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Case study · Ecommerce · Live at roq-gear.co.za

ROQ Gear

Our own shop. ROQ Gear sells mechanical keyboards in South Africa — hall-effect, magnetic and wireless boards, stocked locally and shipped from Durban in 1–3 days. We built it, we run it, and every lesson it teaches us goes straight into the stores we build for clients.

Year
2026
Type
Ecommerce
Runs on
Our own stack
roq-gear.co.za — the live store

The live store, top to bottom — recorded, not mocked

Why we run our own shop

It’s easy to promise a client their store will convert. It’s another thing to stake your own stock on it. ROQ Gear is our proving ground — real products, real customers, real payments, real courier deadlines. When we say we know what makes an online store work, this is where we found out.

The build

A catalogue built for browsing — clean product cards, honest stock states, a featured rail that earns its space — inside a layout that stays out of the way: dark chrome, calm field, one ember accent doing all the pointing. Fast enough that the keyboards are the only thing you wait for.

First impression

Straight to the point of sale

No carousel, no fluff: the hero states what we sell, where the stock sits, and how fast it ships — with the featured board one click from checkout. Everything a buyer needs to trust a shop, above the fold.

the storefront

Details worth noticing

Local stock, said plainly

Stocked in SA, shipped from Durban, 1–3 days — the promises buyers actually care about, front and centre.

Honest stock states

Out-of-stock is shown, not hidden — trust beats a prettier grid.

Catalogue built to browse

Consistent cards, real photography, prices without the hunt.

A dry run for your store

Payments, couriers, catalogue ops — problems we solved here so your build skips them.