Agency Development Partner

Reliable, Affordable Offshore Development

Custom ecommerce, WooCommerce, WordPress and professional website development for agencies that need reliable development capacity without the cost of expanding their local team.

Agency-friendly delivery. Clear scope. Fast turnaround. Professional development.

Typical Turnaround
  • Basic Websites & WordPress 1–2 working days
  • WooCommerce 3–4 working days
  • Custom Ecommerce 3–5 working days

Turnaround applies when all required content, product data, assets, credentials and project information are supplied upfront.

Independent Engineering

Agency-Friendly Delivery.

I run Semantq Labs, a boutique software engineering practice based in Centurion, South Africa.

I am the creator of the Semantq programming language and framework and specialise in custom web applications, ecommerce systems and software architecture.

I am also a PhD candidate researching innovation and sustainability at the University of Johannesburg.

What We Build

Agency Development Services

I provide development capacity for agencies that need reliable technical delivery without taking every project in-house.

Static Website

Professional static websites built with modern HTML, CSS and JavaScript or Semantq.

WordPress Website

Professional WordPress websites using supplied themes, customised themes or bespoke implementations.

Basic WooCommerce

Standard WooCommerce stores with product catalogues, payments, shipping and order management.

Custom WooCommerce

Extended WooCommerce implementations requiring custom design, functionality, integrations or configuration.

Custom Ecommerce

Fully custom ecommerce platforms built around the specific requirements of the business.

Specialist Service

Advanced / Enterprise Ecommerce

Complex ecommerce platforms involving extensive integrations, advanced business logic, multi-store architecture, B2B commerce and other specialised requirements.

Custom Web Application Development

Custom web applications, dashboards, portals and business systems.

API & Third-Party Integration

Payment, shipping, CRM, ERP, email, business and other third-party system integrations.

Ongoing Development & Maintenance

Ongoing development, improvements, bug fixes, integrations, optimisation and technical support.

Simple Process

Simple Agency-to-Developer Delivery

  1. 01

    Send the Project

    Send the project requirements by email or WhatsApp. Provide the available scope, client requirements, content, product information, designs, credentials, API keys and other project files relevant to the work.

  2. 02

    Scope & Confirm

    The project scope, requirements, deliverables, turnaround and price are confirmed before development begins.

  3. 03

    Development

    I develop the project according to the agreed scope.

  4. 04

    Staging Review

    The completed work is deployed to a staging environment for agency review. Your team can review the work, request revisions and, where applicable, obtain client feedback before the project goes live.

  5. 05

    Approval & Payment

    Once the work has been reviewed and approved, 70% of the agreed project fee is paid.

  6. 06

    Production Deployment

    The project is deployed to the client's live server or to the production environment specified by the agency.

  7. 07

    Final Payment

    The remaining 30% is paid after live deployment.

Payments

Flexible International Payment

PayPal Wise Bank Wire Transfer Payoneer Online payment via Semantq Labs Credit card payments are available through Paystack.
Selected Work

Portfolio

A selection of ecommerce platforms, websites and SaaS applications built for clients across South Africa and internationally.

Ecommerce Websites

Zi Fragrancia ecommerce store

Zi Fragrancia

Luxury fragrance ecommerce store selling premium Eau de Parfum collections inspired by timeless international favourites. Features elegant product presentation, collection-based navigation, and seamless checkout for customers across South Africa.

Fragrances Eau de Parfum Gift Sets
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Cobra Pro ecommerce store

Cobra Pro

Premium hygiene products ecommerce store with ISO-certified manufacturing. Features comprehensive product catalog including baby diapers, wipes, adult care, and toilet tissue with secure payment processing and fast delivery across South Africa.

Baby Diapers Baby Wipes Adult Diapers Toilet Tissue
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DONEM streetwear ecommerce store

DONEM

Premium African streetwear brand ecommerce store offering heavyweight hoodies, tees, caps, and accessories. Features engineered streetwear collections with premium materials, signature embroidery, and a strong brand identity built around individuality and self-expression.

Hoodies T-Shirts Caps Streetwear
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WordPress Websites

NSBE South Africa website

NSBE South Africa

Official website for the National Society of Black Engineers of South Africa. A comprehensive informational and membership portal featuring executive team profiles, news and events sections, career opportunities, and a roadmap for outreach programs. Built to empower Black engineers and promote STEM education across South Africa.

Association Non-Profit STEM
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Inkanyezi Ye-Africa website

Inkanyezi Ye-Africa

Professional engineering consulting and construction firm website showcasing renewable energy services, infrastructure expertise, waste management solutions, and water systems. Features comprehensive service pages, company profile, and sustainability-focused content designed to establish credibility in the built environment sector.

Corporate Engineering Construction
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AnyGridJS product site

AnyGridJS

Product website for AnyGridJS, a searchable, sortable, paginated data grid library for JavaScript purists. Features detailed feature listings, documentation, sponsorship information, and a blog. Built to showcase the library's capabilities including dynamic filtering, sorting, action columns, and table exports to CSV and Excel.

Developer Tool Data Grid WordPress
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FormiqueJS documentation site

Formique JS

Documentation and product website for FormiqueJS, a WCAG and ARIA compliant form-building library for JavaScript enthusiasts. Features comprehensive feature pages, integration guides, FAQs, roadmap, and developer documentation. The site serves as both a marketing and technical resource for developers.

Developer Tool Documentation WordPress
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CraftCMS

Gender Links website

Gender Links

Southern African non-governmental organisation website dedicated to advancing gender equality and justice. Features comprehensive information about programmes, impact statistics including $75 million raised in 25 years, 8,000+ events in 32 countries, and 300,000+ people reached. Includes Voice and Choice Summit information, PushForward4Equality campaign, and resources for women and girls across all their diversity. Built on CraftCMS with ongoing maintenance and content updates.

Non-Profit NGO Gender Equality CraftCMS Maintenance
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Static Websites

Richard Plumbers website

Richard Plumbers

Professional plumbing services website for residential and commercial clients in Fourways and surrounding areas. Features comprehensive service listings including geyser installation, blocked drains, leak detection, tap repairs, bathroom plumbing, JoJo tank installation, and general maintenance. Includes 24/7 availability, service area coverage, and clear calls-to-action for emergency plumbing needs.

Service Trades Plumbing
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Billion San Property Developments

Billion San Prime Property

Property development website showcasing Honey Hills Estate and other residential development opportunities in Gauteng. Features stand offerings from 350sqm to 500sqm with transparent pricing, payment plans, wildlife and location information, executive leadership profiles, and partnership details with legal conveyancing firms. Designed for homeowners, investors, and visionary buyers.

Real Estate Property Development
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Maria Sekels website

Maria Sekels

Professional digital growth strategist website offering complete website packages starting from R1,500. Includes domain registration, hosting, business email, SEO, WhatsApp integration, and Google/Meta Ads setup. Features portfolio showcasing ecommerce, corporate, SaaS, MLM, and consultancy projects with client testimonials and transparent package pricing across Launch, Growth, and Commerce tiers.

Consultant Digital Services
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CRAMA website

CRAMA

Premier annual awards and community development initiative website celebrating community broadcasting and music across KwaZulu-Natal. Features province-wide reach information covering 22 community radio stations, event details, youth development programmes, partnership opportunities, sponsorship tiers, and CSI/ESG alignment information. Designed to strengthen community broadcasting and promote emerging talent.

Events Community Awards
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MoritaAction website

MoritaAction

Independent information and action hub for members affected by the Morita Forestry investment scheme. Features live petition signatures, verified timeline of events, evidence submission functionality, and member account creation. Designed to unite affected members, preserve verified information, document what happened, and provide a central place for collective action and accountability.

Advocacy Member Action
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Eneecube Projects website

Eneecube Projects

Professional service provider website offering plumbing, renovations, carpentry, painting, electrical, tiling, and construction services across South Africa. Features service listings for residential, commercial, and industrial sectors, 24/7 emergency support, project portfolio, and transparent quote request system. Based in Gauteng serving clients nationwide.

Service Construction
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Cars Select website

Cars Select

Premium South African vehicle brokerage and dealership website specialising in quality pre-owned vehicles. Features searchable inventory with detailed vehicle listings, finance assistance, trade-in services, nationwide vehicle sourcing, and transparent buying process. Includes featured arrivals, brand browsing, and customer testimonials for a trusted car buying experience.

Automotive Dealership
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Amajuda Civils website

Amajuda Civils

Professional civil engineering and construction company website showcasing comprehensive infrastructure solutions across South Africa. Features end-to-end services including civil engineering works, building construction, development management, specialist engineering, project management, and turnkey development. Highlights major project portfolio with values including R36.7M educational infrastructure, R27.6M emergency housing, and R66.2M municipal works. Includes CIDB accreditation (PE 7GB; 8CE; 7EP; 8ME; 1SJ; 1SO; 4EB), NHBRC registration, 100% Black Female-Owned status, and community impact initiatives showcasing corporate social investment, SME development, and employment equity programmes.

Service Construction Engineering CIDB
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Ntsimbi Steel Engineering website

Ntsimbi Steel Engineering

Specialised civil and structural engineering firm website focusing on steel fabrication and installation services across Africa. Features 200–300 tons monthly fabrication capacity, comprehensive service offerings including structural design and detailing, steel fabrication and corrosion protection, logistics and installation, and civil engineering works. Showcases project portfolio including HDA residential units, Botshabelo Fire Station, and Enel Group Solar Farm. Includes Level One BBBEE Contributor status, ISO 9001 certification, and multidisciplinary team expertise spanning engineers, project managers, detailers, welders, riggers, and crane operators.

Service Structural Engineering Steel Fabrication ISO 9001
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SaaS Apps

Eventique event management platform

Eventique

Enterprise-grade event management platform for creating, managing, and selling tickets for events of any size. Features include flexible event types (physical, virtual, hybrid, recurring, multi-day), smart ticketing with multiple pricing models, advanced form builder with conditional logic, QR/OTP/NFC check-in modes, automated email and SMS notifications, bulk communications, and real-time analytics. Supports payment gateways including Yoco, PayFast, PayStack, PayPal, and Stripe.

SaaS Event Management Ticketing
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Blinque ecommerce SaaS platform

Blinque

Ecommerce SaaS platform connecting suppliers, merchants, distributors, and customers. Suppliers digitize their inventory and expose it for dropshipping to Blinque, Shopify, and WooCommerce. Features multi-channel distribution, inventory management, and seamless integration with major ecommerce platforms.

SaaS Ecommerce Platform Dropshipping
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Full Stack Apps — MLM / eCommerce

Diva Secret World MLM wellness store

Diva Secret World

Multi-level marketing wellness website offering stem cell activation supplements in powder form. Features product catalogue across three tiers (R600, R2,400, R9,600), 5x5 matrix compensation structure with theoretical earning potential, referral system, and member sign-up process. Designed for wellness product sales and network building in the health supplement market.

MLM Wellness Supplements Full Stack
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PolyMart marketplace

PolyMart

Digital marketplace and food product platform offering affordable meals from R69.99 with rewards programme. Features ecommerce functionality for food products, merchant packages starting from R6,500 setup, 3-level referral rewards structure (20/10/5%), and nationwide delivery. Designed for everyday shopping with income generation opportunities.

Marketplace Food Rewards MLM Full Stack
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Transparent Pricing

Agency Development Services

Straightforward pricing for agencies that need reliable offshore development capacity.

Static Website

£150–£300
  • Responsive HTML/CSS/JS or Semantq website
  • Up to 5 pages
  • Contact/enquiry forms
  • Mobile optimisation
  • Basic SEO setup
  • Deployment assistance
1–2 working days

WordPress Website

£250–£500
  • WordPress installation and configuration
  • Custom or supplied theme
  • Up to 7 pages
  • Responsive design
  • Contact forms
  • Basic SEO setup
  • Essential plugins
  • Deployment
1–2 working days

Basic WooCommerce

£500–£800
  • WooCommerce setup
  • Theme configuration
  • Product catalogue
  • Product categories
  • Shopping cart
  • Checkout
  • One payment gateway
  • Basic shipping configuration
  • Customer management
  • Order management
  • Responsive optimisation
3–4 working days

Custom WooCommerce

£800–£1,200
  • Custom WooCommerce design/theme implementation
  • Extended product structures
  • Custom checkout
  • Payment integration
  • Shipping integration
  • Product management
  • Order management
  • Customer management
  • Selected custom functionality
  • Performance configuration
  • SEO configuration
3–4 working days
Specialist

Custom Ecommerce

£1,500–£2,500

A fully custom ecommerce solution built using the Semantq, Cartique and Blinque technology stack.

Technology

  • Semantq
  • Cartique
  • Blinque
  • Node.js
  • SemantqQL
  • PostgreSQL or MySQL

Commerce Features

  • Custom storefront
  • Product catalogue
  • Product categories
  • Product variants
  • Product search
  • Shopping cart
  • Checkout
  • Customer accounts
  • Order management
  • Inventory management
  • Payment integration
  • Shipping/delivery integration
  • Transactional emails
  • Admin dashboard
  • Authentication
  • User management

Business Intelligence

  • Sales performance
  • Order-driven performance
  • Revenue and order trends
  • Custom date-range reporting
  • Product performance
  • Customer performance
  • Category performance
  • Product views
  • Category views
  • Product searches
  • Customer behaviour intelligence
  • Abandoned-cart tracking
  • Product/customer activity insights
3–5 working days

Turnaround assumes that all required content, product data, imagery, designs, credentials, payment information and third-party API credentials are supplied before development begins.

Advanced / Enterprise Ecommerce

Custom Quote

Suitable for projects involving:

  • ERP integrations
  • CRM integrations
  • Marketplace/multi-vendor systems
  • Advanced B2B commerce
  • Multi-store architecture
  • Multi-country commerce
  • Complex logistics
  • Large data migrations
  • Extensive API integrations
  • Custom mobile applications
  • Highly specialised business logic
  • Enterprise-level requirements

A Note on Project Scope

The published prices are designed around clearly defined project scopes. Projects requiring substantial additional functionality, integrations, migrations, custom business logic or development outside the stated specifications are scoped separately.

Agency Partnership Rates

Rates can be adjusted for: Recurring agency work, Larger project volumes, Multiple projects, Long-term development partnerships, Ongoing development requirements.

Technology Stack

Technology

Frontend Development

  • Semantq
  • HTML5
  • CSS3
  • JavaScript
  • Responsive web development
  • Custom UI implementation

Ecommerce & Commerce Technology

  • Cartique — commerce decision and transaction engine
  • Blinque — commerce platform and business functionality
  • WooCommerce
  • WordPress
  • Custom ecommerce architecture
  • Product, catalogue, cart and checkout systems

Backend Development

  • Node.js
  • SemantqQL
  • REST APIs
  • Custom API development
  • Authentication and user management
  • Business logic and application services

Databases

  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • Relational data modelling
  • Product, customer, order and inventory data systems

Commerce Integrations

  • Payment gateway integration
  • Shipping and delivery integration
  • Third-party API integration
  • Email and notification services
  • CRM/ERP integration where required

Business Intelligence

  • Sales and order analytics
  • Product performance
  • Customer performance
  • Customer behaviour
  • Search and browsing activity
  • Abandoned-cart intelligence
  • Custom reporting and date-range analysis

Deployment & Infrastructure

  • Linux-based hosting
  • VPS/cloud deployment
  • Domain and DNS configuration
  • SSL
  • Database deployment
  • Production/staging environments
  • Performance optimisation

Development Approach

  • Custom-built solutions rather than rigid templates
  • API-driven architecture
  • Modular and scalable systems
  • Performance-focused development
  • Reusable components and services
  • Clean, maintainable code
  • Open-source technologies where appropriate
Gugu Nyoni
About

Gugu Nyoni

I am a full-stack software engineer and software product builder based in South Africa, with a focus on web applications, ecommerce systems, software architecture and developer technologies.

I run Semantq Labs and created the Semantq programming language and framework. My work spans custom software development, ecommerce, SaaS platforms, open-source software and business applications.

I am also a PhD candidate at the University of Johannesburg researching innovation and sustainability.

Get in Touch

Need Development Capacity?

If your agency has more projects than your current development team can handle, I can provide additional development capacity without the cost of hiring another full-time developer.

Send the project scope, requirements and available assets. I will review the work, confirm the scope and provide a development quote.

info@semantq.com

+27 729 748371

125 Reddersburg, Amberfield Glen, Centurion, Pretoria, South Africa