6 Best Paystack Storefront Alternatives for Nigerian Sellers (2026)

Paystack Storefront is a great starting point. It's free, the checkout is one your buyers already trust, and you can be live in minutes. It's also deliberately simple, built as a product page with checkout.

You'll usually hit its ceiling once orders pass a few dozen a month: basic inventory, no staff accounts, no custom domain, manual order handling, and nothing that helps new customers trust you.

Here are 6 alternatives worth considering in 2026, including three you can start on for free. Competitor pricing below is as advertised at the time of writing, so check the current rate on each site before you decide.

Why sellers outgrow Paystack Storefront

• Inventory is manual: No low-stock automation or barcode workflows.
• No trust layer: Checkout is secure, but nothing tells a first-time buyer that you are legit.
• No discovery: Your storefront gets zero traffic you don't bring yourself.
• No team features: One person, one location, no staff logins.
• Light reporting: You get order lists and little else.

If none of those bite yet, stay. It's free and it works.

1. Paylo: free like Storefront, but built for trust and growth

Paylo is the most natural upgrade path. You still start at ₦0, and sales to your own customers carry no Paylo fee on any plan. On the free plan we charge 5% only on buyers Paylo brings you, and only for each buyer's first 12 months. After that, they count as yours.

Here's what you get that Storefront doesn't give you:

• Escrow-protected payments: Funds are held until delivery, which kills the "what I ordered vs what I got" objection.
• Verified storefronts: A credibility signal Paystack Storefront doesn't offer.
• Marketplace and buyer app: Shoppers beyond your followers can find your products.
• Inventory and order management: Unlimited products on every plan. Checkout still runs on Paystack, so your customers keep the payment experience they know.
• A till for walk-in sales: The free plan includes one Paylo POS till for you, the owner.
• Crypto payments: Diaspora customers can pay in crypto, processed by Breet and settled to you in naira automatically.

Paid tiers add tools for a team; the fee on buyers we bring you stays 5% on every plan, capped at ₦50,000 an order. Pro (₦150,000/year, about ₦12,500/month) adds Paylo Staff seats, more POS tills, stock counts and an audit trail. Business (₦300,000/year, about ₦25,000/month) adds multiple locations, white-label storefront branding and a free .com domain.

Paid plans bill every 6 months or yearly. Paystack and Breet processing fees apply on every plan, separate from our fee. The free plan is the right entry for most sellers switching from Storefront.

Honest limitation: If your bottleneck is a formal bookkeeping ledger, a dedicated app like Bumpa goes further there than Paylo does today.

Best for: Sellers whose next problem is trust and discovery.

2. Bumpa: for sellers whose next problem is bookkeeping

If your next headache is operations, Bumpa (from ₦15,000/quarter, about ₦5,000/month; no free plan since late 2025) adds what Storefront lacks there: real inventory management, sales records, customer groups, staff accounts and a POS terminal.

Trade-off: You take on a fixed subscription, and there's still no escrow or marketplace. Traffic and trust remain your job.

3. Catlog: for WhatsApp-first selling

If you close every sale in WhatsApp DMs, Catlog (Basic ₦7,500/month, Business+ ₦16,500/month) is built for you, with shareable catalog links, order forms and delivery booking.

Trade-off: It's a catalog tool rather than a full storefront platform.

4. Flutterwave Store: the closest like-for-like swap

Flutterwave Store is the most similar product on this list, a free store from a payments company with strong multi-currency support. If your only reason to switch is preferring Flutterwave's rails, it's a lateral move. You inherit most of the same limitations you're leaving.

See our full guide to Flutterwave Store alternatives.

5. Selar: if you're actually selling digital products

If you sell ebooks, courses or memberships, Selar (free plan, commission per sale) is the specialist, and it handles delivery of digital goods automatically. If you sell physical goods, look elsewhere.

6. Shopify: if you're going international

Shopify (roughly $29–39/month, ₦45,000+ at 2026 rates, plus apps; see Shopify's pricing page) is the heavyweight option. It makes sense if you're an established brand with export customers and dollar revenue.

For a Lagos Instagram vendor, it usually means paying international prices for local problems. We break the costs down in Shopify alternatives in Nigeria.

How to choose

1. Staying free? Paylo (adds trust and discovery) or Flutterwave Store (lateral move).
2. Ready for a subscription? Bumpa for back-office depth, Catlog for WhatsApp workflows.
3. Digital products? Selar. International brand? Shopify.

Bottom line

When buyers start asking "how do I know you're legit?", it's time to move. Open a free Paylo store and keep the same Paystack checkout, with escrow and verification on top and no Paylo fee on your own customers.