The case for an online store in Makati
Makati is a highly urbanized city in metro manila, philippines, with a population of roughly 310,000, and one of the markets in Philippines where we build online stores.
Businesses here work in financial district and corporate HQs; many are based around the Makati Central Business District.
Logistics are supported by Close to NAIA, which matters when you promise customers fast delivery.
The Philippines has more than 1 million registered MSMEs, 99.6% of all businesses (Department of Trade and Industry). Filipino shoppers are among the most social-media-active in the world and rely heavily on GCash and Maya. Clear delivery estimates across the islands build confidence.
Shoppers and trade buyers in Makati already compare options on their phones; an online store that loads fast, shows accurate stock and accepts GCash turns that research into orders.
Local details we build into every Makati project
Conversion in Makati depends on small local signals — the right currency, the right words and the right payment and courier names.
Currency and pricing
Everything a Makati shopper sees — price, tax, delivery fee, refund — is in PHP, written the local way.
Language and content
We localise pages, emails and notifications into Filipino and English where your audience needs it.
Local trust signals
Trust is local: familiar names such as GCash and Maya and J&T Express sit next to the buy button.
Domain, phone and contact
A .ph domain (or your own) builds local trust and search relevance. Click-to-call and WhatsApp buttons use the +63 calling code so customers reach you without dialling errors.
Talent and partners nearby
Makati draws on Asian Institute of Management, which means plenty of local staff, interns and technology partners to run the store after launch.
Custom-built for how you sell in Makati
If you run a business in Makati 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 Makati we typically work with retail brands, D2C start-ups, speciality shops and manufacturers selling direct, and with sellers in categories such as fashion, beauty, electronics and mobiles and groceries that have strong online demand in the Philippines.
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 online store in Makati
Nothing here is fixed: modules are switched on, reshaped or built from scratch around how your Makati business sells.
Branded storefront
A fast, mobile-first design on your own domain with your colours, typography, banners, landing pages and SEO-ready category structure. Inventory can sit in Makati, in a partner warehouse or across Philippines, with click-and-collect where customers want it.
Catalogue manager
Categories, brands, variants, bundles, specifications, images, videos and bulk import/export so your team can manage thousands of SKUs. Revenue reports by product, repeat buyer and delivery area of Makati guide stock and marketing decisions.
Checkout and payments
Guest and account checkout, local payment gateways, wallets, bank transfer, cash on delivery, coupons and abandoned-cart recovery. Pages, search filters and wording are tuned to how people in Makati look for products, in Filipino and English if your audience needs it.
Orders and fulfilment
Order confirmation, packing slips, courier booking, tracking links, cancellations, returns, refunds and customer notifications. Catalogues come in from spreadsheets, ERP exports or supplier feeds, so your Makati team keeps its current way of working.
Inventory and locations
Stock by warehouse or store, low-stock alerts, store pickup, local delivery zones and sync with your existing inventory system. Customers in Makati can pay with GCash, Maya and cash on delivery, with receipts and refunds handled in the same admin.
Growth and reporting
Promotions, loyalty, reviews, email and WhatsApp campaigns, plus dashboards for revenue, products, customers and conversion. Shipping rules can use J&T Express, LBC Express and Ninja Van as well as your own delivery staff in Makati.
Who we build for in Makati
Popular online categories in the Philippines include fashion, beauty, electronics and mobiles, groceries, home and health. Local demand in Makati is shaped by financial district and corporate HQs, so we often design catalogues and B2B ordering around those sectors. In Makati, we most often build online stores for:
Retail brands
Catalogue, pricing and fulfilment rules designed for retail brands in Makati, connected to the systems you already use.
D2C start-ups
D2C start-ups get catalogue manager plus orders and fulfilment workflows tailored to their operations.
Speciality shops
We map how speciality shops sell today and digitise it end to end — from enquiry and order to payment, dispatch and repeat purchase.
Manufacturers selling direct
For manufacturers selling direct, we usually start with inventory and locations, then add ERP and inventory software once orders are flowing.
Grocery and food businesses
Catalogue, pricing and fulfilment rules designed for grocery and food businesses in Makati, connected to the systems you already use.
Multi-outlet retailers
Multi-outlet retailers get growth and reporting plus catalogue manager workflows tailored to their operations.
How Makati customers pay online
An online store for Makati must support the way people here actually pay: GCash, Maya, cash on delivery, InstaPay/PESONet bank transfer, Visa and Mastercard and over-the-counter (7-Eleven CLiQQ).
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 Philippine peso (PHP).
Zone-based payment rules let you offer different options for the Makati Central Business District than for outer parts of Makati.
- GCash
- Cash on delivery
- Maya
- Visa and Mastercard
- Over-the-counter (7-Eleven CLiQQ)
- InstaPay/PESONet bank transfer
Fulfilment options for Makati orders
Your online store can book shipments and share tracking with J&T Express, LBC Express, Ninja Van, Flash Express, PHLPost and Lalamove, or route orders to your own riders and stores across Makati.
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.
Connectivity in the area — Close to NAIA — makes regional and national dispatch from Makati practical.
Makati sellers: marketplace plus your own store
Many Makati sellers already list on Shopee, Lazada, TikTok Shop, Zalora, Carousell and Facebook Marketplace. 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 Philippines
For Makati sellers, tax first: Philippine VAT is 12%, and the 2024 law on digital services requires foreign digital providers to charge VAT.
Customer data is handled with the Data Privacy Act of 2012, enforced by the National Privacy Commission in mind, and the storefront follows the Consumer Act and the Internet Transactions Act of 2023, which created the E-Commerce Bureau.
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 Philippines.
Add a mobile app for Makati customers
A customer shopping app for Android and iOS can share the same catalogue, cart, offers and order history, with push notifications for drops, price alerts and delivery updates.
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.
Push notifications can be timed to UTC+8 so offers reach Makati customers when they are awake, and the interface can run in Filipino and English.
- ERP and inventory software
- CRM and email marketing
- WhatsApp Business API
- Google Analytics 4 and Merchant Center
- Payment gateways and wallets
- Meta and TikTok catalogues
- Courier and shipping aggregators
- Accounting and GST/VAT invoicing
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 Makati
Value first, depth later. For an online store serving Makati, the usual sequence looks like this:
| Phase | What goes live |
|---|---|
| Launch store | Storefront, catalogue, checkout, payments, shipping and admin go live. Configured for PHP, GCash and J&T Express from the start. |
| Grow | Promotions, loyalty, reviews, marketing integrations and SEO content. |
| Scale | Mobile app, marketplace feeds, multi-warehouse and ERP sync. Reviewed against how Makati customers actually buy. |
We track conversion rate, average order value, cart abandonment, repeat-purchase rate, page speed (Core Web Vitals) and return rate on a live dashboard from day one, so Makati results are visible, not promised.
How Makati clients work with us
Our team covers UTC+8 — 2h 30m ahead of India (IST) — through three 8-hour shifts, so a Makati client always reaches someone during the local working day.
We work in English and can deliver storefront content in Taglish, Filipino and English. NDAs are signed on request, and you get a named project lead plus direct access to the engineers building your online store.
Our head office is in Chhapi, Gujarat, with an office in Hyderabad and representation in Nigeria, South Africa, Ethiopia and Zambia; Makati clients are served remotely with on-site workshops when the project needs them.
