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Ecommerce done right

From your first sale to your busiest Black Friday, we help South African brands build, run and grow on Shopify. 14 years in, 350+ store reports, and R3 billion in merchant revenue.

How We Can HelpGet a Store Report

Our Clients

We've helped these incredible brands and more

  • Cellini
  • Timberland SA
  • Bialetti
  • Block & Chisel
  • Multiply Mall
  • Galxboy
  • Under Armour SA
  • NBA Ball Store
  • Africology
  • Hannah Lavery
  • Sage
  • Bed Bath Home
  • Bathu
  • KitchenAid Africa
  • Chekich
  • Vital Baby
  • Le Live Africa
  • Takkleberry
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Soviet Denim
  • Pioneer Plastics
  • The Papery
  • MyCrunchBox
  • Sip
  • Funkyfing
  • Meraki Jewellery Design
  • Infinity Wines
  • Jenna Clifford

Shop their stores

27 live stores

Start Here

Every great store starts with a Store Report

You've got a store. Before we change a single thing, we run a full audit and send it to you as a plain-English PDF. Then we jump on a 1–2 hour call to walk you through it and start fixing things together.

We even include around 2 hours of complimentary implementation of what we discuss on the call. Honestly, it's the most value we give away for the least money.

What We Look At

  • Mobile Usability

    Is your store optimized for mobile shoppers?

  • Page Load Times

    Speed issues that are costing you sales

  • Abandoned Cart Gaps

    Where customers are dropping off

  • SEO Basics

    Are you being found by the right people?

  • Product Layout

    Tips for better product presentation

  • Conversion Blockages

    What's stopping visitors from buying

Store Report

R4,999

  • Full audit
  • PDF report
  • 1–2 hr strategy call
  • ~2 hrs implementation included
Get a Store Report
Featured Podcast

What to look for in an ecommerce platform

Mario joins the Bob Group podcast (Episode 3) to break down what actually matters when you're choosing where to build your store.

Episode 3What should you actually look for in an ecommerce platform? Episode 3 gets into it.Bob GoPodcast · Episode 3Watch on YouTube

Our Apps

We build the apps behind the store

5 public apps on the Shopify App Store, built in-house, plus 60+ private apps for individual merchants. We don't just use Shopify, we extend it.

Explore all our apps

And a whole focus on retail

Point of Sale: engineered for the retail floor

Hardware, training and custom Shopify POS extensions, so your retail floor and online store run as one system, with one product, inventory and customer record. Nobody in South Africa does more with Shopify POS.

POS setup & trainingPOS hardware

POS Hardware

The future of point of sale is already here

Card machines, receipt printers, scanners and tap-to-pay: the retail hardware that syncs straight to your Shopify store, ready to ring up your next sale.

Pillar 1 · Custom Development

We don't outsource the hard stuff. We build it.

Store builds, rethemes, apps, integrations and headless Hydrogen storefronts: the custom development most agencies farm out, we do in-house.

Pillar 2 · Digital Marketing

Get more people viewing & buying from you

A great store is only half the job. We run the ads and email that bring the right people in and keep them coming back: a 2,497% return on ad spend across our clients' Google Ads accounts.

2,497%

Google Ads ROAS across client accounts

Our Track Record

Some of Our Numbers

  • 14Years on Shopify
  • 350+Store Reports
  • R3BMerchant Revenue
  • 2,497%Google Ads ROAS Across Client Accounts
  • 4.6kAvg Orders / Day
  • 60+Custom Apps Built
  • 5Public Apps on the App Store

Shopify Partner

Africa's most accomplished Shopify partner

Shopify ranks its partners by how much the stores they build go on to sell. From January 2027, ours put us in Platinum, with Diamond next.

Shopify partner tiers · 2027

  1. RegisteredNo minimum
  2. SilverUS$25K in sales
  3. GoldUS$5M in sales
  4. PlatinumUS$50M in salesOur tier
  5. DiamondUS$500M in salesNext

AskMario

Shopify ranks partners on the sales of the stores they launch.

Reviews

Rated 5/5 by the merchants we work with

Every review on our Shopify Partner Directory profile is five stars.

  • Rated 5 out of 5

    It was an absolute pleasure working with Mario & the team. There was no fluff or empty promises. A clear directive and action plan with a clear understanding of our needs.

    Africology Skincare & SpaStore build · January 2026
  • Rated 5 out of 5

    If there was a 10 STAR review - that is what I would be giving the Ask Mario Team!

    Brand Athena ABusiness strategy · September 2025
  • Rated 5 out of 5

    I recently had my website audited by Mario and I was surprised how little tweaks can make a difference. The audit gave me a fresh perspective and helped me understand what was working and where I was potentially losing customers.

    The Almond GirlStore Report · October 2026

Our Partners

The tools we trust to grow your business

We're proud to be affiliated with these tried and tested ecommerce solutions, the same stack we set up for the brands we work with every day.

Featured Podcast

Hear From Our Founder

Mario shares insights on ecommerce success, Shopify strategies, and building a thriving online business.

#14: Gearing your eCommerce site for Maximum Conversions with Ask MarioMastering Digital with iLEAD et al

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