Local reality

How people shop in South Africa

43% prefer to buy in store, against 28% online, rising to 58% in townships. Online is still under 10% of retail. And 71% give up when a payment fails, 62% never to return. So online sales will always under-report what creators do here. Judge Shop work on search lift and in-store effect as well.

Sources

Payments: Stitch / Censuswide / DataEQ, The State of Consumer Payments in South Africa, 2025.

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