The case for an international e-commerce platform in Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands is a market of about 611,000 people where international and multi-region stores are growing fast, with Honiara as its capital.
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 Solomon Islands already compare options on their phones; an international e-commerce platform that loads fast, shows accurate stock and accepts Visa and Mastercard turns that research into orders.
Localised for Solomon Islands, not translated into it
Conversion in Solomon Islands depends on small local signals — the right currency, the right words and the right payment and courier names.
Currency and pricing
The store speaks Solomon Islands dollar: SBD amounts from product page to invoice, so Solomon Islands buyers never convert in their heads.
Language and content
Storefront copy, product pages and emails can run in English and Solomon Islands Pijin, with local date and number formats.
Local trust signals
We add the payment logos, courier names and policy pages shoppers in Solomon Islands recognise: Visa and Mastercard and bank transfer and delivery through Solomon Post.
Domain, phone and contact
Using .sb where it suits you signals a local business to shoppers and search engines. Click-to-call and WhatsApp buttons use the +677 calling code so customers reach you without dialling errors.
Custom-built for how you sell in Solomon Islands
If you run a business in Solomon Islands and want to sell online, we build an e-commerce platform and mobile application to your exact requirements, from the first product page to the last delivery update.
In Solomon Islands 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 groceries, phones, hardware and fashion that have strong online demand in the Solomon Islands.
We start with a requirements meeting, show you a working demo within 24 hours, and only then propose scope, milestones and budget.
Features of your international e-commerce platform in Solomon Islands
Nothing here is fixed: modules are switched on, reshaped or built from scratch around how your Solomon Islands business sells.
Regional storefronts
Country or region sites with local language, content, currency, promotions and hreflang SEO. Payment steps are built around Visa and Mastercard, bank transfer and mobile money, the options shoppers here already trust.
Local payments
Market-specific cards, wallets, bank transfers, BNPL and cash methods through suitable providers. Shipping rules can use Solomon Post, DHL and local delivery as well as your own delivery staff in Solomon Islands.
Tax and duties
VAT, GST and sales-tax rules, tax-inclusive pricing, duties and landed-cost estimates where needed. Multiple stock points in Solomon Islands are supported, so a Solomon Islands order ships from the nearest one.
Cross-border shipping
International couriers, regional warehouses, shipping zones, customs documents and returns. Revenue reports by product, repeat buyer and delivery area of Solomon Islands guide stock and marketing decisions.
Compliance pages
Market-appropriate privacy notices, cookie consent, consumer terms and accessibility considerations. Pages, search filters and wording are tuned to how people in Solomon Islands look for products, in English and Solomon Islands Pijin if your audience needs it.
Regional reporting
Sales, margin, conversion and marketing performance by country and currency. Product data imports from your existing sheets or ERP, so Solomon Islands teams do not re-type thousands of items.
How Solomon Islands 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.
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 Solomon Islands dollar (SBD).
- Mobile money
- Visa and Mastercard
- Bank transfer
- Cash on delivery
Shipping, couriers and local delivery in Solomon Islands
Your international 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.
Delivery rules can price by distance, weight, postcode or zone, offer same-day slots in dense areas, and switch on pickup points or click-and-collect where customers prefer them.
Selling online legally in the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is moving from goods tax and sales tax to a VAT regime; confirm current rates with the IRD at implementation.
Customer data is handled with general constitutional protections; no dedicated data-protection act yet in mind, and the storefront follows the Consumer Protection Act and price-control regulations.
Our job is the engineering: price display with tax, invoice numbering, cookie and marketing consent, return and terms pages, role-based access and logs. Legal and tax conclusions stay with your own adviser.
Solomon Islands sellers: marketplace plus your own store
Selling in Solomon Islands through Facebook Marketplace and local stores gets you reach quickly, yet the buyer belongs to the platform, not to you.
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.
Industries in Solomon Islands we work with
Popular online categories in the Solomon Islands include groceries, phones, hardware, fashion, home and fishing equipment. In Solomon Islands, we most often build international and multi-region stores for:
Exporters
Exporters get regional storefronts plus tax and duties workflows tailored to their operations.
D2C brands expanding abroad
We map how D2C brands expanding abroad sell today and digitise it end to end — from enquiry and order to payment, dispatch and repeat purchase.
Manufacturers selling to distributors overseas
For manufacturers selling to distributors overseas, we usually start with cross-border shipping, then add international couriers and 3PLs once orders are flowing.
Diaspora-focused retailers
Catalogue, pricing and fulfilment rules designed for diaspora-focused retailers in Solomon Islands, connected to the systems you already use.
Tourism and gifting businesses
Tourism and gifting businesses get compliance pages plus regional storefronts workflows tailored to their operations.
Multi-country retail groups
We map how multi-country retail groups sell today and digitise it end to end — from enquiry and order to payment, dispatch and repeat purchase.
Take your Solomon Islands store onto customers' phones
In Solomon Islands, shoppers browse on phones first. Region-aware mobile apps can switch language, currency and payment options automatically while sharing one codebase and backend.
Apps are published under your own developer accounts and share the same backend as your international 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 Solomon Islands customers when they are awake, and the interface can run in English and Solomon Islands Pijin.
- Tax engines
- Marketplace feeds by country
- International couriers and 3PLs
- Regional analytics
- Multi-currency payment providers
- ERP and accounting
- Geo-IP and consent platforms
- 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
Value first, depth later. For an international e-commerce platform serving Solomon Islands, the usual sequence looks like this:
| Phase | What goes live |
|---|---|
| First market | One new region with language, currency, payments, tax and shipping. Configured for SBD, Visa and Mastercard and Solomon Post from the start. |
| Multi-region | Additional countries, local promotions and marketplace feeds. |
| Optimise | Regional apps, warehouses and localisation improvements. Reviewed against how Solomon Islands customers actually buy. |
Success is measured on conversion by country, international order share, checkout completion by payment method, delivery time by region, return rate abroad and margin after duties and shipping — tracked on a dashboard you can see from launch day.
Support hours and communication for Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands runs on UTC+11, which is 5h 30m ahead of India (IST). With three 8-hour shifts we are available 24×7, so meetings, demos and urgent fixes happen in your working hours.
We work in English and can deliver storefront content in English. NDAs are signed on request, and you get a named project lead plus direct access to the engineers building your international e-commerce platform.
Our head office is in Chhapi, Gujarat, with an office in Hyderabad and representation in Nigeria, South Africa, Ethiopia and Zambia; clients in the Solomon Islands are served remotely with on-site workshops when the project needs them.
