Wholesale & Reselling
Shop Security and Shrinkage: Stop Stock Loss in Your Shop
The three sources of shrinkage, why paperwork errors cost more than shoplifters, how to design staff theft out rather than police it,…
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Seasonal & Events
Seasonal Stock Calendar South Africa: Month by Month
A month-by-month trading calendar for South African small traders: what sells when, what to buy, and exactly how many weeks ahead to…
Wholesale & Reselling
Cheapest Courier in South Africa for a Small Business
The real delivery choices a small SA seller has, compared on cost, speed, tracking, insurance and rural coverage, plus volumetric weight, packaging…
Wholesale & Reselling
Hiring Your First Employee in South Africa: The Real Cost
The full cost of a first employee beyond the wage, the categories of obligation that come with employing someone, and why dismissal…
Wholesale & Reselling
Social Media for Small Business South Africa: A Simple Plan
Which platforms matter for a small South African shop, what to post with no budget, a weekly rhythm you can keep, and…
Wholesale & Reselling
WhatsApp Business Catalogue South Africa: How to Set It Up
Why WhatsApp is the shop front for most small South African traders, how to build a catalogue that sells, and how to…
Prices & Deals
How to Price Products to Sell More: Pricing Psychology
Anchoring, charm pricing, bundles, round numbers for cash, and raising prices without losing regulars, with a clear line between effects that hold…
Wholesale & Reselling
Customer Returns Policy South Africa: A Trader’s Guide
Writing a returns policy in plain language, the difference between a change-of-mind return and defective goods, and handling angry customers, serial returners,…
Wholesale & Reselling
Importing From China to South Africa: A Small Trader Guide
Most small traders should not import yet. An honest overview of MOQs, FOB versus landed cost, sea freight, lead times, rand risk…
Wholesale & Reselling
Cash Flow for Market Traders: Stock, Float and Slow Weeks
Profitable traders go broke all the time. Here is the cash cycle from buying stock to money back in hand, how much…
Wholesale & Reselling
Simple Business Plan for a Trading Business in South Africa
A genuinely short business plan for market traders and resellers: eight sections, a fill-in template, a worked rand example, and why cash…
Wholesale & Reselling
VAT Registration for a Small Business in South Africa
Compulsory versus voluntary VAT registration explained in principle, what being registered means day to day, and why a small trader buying from…