The case for an international e-commerce platform in Peru
Peru is a market of about 34 million people where international and multi-region stores are growing fast, with Lima as its capital.
Peru's Yape and Plin wallets have made instant payments mainstream, and online shopping grew sharply after 2020. A virtual Libro de Reclamaciones is legally required on every store.
Shoppers and trade buyers in Peru already compare options on their phones; an international e-commerce platform that loads fast, shows accurate stock and accepts Yape turns that research into orders.
Local details we build into every Peru project
Conversion in Peru depends on small local signals — the right currency, the right words and the right payment and courier names.
Currency and pricing
Prices, taxes, shipping and refunds are shown in Peruvian sol (PEN), formatted the way Peru customers read them.
Language and content
We localise pages, emails and notifications into Spanish and Quechua where your audience needs it.
Local trust signals
We add the payment logos, courier names and policy pages shoppers in Peru recognise: Yape and Plin and delivery through Serpost.
Domain, phone and contact
Using .pe where it suits you signals a local business to shoppers and search engines. Click-to-call and WhatsApp buttons use the +51 calling code so customers reach you without dialling errors.
Designed to your requirements, not a template
Whatever your business sells in Peru, N&T Software designs and develops the international e-commerce platform and the matching mobile app exactly to your requirements — your catalogue, your prices, your payment and delivery rules.
In Peru we typically work with exporters, D2C brands expanding abroad, manufacturers selling to distributors overseas and diaspora-focused retailers, and with sellers in categories such as electronics, fashion, home and beauty that have strong online demand in Peru.
We start with a requirements meeting, show you a working demo within 24 hours, and only then propose scope, milestones and budget.
Core modules we build for Peru clients
These are the building blocks of an international e-commerce platform. We scope them with you, so you pay for what your Peru operation needs.
Regional storefronts
Country or region sites with local language, content, currency, promotions and hreflang SEO. Payment steps are built around Yape, Plin and Visa and Mastercard, the options shoppers here already trust.
Local payments
Market-specific cards, wallets, bank transfers, BNPL and cash methods through suitable providers. Delivery can be booked through Serpost, Olva Courier and Shalom or dispatched by your own riders around Peru.
Tax and duties
VAT, GST and sales-tax rules, tax-inclusive pricing, duties and landed-cost estimates where needed. Multiple stock points in Peru are supported, so a Peru order ships from the nearest one.
Cross-border shipping
International couriers, regional warehouses, shipping zones, customs documents and returns. Dashboards break sales down by product, customer and neighbourhood of Peru, so you see what to promote.
Compliance pages
Market-appropriate privacy notices, cookie consent, consumer terms and accessibility considerations. Content and design can follow how customers in Peru search and buy, including Spanish and Quechua where you need it.
Regional reporting
Sales, margin, conversion and marketing performance by country and currency. Catalogues come in from spreadsheets, ERP exports or supplier feeds, so your Peru team keeps its current way of working.
Businesses that use NNT Mart in Peru
Popular online categories in Peru include electronics, fashion, home, beauty, groceries and toys. In Peru, we most often build international and multi-region stores for:
Exporters
For exporters, we usually start with local payments, then add multi-currency payment providers once orders are flowing.
D2C brands expanding abroad
Catalogue, pricing and fulfilment rules designed for D2C brands expanding abroad in Peru, connected to the systems you already use.
Manufacturers selling to distributors overseas
Manufacturers selling to distributors overseas get tax and duties plus compliance pages workflows tailored to their operations.
Diaspora-focused retailers
We map how diaspora-focused retailers sell today and digitise it end to end — from enquiry and order to payment, dispatch and repeat purchase.
Tourism and gifting businesses
For tourism and gifting businesses, we usually start with regional reporting, then add geo-IP and consent platforms once orders are flowing.
Multi-country retail groups
Catalogue, pricing and fulfilment rules designed for multi-country retail groups in Peru, connected to the systems you already use.
How Peru customers pay online
A store that serves Peru should let customers pay the way they do offline: Yape, Plin, Visa and Mastercard and PagoEfectivo cash codes.
We integrate suitable gateways and providers for your business category and merchant eligibility, handle payment status, failed-payment retries and refunds, and keep sensitive card data with the provider rather than on your servers. All amounts are shown in Peruvian sol (PEN).
- Plin
- Bank transfer
- Cash on delivery
- Yape
- Visa and Mastercard
- PagoEfectivo cash codes
Delivery and fulfilment across Peru
Your international e-commerce platform can book shipments and share tracking with Serpost, Olva Courier, Shalom, Urbaner, Chazki and DHL, or route orders to your own riders and stores.
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.
Owning your channel in Peru
Mercado Libre, Falabella and Ripley are where many shoppers in Peru start, which is why sellers list there. The trade-off is commission, limited branding and rules the platform can change overnight.
Your international e-commerce platform becomes the hub: marketplaces and social shops become extra outlets fed from one catalogue, while repeat customers buy directly from you at better margins.
Tax, invoicing and compliance in Peru
On tax: Peruvian IGV is 18% (including the municipal promotion tax), and SUNAT electronic receipts are mandatory.
Customer data is handled with Law 29733 on Personal Data Protection and its 2024 regulation in mind, and the storefront follows the Consumer Protection and Defence Code (Law 29571), enforced by INDECOPI, including the Libro de Reclamaciones (complaints book).
Controls we implement include compliant invoices, consent capture, policy pages, restricted staff access and audit trails. Please confirm the final legal and tax position with a local adviser.
Take your Peru store onto customers' phones
In Peru, shoppers browse on phones first. Region-aware mobile apps can switch language, currency and payment options automatically while sharing one codebase and backend.
One backend serves the website and the apps, and the apps ship under your own Google Play and App Store accounts — so what you change once appears everywhere.
Order alerts, offers and abandoned-cart reminders go out on Peru time (UTC−5), in Spanish and Quechua if you want.
- Multi-currency payment providers
- ERP and accounting
- Tax engines
- International couriers and 3PLs
- Geo-IP and consent platforms
- Regional analytics
- Marketplace feeds by country
- Translation management
Integrations above are examples; we connect any system that offers a suitable API, database access or approved import and export process.
Launch roadmap and success metrics
We launch the journeys that create value first, then add depth. A typical roadmap for an international e-commerce platform in Peru:
| Phase | What goes live |
|---|---|
| First market | One new region with language, currency, payments, tax and shipping. Configured for PEN, Yape and Serpost from the start. |
| Multi-region | Additional countries, local promotions and marketplace feeds. |
| Optimise | Regional apps, warehouses and localisation improvements. Reviewed against how Peru customers actually buy. |
We track conversion by country, international order share, checkout completion by payment method, delivery time by region, return rate abroad and margin after duties and shipping on a live dashboard from day one, so Peru results are visible, not promised.
Time zones, language and support
Our team covers UTC−5 — 10h 30m behind India (IST) — through three 8-hour shifts, so a Peru client always reaches someone during the local working day.
Project communication is in English; storefront content can be produced in Quechua, Aymara and Spanish. 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; clients in Peru are served remotely with on-site workshops when the project needs them.
