Skip the queue

Noques is an online marketplace for South African small businesses. Vendors list their products and sell to customers across the country without building a website, writing code, or paying a monthly fee. The name is how South Africans say it out loud: no queues.

No. The customer pays from their own phone, either ahead of time or standing at your counter, and the card details go straight to Yoco. There is no terminal to rent, no monthly rental, and nothing to set up on your side beyond your bank account for payouts.

Both, and that is the point. An order arrives already paid for and then moves through received, preparing, ready and collected, so you are running the order and taking the money in one place rather than bolting a payment link onto a notebook.

Nothing to join and nothing each month. Noques takes a commission only when you make a sale: 10% on the standard rate, 8% for early adopters, and 2.95% for registered non-profits, which only covers the payment gateway's own costs. If you sell nothing in a month, you pay nothing.

Customers pay by card through Yoco when they check out. The money for your items is held in your Noques wallet, and you request a payout to your bank account from your vendor dashboard. Your balance, every sale behind it, and the commission taken are all itemised there.

No. Your storefront is created for you when you sign up. You add your business name, your logo and your products, and the page is live. There is nothing to design, host or maintain, and no domain to buy.

Small businesses, makers, market traders and non-profits based in South Africa. You do not need to be a registered company to start, and there is no minimum number of products.

Yes. A customer fills one basket from as many vendors as they like and pays once. Noques splits the order behind the scenes so each vendor receives and fulfils only their own part of it.