🔗 Takealot integration

Run Takealot from the stock system you already use.

Q: Do I still need the Takealot seller portal?

Yes. You keep owning the seller account. Wherehouse keeps stock, orders and fees flowing through it, and can list and reprice without you living in the portal. Think of us as the operator layer, not a replacement marketplace login.

Q: Can you list my catalogue on Takealot?

Yes, and it always comes with sync, because listing on its own just sets you up to oversell. Listings are included in your plan (Growth 25 a month, Retail 100). We take the product data you already have, reshape it for Takealot and submit it in bulk. Auto-listing is best-effort: most see 90%+ success, but Takealot QC can still fail a row.

Q: How do you stop overselling on Takealot?

Stock updates from the store or ERP you pick as truth. You can hold a buffer on Takealot so another channel can still sell the last units. Overrides can force a SKU out of stock on Takealot without touching Makro.

Q: What about Takealot fees and stock recon?

Per-order fees come through with the sale so profit and accounting are real. On the recon side, we can read Takealot’s monthly sheet and help you build a compliant claim for inventory they cannot account for, instead of leaving it.

Q: Can you win the Takealot Buy Box?

The repricer watches competitor prices and pushes a winning price through your own seller account. Fixed band, or cost-based from cost plus fees to a profit target. Never below your floor. If we cannot win profitably, we hold.

Q: Is there a setup fee?

No. There are no setup fees on any plan. During onboarding we ingest your catalogue and sync a couple of test orders and products, so you know it works before you rely on it. You only pay once the account is live. Billed monthly. Cancel any time.

Q: How long does onboarding take?

Most sellers are live in under 5 days, with all their business rules set up. It depends on how many platforms you connect and how specific your rules are. A dedicated account manager sets it up with you. We run specified example orders first. Nothing automatic goes through until those are right.

Q: Do I have to live in the Wherehouse dashboard?

No. Most brands and distributors keep working in the store, ERP or seller portal they already know. Wherehouse runs in the background. The dashboard is there when you want one view of stock, orders, fees and sync history.

Get the range live in days, keep stock from overselling, and feed real Takealot fees into the books you already run. Listing, Buy Box and recon sit on the same connection.

✅ Live in 14 days or month two is free
✅ No setup fee
✅ A named person on your account
✅ Month to month

Syncs
Stock
Price
Orders
Fees

Takealot is where the volume is. The admin is where it breaks.

Loadsheets for every brand you carry, warehouse stock vs lead time, success fees that never match the invoice. Get stock wrong and you oversell, which risks the SLA or the account. Get the price wrong and the success fee eats the margin.

🚀 Whole range live, in days

Pick products, pick Takealot, send. AI fills thin titles and attributes so listings are ready for QC. If the page already exists, we attach your offer instead of creating a duplicate.

🔄 Lead time and DC stock stay honest

Takealot does not fulfil every line the same way. We keep lead time, DC and dropship distinct, so picking and the books don't get tangled.

📊 Fees that match the payout

Success fee, fulfilment, IBT and courier collection ride along with every order. Net margin is a fact, and the invoice in your books (Xero, QuickBooks or Zoho Books) can show it.

Your rules, not a generic sync

How it works

Connect

Your Takealot seller account, plus the store or ERP that holds the truth.

Set your rules

Buffers, price uplifts, which SKUs go to Takealot. We map it to how you actually sell.

Go live

Sync the offers you already have, or submit the rest of the range in bulk.

Stay connected

Stock, orders and fees keep flowing in the background.

🛒 Orders

Orders placed on Takealot automatically create in your store or ERP. No retyping, no missed picks. Lead time, DC and dropship lines stay distinct, so warehouse picks and Takealot fulfilment don’t get mixed into one messy order.

📦 Stock & pricing

Stock and price from your store or ERP stay current on Takealot so you do not oversell. Price rules per channel build in commission and fees, so every sale still leaves a margin: a 10% uplift on Takealot, a different price on Makro, a SKU held off one channel. You can hold a buffer on Takealot, pin a price, or pause a SKU on this channel without changing Makro or your store.

📦 Product data

Titles, images and attributes you already maintain can keep Takealot current, without rebuilding a loadsheet. If the Takealot page already exists, we attach your offer instead of creating a duplicate. No clone pages, no wasted listing credits.

Get the range live on Takealot

No loadsheet nightmare. We enrich the catalogue you already have and submit for QC. Days, not months. Included in your plan, and always paired with sync.

💵 Buy box repricer

Repricer add-on

Watch competitors on Takealot and push a winning price through your own seller account. Never below your floor. If we cannot win profitably, we hold. Go cost-based to price from your cost plus Takealot’s success and fulfilment fees, up to the profit you want to keep. It reprices every 5 to 25 minutes.

Brands and distributors like you, already running.

Distributors and specialist retailers who run their whole marketplace business from the system they already had.

Filmed at eCommerce Live 2026

Hear it from the sellers

“It took up 90% of my life, and as soon as we made a sale, that data was wrong again. And then I discovered Wherehouse.”

John Onderstall, COO, GCT Brands

GCT Brands and Supernova Brands on dropping CSV exports, split DC orders and credit notes that just work, and adding a marketplace without the hassle.

Brand distribution · B2B and retail

Supernova Brands

+40%

GMV

Takealot, Amazon, Makro, Leroy Merlin and every brand store run from Cin7 Core
Yuppiechef and Takealot Supplier POs land straight in Cin7 Core
Real-time stock and price sync across every channel

“Wherehouse eliminated our operational bottlenecks and gave us the total freedom to scale across multiple channels natively from our central hub.”

Specialist retail · Johannesburg

Mr Vinyl

6,700+

SKUs live

3 new marketplaces: Takealot, Makro and Bobshop
Shop floor and online stock in sync, in real time
Marketplace orders flow back into WooCommerce. Zero extra hires

“Wherehouse let us reach every screen in South Africa, without changing how we work.”

Edgars — Richard McLennan Head of E-Commerce, Retailability On LinkedIn, June 2023

Legit — Richard McLennan Head of E-Commerce, Retailability On LinkedIn, June 2023

What sellers say on the Takealot Seller Success Network

Read every review

Seller Success Network review

Indispensable

“The amount of daily admin that Wherehouse has removed from our day-to-day business is spectacular. We couldn’t live without them. Selling through multiple channels has become manageable.”

John Seller review

Seller Success Network review

Takealot, Xero, Shopify connected

“The Xero automation is the best part. It just handles all our invoicing in the background so we don’t have to. It’s simple, it works, and it’s clearly built for the SA market.”

Pro-Group Takealot, Shopify and Xero

Seller Success Network review

The best platform

“The stock syncing, custom price rules, and the ability to change prices for each marketplace directly from Wherehouse is absolutely incredible.”

NEXA Audio Website, Takealot and more

Seller Success Network review

Reliable integration, exceptional support

“The integration side has made our listing and fulfilment admin significantly lighter. But the part that actually matters day to day is the support.”

DynamicCom Distributor, wide catalogue

Seller Success Network review

WooCommerce and Takealot sync

“A special shoutout to [the Wherehouse] team for helping us sync and manage hundreds of products between our WooCommerce and Takealot.”

Mr Vinyl WooCommerce and Takealot

Seller Success Network review

Takealot and DEAR Inventory in sync

“We use Wherehouse for our integration with DEAR inventory and we are very happy with the level of service and reliability of the Wherehouse integration.”

De Villiers Smit Takealot and DEAR Inventory

Priced against the ops hire, not the spreadsheet.

One plan for most brands and distributors, a smaller one if you’re still growing into it. Prices include VAT and run month to month.

Included in every plan

Unlimited SKUs Unlimited users

Growth

For stores with a hub and under about 1,000 marketplace orders a month.

R1,099 / month

300 orders synced, then R4.40 per order
25 product listings a month, then R5 each
Store, ERP, inventory and accounting connections
Retailer connectors at R750 each
API access

Most brands and distributors

Retail

For brands and distributors doing up to 2,500 marketplace orders a month.

R4,799 / month

Setup done with you, plus a named person on your account
Live in 14 days or month two is free
Your system not on our list? We build the connector free
2,500 orders synced a month, no overage
100 product listings a month, then R5 each
Store, ERP, inventory and accounting connections
2 retailer integrations and supplier feeds included

Enterprise

For groups, multi-brand distributors and high, steady volume.

Fixed set from your volume

One fixed invoice, set from your last 12 months of orders
Sync never stops, no matter the spike
Multiple brands, stores and warehouses
Custom API connectors

Repricer from R549 / month
Extra listings R5 per SKU
Extra retailer connector R750 / month

What’s in Retail, and what it costs to do another way

Your team still runs the business. This is the work that comes off their desks.

Setup done with you, every rule mapped, and a new connector if you need one An integrator: R15,000 to R30,000
Stock, price, order and PO sync on every channel An e-commerce admin: R15,000 to R25,000 a month
100 product listings a month About 25 hours of loadsheets a month
Fees, payouts and credit notes in your books Bookkeeper hours every month end
Takealot stock recon claims R11,000 a month left with Takealot, on average
2 retailer integrations R1,500 a month on Growth
Profit dashboard, plus the ChatGPT and Claude connector A BI tool, and someone to feed it
A named person on your account A ticket queue

Done by hand: two full-time people, R40,000+ a month.

Retail: R4,799 a month

Frequently Asked Questions

Visit our 📚 documentation site for more information on authorising connectors. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at 📨 hello@wherehouse.co.za

Do I still need the Takealot seller portal? +

Can you list my catalogue on Takealot? +

How do you stop overselling on Takealot? +

What about Takealot fees and stock recon? +

Can you win the Takealot Buy Box? +

Is there a setup fee? +

How long does onboarding take? +

Do I have to live in the Wherehouse dashboard? +

👋 Only selling on Takealot for now? When you’re ready to add more marketplaces, we’ve seen the same thing work again and again: a proper inventory system at the centre, with Wherehouse orchestrating Takealot and every other channel around it.

Bring your range. We’ll bring the shelves.

20 minutes with someone who has connected hundreds of South African brands and distributors. You’ll leave knowing exactly what it takes, even if we’re not the right fit.

✅ A straight yes or no on fit
✅ Which marketplaces suit your range
✅ Your go-live date and your price

Black Friday is Friday 27 November. Book your fit call by Thursday 6 November and you’ll be live, with test orders run, before the rush.

Book my fit call

Your name Work email Company website Where does your stock live? Marketplace orders a month

Where do you sell (or want to)?

Takealot Amazon Makro Leroy Merlin Retailers (B2B)

We reply within one working day. If we’re not the right fit, we’ll tell you.