E-commerce is where digital marketing meets revenue. Most Thai online stores leak money at three points: the product page, the checkout flow, and the post-purchase nurture. Fix all three and revenue typically lifts 30-50%.
Signs your e-commerce store is leaking money
- Cart abandonment over 70% — industry benchmark is 65-69%; you're worse
- Slow checkout — more than 3 steps, or more than 60 seconds total
- Missing Thai payment options — no PromptPay, no TrueMoney, no SCB Easy QR
- No mobile checkout flow — your responsive design breaks at the payment step
- No abandoned cart emails — leaving 20-30% recoverable revenue on the table
- Product images are 5MB each — pages take 8 seconds to load
- No related products — average order value is single-item only
- No reviews or ratings — buyers default to OTAs/marketplaces instead of your store
- Inventory not synced — selling items you don't have, then disappointing customers
How a leaking store impacts your business
E-commerce sits on the WordPress development base. We build Thai-specific payment plugins (PromptPay, TrueMoney) and harden the store with server configuration for traffic spikes.
- Wasted ad spend — driving traffic to a broken funnel means paying for clicks that never convert
- Lower AOV — without upsells and related products, every order is single-item
- Customer service overload — most "where's my order?" calls come from store UX gaps
- Lost mobile market — 70%+ of Thai e-commerce traffic is mobile; if mobile doesn't work, neither does your business
What we deliver
- Platform setup — WooCommerce, Shopify, or custom — chosen for your scale and product type. See past e-commerce builds in our portfolio.
- Thai payment gateway integration — PromptPay, TrueMoney, Omise, SCB Easy QR, KBank QR, plus cards
- Checkout optimisation — 1-page checkout, address autocomplete, payment-first flow
- Mobile-first cart flow — designed for 375px Android (Thailand's dominant device class)
- Abandoned cart recovery — 3-email sequence + WhatsApp nudge for 20-30% recovery rate
- Product page rebuild — better imagery, lazy loading, reviews, related products, social proof
- Shipping integration — Kerry, Flash, J&T, Thailand Post, plus Shopee/Lazada-style same-day options
- Analytics + funnel tracking — see exactly where buyers drop off
Related services
This service is one piece of our full digital marketing services lineup. It works best alongside:
- WordPress development — is the platform we usually build on
- custom plugin development — adds Thai payment gateways and shipping
- server configuration — handles the traffic spikes of a working store
Not sure which combination fits? Get a free audit and we will recommend the smallest engagement that hits your goal.
How e-commerce development works in Satun
- Satun is Thailand's southwestern corner, with Pak Bara serving as the gateway to Tarutao National Marine Park and the Koh Lipe islands — increasingly one of the most sought-after island destinations on the Andaman, especially among European long-stay travellers
- The province also runs a significant Muslim-Thai fishing economy and a small border-trade flow toward Malaysia
- Search behaviour mixes Thai-language local commerce with high-value English tourism intent for Koh Lipe and Tarutao
- Competition in the Koh Lipe vertical is meaningful; the mainland is genuinely open
Industries we serve in Satun
- Tourism (Marine)
- Border Trade
- Marine
- Fishing
Areas we cover
- Mueang Satun
- Pak Bara
- Koh Lipe
- La-ngu
Our local model
Our team is in Pattaya, roughly a domestic flight from Satun. We are honest about being a Pattaya team that serves Satun — not a fake local office.