Who’s eCommercing 2007: Online Transactions?

Featured Companies
FoodWorld, OK, DST, eTranzact, PayPal and CABS Online

Zimbabwe eCommerce in 2007
This year has brought in some improvement on the .CO.ZW cyberspace, as a few companies are now offering Online Transactions from their websites. Food World and OK, the chain supermarkets, both have online shopping facilities. eTranzact, PayPal, and CABS Online are strong on the Backbone of Zimbabwean Online Transaction Processing Systems. Despite being over politicized, eCommerce has taken off on a good note this year, because the most popular banks now have eBanking facilities, and the Zimbabwean Consumer now has external funds stored in banks outside our borders.

Food to the Zimbabwean eWorld – www.foodworldzim.com
Food World Chain Supermarkets has two mirrored websites that it uses for eCommerce purposes. They have a local .CO.ZW website and the above .COM website. The .COM website is the one that is connected to PayPal.com, one of the leading Online Payment Systems in the World, which is able to process transactions in any currency except Z$. On the FoodWorldzim.com website, you are able to choose the items you so desire, adding them to your basket, and paying for them with the PayPal facility.

Everything is OK in ZIM Online – www.zimland.com
Zimland.com has made a deal with OK Zimbabwe to provide online grocery shopping for those families in the Diaspora. Families in the UK, US, or AU can visit this .COM and buy goods for family members who are in Zimbabwe, who then collect them from OK Zimbabwe. This facility is processed through PayPal.com, just as the FoodWorld.com website.

Do you want Some Timber for your Building Online – www.dst.co.zw
DST, the hardware and building supplies company has an eCommerce website launched early this year, where families and companies can buy building material through the eTranzact payment system. Shoppers can browse through their website adding items to a shopping cart, which will be processed as and when the shopper requires.

Pay anyone with CABS Online – www.cabsonline.co.zw
eCommerce in cannot be a success without the efforts and brilliance of CABS Online, the first company, and Bank to offer Online Transaction Processing through their website. With a CABS account a consumer is able to signup for the eBanking facility and start to pay “Anyone” or “Any Organisation” using CABS Online’s simple website. I have paid for my rates, done inter bank transfers, and other interesting transactions using this facility. Without a doubt CABS Online has more users than any other payment system in Zimbabwe. They have the largest POS network, and are also Mobile Online.