful design tools, and a plethora of marketing functions with CS-Cart.

They are all about promoting and supporting South Australian companies.

Built on CS-Cart

Shop Local SA is looking for a platform to establish its marketplace.

Cs-Cart comes with a variety of eCommerce capabilities out of the box features. It is a lightweight solution out of the box with the option to add modules as needed, allowing you to optimize for performance much more easily than platforms.

One of the most significant advantages of Cs-Cart is its simple and straightforward admin panel.

How Did Shop Local SA find the solution With Webkul?

Mr. Peter Freeman Solutions Architect, E-Commerce Platform wants to permit its merchants to offer accurate rates if they prefer to mark up the shipping price to cover their costs.

Webkul CS-Cart Sendle Shipping Method Allows retailers to deliver items to customers’ addresses via the Sendle shipping service.

Sendle shipping for CS-Cart connects CS-Cart to Sendle APIs for quotation, order submission, and receipt of shipment tracking information.

According to the screenshot below, the user can view the Sendle Shipping Method and its shipping cost on the front-end checkout page.

CS-Cart Shopify Connector

Shop Local SA had an additional demand to sync Shopify products & orders, and ship orders to their CS-Cart store after the success of the initial implementation of the CS-Cart Sendle shipping method.

However, they were looking for a solution to get facilitated with the same.

Eventually, Webkul again came into the picture to provide them with another outstanding solution CS-Cart Shopify Connector.

They had some difficulties after acquiring this connector in the import of complex products. They opened a ticket about the problem. Webkul swiftly resolved their issue by extending CS-Cart to allow the import of complex products.

Continue to Support Local Community

Shop Local SA is dedicated to fostering thriving communities, supporting local businesses, and facilitating trade between customers and South Australian companies. It will continue to do these things in the years to come.

On the basis of the assistance provided by Webkul in the process of launching their ideal marketplace, Mr Peter also left us a review: