Ecommerce marketing agency South Africa, built for profit, not traffic.
Founder-led marketing for South African online stores on Shopify, WooCommerce and BigCommerce. Ads, SEO, email and conversion work on one flat monthly fee, with no lock-in contract. Selling already? Start with a free store audit.
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What do you need?
Free, 3 short steps. About a minute.
No obligation · you keep the findings · reply within one working day
- You answer 3 short questions. Or send one line on WhatsApp. It takes about a minute.
- We reply within one working day, with a first observation — before we ask you for anything.
- You get your free store audit or plan. You keep the findings whether or not we work together.
What changed in stores we work on.
Source: Meta Ads Manager reporting, default attribution. Source: Google Analytics 4 for the store, all channels. Figures reflect reported attribution for the periods shown, not audited revenue or profit. Results vary by market, margin and competition.
Stores we manage, straight from Shopify.
Total sales as Shopify Analytics reports them. Swipe to see more.
Screenshots from Shopify Analytics: total sales, including taxes, shipping and returns. Store names are kept private for our clients.
Clients we work with
An ecommerce agency that counts orders, not clicks.
Most online stores do not have a traffic problem or an ads problem. They have a system problem: ads that send visitors to slow product pages, no email flows to bring buyers back, and tracking that cannot say which rand made a sale. An ecommerce marketing agency in South Africa should fix the whole path from first click to repeat order.
We run that path as one system: Google Shopping and Meta ads to bring buyers, SEO for free traffic that grows every month, email and SMS for repeat sales, and conversion fixes on the store itself. Read our guide to ecommerce in South Africa for the basics.
Local details matter: Payfast and Peach Payments checkouts, courier costs at checkout, load on mobile data, and a sales calendar with Black Friday, payday weekends and the festive season.
Six parts of ecommerce marketing working as one system.
We pick the mix around your margins, your products and where your next sale is most likely to come from.
Google Shopping & Search
Products in front of people who search for them, with images and rand prices, from a clean product feed.
Meta Ads
Sales campaigns, catalogue ads and retargeting on Facebook and Instagram, built on real purchase data.
Ecommerce SEO
Category and product pages that rank, and guides that bring buyers who are still deciding.
Email & SMS
Abandoned cart, welcome, post-purchase and win-back flows. See how to reduce cart abandonment.
Conversion Rate Work
Faster pages, clearer product pages and a simpler checkout, tested one change at a time.
Reporting on Profit
One monthly report on sales, cost per sale and return on ad spend, checked against your store data.
One flat fee. Agreed before we start.
The fee and your ad budget are separate. The fee is fixed upfront and sized to the work.
Not a percentage of your sales or ad spend. More channels, a large catalogue or heavy content work cost more — always agreed before any work starts.
Not sure where to start? Ask for the free store audit. We will tell you which channel will bring the next rand of sales. Our guide to ecommerce costs in South Africa shows the full picture.
What the fee covers
- Store, tracking and margin audit
- Google Ads and Meta ads management
- Ecommerce SEO for categories and products
- Email and SMS flows set up and improved
- Conversion fixes on product pages and checkout
- Monthly reporting against your real store sales
- A plan for Black Friday and the festive season
Your ad spend goes straight to Google and Meta, on your own card. We never mark it up.
From audit to growing monthly sales.
Tracking first, then the fastest wins, then the channels that compound.
Store audit
We check tracking, product feeds, page speed, checkout and email, and agree what a sale is worth to you.
Fix & launch
Tracking fixed, core email flows live, and ads launched on the products with the best margin.
Test & improve
New ads tested weekly, product pages improved, SEO work started on the categories that sell.
Scale winners
More budget on what sells, new products pushed, big sales dates planned months ahead.
When we are the wrong agency.
We would rather tell you now than take months of fees to find out together.
We usually help when…
- You sell products online, or are ready to
- Your margins can pay for marketing
- You ship fast and answer customers the same day
- You can share sales and stock data with us
- You can commit to at least three months
We will tell you to wait when…
- The store cannot track a sale yet — we fix that first
- The margin cannot carry the cost of a sale
- Stock runs out faster than ads can sell it
- The budget only covers a few weeks of work
- A cheaper fix comes first, like delivery prices or product photos
If the audit says marketing is not your best next rand, that is what the audit will say.
Why SA businesses choose a founder-led ecommerce specialist.
What separates this from agencies who run one channel and ignore the rest.
Flat fee, agreed upfront
You get one number before any work starts. It does not grow when your budget does, and there is no lock-in contract. Our incentive is your result, not a bigger invoice.
Founder-led. You deal with me.
Every project is run by Dirk van Greuning — your ecommerce marketing specialist, not an account manager. Dirk has more than 10 years’ experience, and built and scaled an SA ecommerce business before starting Growth Pulse Media. No juniors and no hand-offs.
SA market, not a template
Payfast, Peach Payments and Yoco tracking, courier rules, rand pricing in feeds and the South African sales calendar — the details overseas agencies get wrong.
You own everything
Accounts, data, content and code stay in your name. Every change is visible to you — and it all stays yours if you leave.
Tracking verified, not assumed
We check that sales and enquiries are tracked correctly before we judge anything, because every decision after that depends on it.
Connected to everything else
What sells in Google Ads tells Meta which products to push, and email brings every buyer back. One system, one report, one fee.
Questions people ask before they start.
How long have you been doing this?
Dirk has worked in digital marketing since 2016, which is more than 10 years. Growth Pulse Media is the company he runs that work through today. Clients rate us 5.0 on Google, and you can read the reviews before you contact us.
What does an ecommerce marketing agency do?
We bring buyers to your online store and help more of them buy again. That means Google and Meta ads, ecommerce SEO, email and SMS flows, and fixes to the store itself — all measured against your real sales.
Which platforms do you work with?
Shopify, WooCommerce and BigCommerce. We are a registered Shopify Partner. See our Shopify marketing page for Shopify stores.
Which channel should I start with?
It depends on your products and margins. Most stores get the fastest return from fixing tracking, setting up abandoned cart emails and running Google Shopping on their best products. The free audit tells you which channel comes first for your store.
Who owns the store, ad accounts and data?
You do. Everything stays in your name. We work with the access you give us, and you can remove it at any time.
How quickly will sales grow?
Email flows and tracking fixes can show results within weeks. Paid ads need four to eight weeks of testing. SEO usually takes three to six months.
Do you handle Black Friday?
Yes. We plan offers, ads, emails and stock checks months ahead, so the store is ready before costs per click rise in November.