Create an Online Store in Nigeria
Turn your Instagram, WhatsApp or physical-shop audience into customers on a storefront you control. Add products quickly, accept online orders and manage every sale from the same place.
- Free store and subdomain
- Unlimited products and orders
- Nigerian payment flow
Social media gets attention. It should not be your entire shop.
Many Nigerian sellers begin on WhatsApp, Instagram or TikTok because that is where their first customers already spend time. It works—until product questions, bank-transfer screenshots, delivery addresses and “is this still available?” messages become a full-time administrative job. Orders disappear inside chats, two people promise the same last item, and the owner cannot confidently say what sold or what remains.
A generic website does not automatically solve that problem. If the site is difficult to update, disconnected from stock, or built around payment methods your customers do not use, it becomes an expensive brochure. The useful version of ecommerce is an operating workflow: a customer discovers an item, understands it, pays or places an order, receives confirmation, and your team sees exactly what to fulfil.
You also need independence. Algorithms change, social accounts can be restricted, and a feed is not organised like a catalogue. Your own store gives every product a stable link, gives Google pages it can index, and gives returning customers one dependable place to shop.
Storeboot connects the storefront to the work behind it
Storeboot gives your business a mobile-friendly storefront and a back office in the same system. Create categories, products, variants, prices and images once; the information customers see is the information your team manages. When an order arrives, it is not another message to interpret—it becomes a record you can process, fulfil and analyse.
You can begin with a Storeboot subdomain and connect a custom domain when you are ready. AI-assisted product setup can turn photos into draft names, descriptions and categories, while editable store pages help you publish shipping, returns, privacy and other policies without staring at a blank page.
Because orders, customers, inventory and reporting live together, growing beyond a one-person business does not require rebuilding everything. Staff can work with controlled access, a physical branch can use the POS, and management can see online and in-store activity from one account.
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Illustrative Storeboot product view. Available information depends on your plan, modules and business setup.
The features behind a more controlled operation
Each feature is useful alone. The bigger advantage comes when the same sale, item, location, customer and payment keep their context across the platform.
A storefront that feels like your brand
Publish a clean, responsive catalogue with your colours, logo, product images and business information. Customers can browse comfortably on the phones they already use, while a custom domain gives the store a memorable home.
Faster product publishing
Organise products with categories, variants, SKUs, images and flexible pricing. Upload a product photo and use AI to draft useful catalogue details, then review every field before publishing.
Orders without chat confusion
Keep customer details, line items, totals, payment state and fulfilment progress in one order record. Your team can work from the same source instead of reconstructing purchases from screenshots.
Payments made for Nigerian commerce
Use Storeboot Payments for an integrated checkout experience and keep the payment attached to the order it belongs to. Customers get clarity and you spend less time matching alerts to names.
Stock that follows sales
Track quantities, variants and stock movements from the back office. If you also sell at a counter, Storeboot helps you manage the catalogue and inventory as one business rather than two separate worlds.
Search-ready product information
Create descriptive product pages and store policies, with SEO metadata and structured product information that help search engines understand what you sell. Good photography and original descriptions remain under your control.
From setup to useful daily records
Good software does not repair a process by magic. It gives the team a clear sequence, fewer places to record the same event, and better evidence for the next decision.
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Set up your identity
Choose your store address, add your logo, brand colours and contact details, then explain what makes the business different.
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Build the catalogue
Add products manually or start from photos, organise categories and variants, set prices and confirm available quantities.
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Configure selling rules
Connect payment details and publish clear shipping, returns, privacy and terms pages so customers know what to expect.
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Share, fulfil and learn
Put product links in social posts and customer chats, process incoming orders, and use sales data to decide what to restock or promote.
What this looks like in a real business
Storeboot is configurable because two businesses in the same industry may sell, fulfil and account differently. These examples show common patterns—not rigid templates.
Fashion and accessories
Show colour or size variants, group new arrivals into collections and send a customer directly to the exact item discussed on WhatsApp.
Beauty and personal care
Explain ingredients and usage clearly, keep related products together, and maintain an order history for customers who return to replenish favourites.
Pre-order and dropshipping
Present an organised catalogue, collect complete customer information and separate each order from the conversation that introduced it.
Start free. Upgrade when operations demand more.
Basic is built for getting online and organised. Enterprise adds the branch, till, people, procurement and finance controls required by more complex teams.
Basic
For WhatsApp, Instagram & TikTok sellers, pre-order and dropshipping businesses.
Free forever
Start for free- Free online store
- Free subdomain
- Unlimited products
- Unlimited services
- Unlimited orders
- AI-powered & managed
- Storeboot Payments
- Customers & invoicing
- Staff accounts
- Inventory management
Enterprise
For in-house stores that need branches, POS and full back office.
₦5,000 /month
Start free trial- Everything in Basic, plus:
- Unlimited branches
- POS / daily till support
- Expense management
- HR & payroll support
- Roles & permissions
- Offline POS / app sync
- Supplier management
- Payables & receivables
- Procurement & finance
Yearly Enterprise billing is listed at ₦4,000 per month. Prices shown are in Nigerian Naira and may change; taxes, payment processing and any third-party services are separate where applicable.
Storeboot versus a disconnected setup
A social page is valuable for discovery, but it is not designed to be your order database. A custom-built ecommerce site can be powerful, but it usually requires a larger budget and ongoing technical maintenance. Storeboot sits between those extremes: quick enough to launch, structured enough to operate, and connected to the wider business tools you may need later.
Questions business owners ask before switching
Need an answer specific to your process? Tell us how your team works and we will help you map it honestly.
Ask a questionCan I create an online store in Nigeria for free?+
Yes. Storeboot Basic includes a free online store, free subdomain, unlimited products and unlimited orders. You can start without a card and upgrade when you need advanced in-house operations such as branches and POS.
Do I need a web developer?+
No. Storeboot is designed for business owners and teams. You add your business information and products through guided screens; hosting and the storefront structure are handled for you.
Can I use my own domain name?+
Yes. You can begin on a free Storeboot subdomain and connect a custom domain for a more branded address.
Can customers pay online?+
Yes. Storeboot Payments supports an integrated payment flow so the payment and order can be managed together. Availability and onboarding requirements may depend on your business details.
Will my Storeboot shop appear on Google?+
Storeboot provides search-friendly pages, editable metadata and structured product information. Indexing and ranking are ultimately decided by search engines and also depend on original content, product demand, links and ongoing promotion.
Can I manage physical-store sales too?+
Yes. When you need counter sales, till management, staff controls or multiple branches, the Enterprise plan adds POS and broader back-office tools to the same account.
Put sales, stock and the rest of the operation in one place.
Create your Storeboot account without a card. Start with the workflow that matters most, bring the team in, and add more control as the business grows.