Takealot has firmly established itself as South Africa’s leading e-commerce platform, with a market share of 62% in 2025 (according to Statista), and an average of over 30 daily visitors […]

Anyone who sells on Amazon knows just how much advertising costs have risen since 2023. Anyone dealing with European VAT knows that a single tax issue you can’t figure out can leave you completely exhausted. And everyone selling in Southeast Asia is asking: Where has all the traffic gone?

It’s not that we can’t do business in Europe and the U.S. anymore; it’s that it’s getting harder and harder to make money there, yet many people are still stuck in their old ways, unwilling to look up and see if there are other options.

Takealot成立于2011年，总部坐落于南非开普敦，是目前南非规模最大的线上零售电商平台。平台初期以电子产 […]

If you’ve been in the cross-border e-commerce scene long enough, you’ve probably heard plenty of talk about ”new blue oceans.” Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Latin America… Every so often, someone steps forward to claim that a certain market is about to explode. Most of the time, the ones shouting the loudest are the first to run, and very few actually stick around to make money.

So when someone tells you, ”Go to South Africa and start a Takealot,” your first thought is probably: “This isn’t just another concept, is it?”

This article doesn't discuss concepts—it focuses solely on data. Here are five sets of real data; after reading them, you can draw your own conclusions.

随着全球电商格局的不断演变，新兴市场正成为跨境卖家掘金的新方向。作为南非最具统治力的在线零售平台，Takeal […]