Websites for shoemakers

Show the sandals and shoes you make, your sizes and your price per pair, and let people order on WhatsApp.

Preview within 24 hours • Everything on WhatsApp • No sales calls

Za Sandals website on a phone

Live Just1 customer site: Za Sandals

What’s the best way for a shoemaker in South Africa to get a website?

A one-page website can show the shoes or sandals you make, your sizes, your price per pair and photos of your work. People can WhatsApp you their size to order. Just1 builds it over WhatsApp for R97 once-off, with the first 3 months online included, then R97 every 3 months. If you want changes after delivery, R199/month includes WhatsApp edits.

Compare the options and prices

One-page websites for shoemakers and sandal makers

  • Your sandals, shoes and materials
  • Your sizes and price per pair
  • Photos of your work in a gallery
  • How long a pair takes and how delivery works
  • Tap-to-call and WhatsApp order buttons

Option 1

R97 once-off

On yourbusiness.just1.co.za. 3 months hosting included, then R97 every 3 months.

Option 2

⭐ Recommended

R199/month, no R97 fee

Your own yourbusiness.co.za and email. WhatsApp us changes anytime. Cancel anytime, or R1,990/year.

90-Day “Keep It Anyway” Guarantee

If you decide within 90 days that your website wasn’t worth the R97, send us one email. We refund every cent, no questions asked, and you keep your website anyway.

Website options for shoemakers and sandal makers in South Africa

Compiled by Just1, which sells one of these options. Prices checked 29 September 2026 on each provider’s own website; if one has changed, tell us on WhatsApp.

What each option costs and who it suits
Free Google listing

Google Business Profile: free

Good for: A shoemaker who wants their workshop, hours and reviews on Google Maps. Watch out for: Google decides the layout. Link it to a website with your sizes, prices and photos.
Just1 website

R97 once-off: one page, first 3 months online included, then R97 every 3 months

R199/month: own .co.za and email, changes on WhatsApp

Good for: A shoemaker who wants their sandals or shoes, sizes, prices and photos on one page. Watch out for: One page only; no online shop, cart or card payments.

Weighing up Wix, Shopify or WordPress too? Our guide to the best website builders in South Africa compares them on first-year cost in rand.

What SA customers do online when they need a shoemaker

Figures from Google Trends on how South Africans search for sandals and handmade shoes, when those searches peak, and what they add to them.

Column chart: Google search interest in “sandals” in South Africa by month, averaged over 2019 to 2025. Lowest in June at 18.9, rising from August to a peak in December at 66.7.
Bar chart: Google search interest in South Africa in 2025, five terms compared: leather sandals 49, shoe repairs 3, handmade shoes 1, zulu sandals 1, shoe maker 0.

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Sandal searches peak in December

From 2019 to 2025, searches for “sandals” in South Africa peaked in December every year from 2020, and were lowest between April and June. Averaged per month over those years, December scored 66.7 against 18.9 for June. Interest climbs from August, so have your page, sizes and prices up before spring.

Source: Google Trends, “sandals”, ZA, 2019 to 2025

More people search for sandals every year

Yearly interest in “sandals” in South Africa rose every year, from 20.5 in 2019 to 59.5 in 2025, almost three times as high. These are Google’s yearly averages of a 100-point index, not search counts.

Source: Google Trends, “sandals”, ZA, 2019 to 2025

Name the material and the product

In 2025, South Africans searched “leather sandals” (49) far more than “shoe repairs” (3), “handmade shoes” (1), “zulu sandals” (1) or “shoe maker” (0). These are Google’s yearly averages for one comparison. Say what you make and what it is made of, in the words people type: leather sandals, Zulu sandals, vellies.

Source: Google Trends, footwear terms compared, ZA, 2025

Say who the sandals are for

Among the fastest-rising searches related to “leather sandals” in South Africa from 2019 to 2025 were “genuine leather sandals for men” (Breakout), “leather sandals for ladies” (+200%) and “leather sandals for women” (+200%). List your men’s, ladies’ and kids’ sizes, so each group finds the pair for them.

Source: Google Trends, “leather sandals”, ZA, 2019 to 2025

Shoemaker site we built

Za Sandals website on a phone

Za Sandals

Za Sandals makes handmade Zulu print sandals in Birchleigh North, Kempton Park. The page leads with the price and turnaround: sizes 3 to 13, R525 per pair excluding delivery, ready in 3 days. It shows the full size range, photos of the black and white patterned crossover straps, and the address. People send their size on WhatsApp to order, and ask about delivery there.

Four simple steps

1

Order your Just1 Website.

2

Send your details and photos on WhatsApp.

3

See your preview and approve it.

4

We publish it online for you.

What to send us on WhatsApp
  • Your business name and town
  • What you make: sandals, vellies, shoes, and the materials
  • Your sizes, and men’s, ladies’ and kids’ ranges
  • Your price per pair and how long a pair takes
  • How delivery or collection works
  • Photos of your shoes and sandals
  • Your call and WhatsApp numbers

Website questions from shoemakers and sandal makers

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Built over WhatsApp for shoemakers and sandal makers in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban, Gqeberha, Bloemfontein and across South Africa.

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