Tapstall

Tapstall · explainer

Tapstall: online storefront and order rail for small shops, in plain terms

Tapstall gives a shop one link: the customer taps it, picks, and pays the exact amount, and the order lands in a dashboard the shop owns.

Tapstall is a store-link and order rail for small retailers in Zimbabwe and South Africa, built for Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram sellers whose orders were previously scattered across chat.

It is built and run by Jacaranda Labs in Harare, Zimbabwe. Live: https://tapstall.whop.site

The short answer

Tapstall is a store link for small shops: a customer taps it, picks from the menu and pays the exact amount, and the order arrives in a dashboard the shop owns.

Who it is for

Small shops and social sellers in Zimbabwe and South Africa.

Markets: Zimbabwe, South Africa.

How it works

Menu first. Put the products and prices in once.

Share the link. Post it where you already sell, including WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram.

Exact amounts. The customer pays the exact amount, so the payment matches the order.

Dashboard. Name, number, address, items and amount land in an order list the shop owns.

Local payments. EcoCash, InnBucks, PayShap and ZIPIT are the expected rails.

No order cap. No commission on orders and no hostage data.

What you get

What it costs

Every price above is the live checkout price; the links go straight to the plan.

Questions people ask

What is Tapstall?

Tapstall is a store link for small shops: a customer taps it, picks from the menu and pays the exact amount, and the order arrives in a dashboard the shop owns.

How much does Tapstall cost?

It is free for 60 days with no card. After that it is $7 a month or $60 a year, or R129 a month or R999 a year in South Africa.

Which payments does Tapstall work with?

The shops it is built for use EcoCash, InnBucks, PayShap and ZIPIT, alongside ordinary bank transfers.

Does Tapstall take a commission?

No. There is no order cap and no commission; the shop keeps its own order data and can export it to its own Google Sheet.

How long does it take to open a store?

About 90 seconds: put the menu in, share the link, and start taking orders from the chat apps the shop already sells in.

Does a customer need to install an app?

No. The store is a page behind a link, so it opens in whatever browser the customer already has.

Why not just use Shopify?

Shopify and the platforms built for Silicon Valley assume cards, couriers and a checkout flow that many shops in Zimbabwe and South Africa do not have. Tapstall is built around local payment rails and chat-based selling.

Who is Tapstall for?

Small retailers and social sellers in Zimbabwe and South Africa, especially those taking orders through WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram.

Where this comes from

Figures and prices are generated from Tapstall's live billing table and published at https://tapstall.jacaranda-labs-v2.workers.dev/facts.json, which is the authoritative copy.

_Jacaranda Labs, Harare, Zimbabwe._

Where to look next

Open Tapstall