Ecommerce

Run your online store without stitching tools together.

Catalogue, checkout, payments, orders and customer updates in one place — whether you sell on a CoSpread shop or your own website through the Store API.

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Order #CSP-20418

Delivery · 3 items · Paid by card

  • Order Paid09:12
  • Order Confirmed09:20
  • Order Processing10:05
  • Customer notifiedEmail sent

Made for

  • Fashion & apparel
  • Beauty & personal care
  • Electronics & gadgets
  • Home & living
  • Social-commerce sellers
  • Brands with their own website

The challenge

What gets in the way of ecommerce

01

Too many disconnected tools

A website builder, a payment link, a spreadsheet for stock and a chat app for order updates — and none of them talk to each other.

02

Customers asking “where is my order?”

Without clear order stages, every delivery turns into back-and-forth messages with customers.

03

Selling what you no longer have

When stock isn't held for pending payments, two customers can pay for the last item.

How CoSpread helps

Everything you need, working together.

A catalogue built for variety

List every product with its variants, images and the details your shoppers care about.

More on Catalogue & Inventory
  • Variants for size, colour or style, each with its own price and stock
  • Brands, categories and a default product image
  • Custom product fields with specification templates
  • Sell goods and services side by side

Checkout that becomes an order on its own

A shopper's checkout creates an invoice. When it's paid, CoSpread turns it into an order and notifies you — no manual re-entry.

More on Invoicing & Payment Collection
  • Card and bank transfer payments
  • Delivery or pickup orders
  • Stock is reserved while an invoice awaits payment, and released if it's never paid
  • Set whether refunds are allowed and for how many days

Order updates your customers don't have to ask for

Move an order from Confirmed to Delivered and CoSpread emails the customer at every step.

More on Orders Management
  • Confirmed, Processing, Ready, Shipped, Delivered and Cancelled emails
  • Dispatch address and contact recorded with the shipment
  • Every change logged with who made it and when

Your storefront, your way

Publish a CoSpread online shop on your own domain, or keep your website and power it with the Store API.

More on Website
  • Online shop with checkout, search, filters, banners and categories
  • Store API for shopper sign-up, catalogue, search, checkout and order tracking
  • Website keys locked to your domain; server keys locked to your IP addresses

Know what's selling

See sales, earnings, order statistics and product performance — and capture interest before it becomes a sale.

More on Business Analytics
  • Product performance and order statistics
  • Leads from any channel with custom forms
  • Customer records you can extend with your own fields

How it works

From cart to doorstep

A seller preparing a parcel for delivery
1

Shopper checks out

Your storefront sends the cart to CoSpread, which creates an invoice and holds the stock.

2

Payment lands

The shopper pays by card or bank transfer. The invoice becomes an order automatically and you get a new-order email.

3

Your team packs it

Confirm the order and mark it Processing, then Ready. The customer is emailed at each step.

4

Out for delivery

Mark it Shipped with the dispatch address and contact, then Delivered when it arrives.

Make it yours

Your details, your fields.

Create templates for the product details your category needs, and reuse them across your catalogue.

Apparel

Product specification template
Material
100% cotton
Fit
Relaxed
Care instructions
Machine wash cold
Country of origin
Nigeria

Recommended plan

Standard

Online shop, inventory management, leads and customers, and automated invoice emails. Choose Pro when you want API access to power your own storefront.

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Questions from ecommerce teams

Can I keep my existing website?

Yes. The Store API lets your website handle shopper accounts, browse and search your catalogue, check out and track orders, while CoSpread runs payments, stock and fulfilment behind it.

What happens to stock while a customer is paying?

When an invoice is created for products, the stock is reserved until the invoice's due date. If it's never paid, the stock goes back on sale.

Do my customers get order updates?

Yes. When an order has a customer email, CoSpread sends an email as it's confirmed, processed, ready, shipped, delivered or cancelled. Your business gets a copy of each status change too.

Do I need my own website to sell online?

No. You can create and publish a CoSpread online shop from your Business Dashboard, on your own custom domain. If you already have a website, the Store API lets it sell through CoSpread instead.