The case for a custom e-commerce platform in Auki
Auki is a place in malaita province, solomon islands, home to about 6,811 people, and one of the markets in Solomon Islands where we build custom e-commerce platforms.
Malaita provincial capital — a business base that increasingly wants to sell online rather than through calls, messages and spreadsheets.
Commerce in the Solomon Islands is concentrated in Honiara, with demand rising as mobile coverage improves. Order-and-collect models are practical.
Shoppers and trade buyers in Auki already compare options on their phones; a custom e-commerce platform that loads fast, shows accurate stock and accepts Visa and Mastercard turns that research into orders.
Localised for Auki, not translated into it
A store that works in Auki respects local habits as well as local law. These are the details we configure first.
Currency and pricing
Prices, taxes, shipping and refunds are shown in Solomon Islands dollar (SBD), formatted the way Auki customers read them.
Language and content
We localise pages, emails and notifications into English and Solomon Islands Pijin where your audience needs it.
Local trust signals
Trust is local: familiar names such as Visa and Mastercard and bank transfer and Solomon Post sit next to the buy button.
Domain, phone and contact
Using .sb where it suits you signals a local business to shoppers and search engines. Contact buttons are pre-set with +677, so a customer in Auki taps once to call or message.
Custom-built for how you sell in Auki
Auki businesses tell us what they sell and how they want to sell it; our engineers turn that into a custom custom e-commerce platform, an admin system and a mobile app shaped around their operations.
In Auki we typically work with enterprises with complex catalogues, multi-brand groups, businesses outgrowing SaaS platforms and companies migrating legacy stores, and with sellers in categories such as groceries, phones, hardware and fashion that have strong online demand in the Solomon Islands.
Before any commitment you get a free requirements meeting, a demo built on your use case and a proposal priced to your budget.
Features of your custom e-commerce platform in Auki
Nothing here is fixed: modules are switched on, reshaped or built from scratch around how your Auki business sells.
Custom workflows
Product configurators, made-to-order flows, approvals, contracts and industry-specific rules. Delivery can be booked through Solomon Post, DHL and local delivery or dispatched by your own riders around Auki.
Headless architecture
API-first commerce with a fast front end, so web, app, kiosk and marketplace channels share one backend. Inventory can sit in Auki, in a partner warehouse or across Solomon Islands, with click-and-collect where customers want it.
Multi-entity operations
Multiple brands, companies, warehouses, currencies and tax registrations on one platform. Reports show which products, customers and areas of Auki drive revenue.
Deep integrations
ERP, PIM, WMS, CRM, POS, accounting and legacy systems with reliable, monitored data sync. Storefront language, imagery and navigation are set up for Auki shoppers and available in English and Solomon Islands Pijin.
Migration
Move from older platforms with product, customer and order history, SEO-safe redirects and parallel runs. Bulk import and sync tools mean the Auki team never re-keys stock, prices or descriptions by hand.
Performance and security
Caching, CDN, load testing, security hardening, audit logs and cloud infrastructure as code. Checkout is configured for Visa and Mastercard, bank transfer and mobile money.
Who we build for in Auki
Popular online categories in the Solomon Islands include groceries, phones, hardware, fashion, home and fishing equipment. Malaita provincial capital — which shapes what local businesses need online. In Auki, we most often build custom e-commerce platforms for:
Enterprises with complex catalogues
Catalogue, pricing and fulfilment rules designed for enterprises with complex catalogues in Auki, connected to the systems you already use.
Multi-brand groups
Multi-brand groups get headless architecture plus deep integrations workflows tailored to their operations.
Businesses outgrowing SaaS platforms
We map how businesses outgrowing SaaS platforms sell today and digitise it end to end — from enquiry and order to payment, dispatch and repeat purchase.
Companies migrating legacy stores
For companies migrating legacy stores, we usually start with migration, then add POS and store systems once orders are flowing.
Regulated sectors
Catalogue, pricing and fulfilment rules designed for regulated sectors in Auki, connected to the systems you already use.
High-traffic retailers
High-traffic retailers get performance and security plus headless architecture workflows tailored to their operations.
How Auki customers pay online
Checkout is where most online sales are won or lost. In the Solomon Islands, customers expect to pay with Visa and Mastercard, bank transfer and mobile money, and many also look for cash on delivery.
Provider approval, settlement time and fees differ by business type, so we shortlist gateways with you, then wire up status updates, refunds and reconciliation in SBD — card details stay with the provider.
- Bank transfer
- Visa and Mastercard
- Cash on delivery
- Mobile money
Delivery and fulfilment from Auki
Your custom e-commerce platform can book shipments and share tracking with Solomon Post, DHL and local delivery, or route orders to your own riders and stores across Auki.
We set up shipping zones, cut-off times, free-shipping thresholds, cash-collection rules and returns so the promise on the product page matches what your team can deliver.
Marketplaces vs. your own custom e-commerce platform in Auki
Many Auki sellers already list on Facebook Marketplace and local stores. Those channels bring traffic, but they also take commission, control the customer relationship and change rules without notice.
NNT Mart gives you a channel you own: your domain, your customer list, your pricing and your brand. Where it helps, we connect product feeds and orders from marketplaces so stock stays in sync and your team works from one dashboard.
Tax, invoicing and compliance in Solomon Islands
On tax: Solomon Islands is moving from goods tax and sales tax to a VAT regime; confirm current rates with the IRD at implementation.
On privacy we design around general constitutional protections; no dedicated data-protection act yet; on consumer rights the store reflects the Consumer Protection Act and price-control regulations.
We build the technical controls — tax-inclusive pricing, compliant invoices, consent banners, terms and return pages, data-access roles and audit logs. We are not a law firm, so final legal and tax positions should be confirmed with your own adviser in Solomon Islands.
Add a mobile app for Auki customers
In Auki, shoppers browse on phones first. Because the platform is API-first, customer, staff and partner mobile apps can be added at any point without rebuilding the backend.
Apps are published under your own developer accounts and share the same backend as your custom e-commerce platform, so offers, stock and orders are always consistent between web and mobile.
Push notifications can be timed to UTC+11 so offers reach Auki customers when they are awake, and the interface can run in English and Solomon Islands Pijin.
- Identity and SSO
- WMS and 3PL systems
- POS and store systems
- Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- BI and data warehouses
- Search engines (Elasticsearch, Algolia)
- PIM and DAM
- SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics and Odoo ERPs
Integrations above are examples; we connect any system that offers a suitable API, database access or approved import and export process.
A phased launch plan for Auki
Value first, depth later. For a custom e-commerce platform serving Auki, the usual sequence looks like this:
| Phase | What goes live |
|---|---|
| Foundation | Architecture, core commerce, priority integrations and migration. Configured for SBD, Visa and Mastercard and Solomon Post from the start. |
| Differentiate | Custom workflows, configurators and automation. |
| Optimise | Performance, new channels, apps and continuous enhancement. Reviewed against how Auki customers actually buy. |
We track page load and API response times, uptime, order-sync accuracy, manual-work hours saved, release frequency and total cost of ownership on a live dashboard from day one, so Auki results are visible, not promised.
Time zones, language and support
Our team covers UTC+11 — 5h 30m ahead of India (IST) — through three 8-hour shifts, so a Auki client always reaches someone during the local working day.
Project communication is in English; storefront content can be produced in English. You get a named lead, direct engineer access and an NDA if you ask.
Our head office is in Chhapi, Gujarat, with an office in Hyderabad and representation in Nigeria, South Africa, Ethiopia and Zambia; Auki clients are served remotely with on-site workshops when the project needs them.
