Stitch Express, the payments solution built for South African e-commerce merchants, today officially announced the launch of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) as a checkout payment option in its plug-in for merchants on platforms like Shopify and WooCommerce, as well as via its self-serve API.
Already live with several hundred merchants across South Africa – including brands like Lego, The North Face, LeLive, Duck Apparel, Ben Sherman, Scentimental, Popstrukt, Terbodore and more – Stitch BNPL is now available to any online retailer using Stitch Express. It can be activated in minutes from the existing plugin dashboard with a widget that can be customised to match brand and theme design, with no custom development required.
This solution gives consumers the ability to choose their own repayment schedule, splitting purchases over 2-6 instalments. This offers more flexibility than most competing BNPL products currently available in South Africa. Importantly, customers remain on the merchant’s site during checkout and KYC, and the payment experience remains consistent with the rest of the store.
The launch makes enterprise-grade BNPL accessible for e-commerce businesses of all sizes, without the integration complexity or minimum volume requirements that have historically kept flexible payment options out of reach for smaller merchants. With South Africa’s e-commerce market projected to reach R133 billion by the end of 2025, checkout experience is increasingly a competitive differentiator, and BNPL is one of the most effective tools for improving conversion and average order value, particularly for considered purchases.
“Stitch Express exists to make sure every South African e-commerce business has access to the same quality of payments infrastructure as the largest retailers in the country,” said Junaid Dadan, Co-founder and President at the company. “BNPL has proven commercial impact: higher conversion, bigger baskets, and fewer abandoned carts. We’ve built it so that any merchant can go live the same day, and we’re already seeing strong results from the merchants who’ve been using it.”
Getting started with BNPL on Express:
● Existing Express merchants: activate BNPL directly from the dashboard — no development work required
● New merchants: sign up at express.stitch.money and install the Shopify or WooCommerce plugin or access the Stitch API
● Customers can choose their monthly instalment plan, based on their credit score (between 2-6 instalments)
● Full support available from the Express team
Stitch Express launched in early 2025 as part of the broader Stitch payments platform, which powers payments for leading South African businesses including Takealot, MTN, Vodacom, TFG’s Bash, Mr D and more. Merchants can sign up at express.stitch.money or contact express@stitch.money.
