About Our Company

What is Mmaraka

Mmaraka is a South African local word for marketplace. We are an e-commerce company incorporated in South Africa as Dropship Trading (Pty) Ltd that connects consumers with retail and wholesale entrepreneurs; sellers, manufacturers, and brands worldwide through an online marketplace, offering a wide selection of quality merchandise at near wholesale prices safely to the doorstep of customers.

What does Mmaraka sell?

The Mmaraka marketplace is available at www.mmaraka.co.za and mobile apps downloaded from Google Play, Apple App Store, and/or Huawei Gallery. It offers a broad range of quality merchandise across 21 categories, including women's and men's clothing, beauty and health, home and kitchen, sports and outdoors, appliances, tools and home improvement, pet supplies, and toys and games, among others.

Guided by its core values of empowerment, inclusion and diversity, integrity, and social responsibility, Mmaraka seeks to connect consumers with the best indigenous suppliers and empower them to pursue their dreams. Mmaraka's diversity in sellers allows it to offer the widest merchandise selection to meet the varied needs of consumers from different backgrounds.

Mmaraka's name, which is an indigenous word that means 'marketplace,' reflects its philosophy of strengthening all aspects of the South African Buyer-Seller chain and working together to create a South African economy of scale and value.

 

How is Mmaraka able to offer lower prices than others?

Mmaraka connects customers directly with cost-efficient producers and Sellers, allowing for competitively priced goods. By eliminating multiple middlemen and shipping some orders directly from Sellers to Customers, Customers benefit from wholesale prices from the source.

Quality Products Sourced Around the World

Mmaraka has access to a sophisticated global and South African network of suppliers and manufacturers. Many of these suppliers and Sellers are experienced in retail and offer the best prices to Mmaraka because of our scale. Mmaraka also has a zero-tolerance policy against counterfeits and imposes heavy penalties on infringers.