These 5 Indonesia-based startups let you easily build your own online storefront

Indonesia holds a lot of promise for the ecommerce industry. The country has 74.6 million internet users so far, and online transaction volume keeps growing in size from year to year. Since last year, more ecommerce website builders have been popping up in Indonesia’s ecommerce market trying to help more small- and medium-sized enterprises sell their stuff online. These startups offer an easy way for those with no programming background to build an online store using templates, themes, features, services, and more.

Here are five website builders battling to attract more Indonesian SMEs to create a professional site for their online stores.

1. Pixtem

Launched in January last year, Pixtem lets its customers build personal and ecommerce websites. More than 1,000 websites and online stores use Pixtem as their provider.

10 templates for personal sites and five more for ecommerce sites are available to choose from. New users can start building an ecommerce website in three simple steps starting from signing up, choosing a template, and then deciding the site’s domain name. After the 14-day free trial ends, user can choose from four available price plans. Pixtem charges between US$55 and US$550 per year.

2. Jejualan

This Yogyakarta-based ecommerce website builder was launched in the beginning of last year. Over 30,000 merchants have registered as Jejualan members and more than 3,000 of them have subscribed and made monthly payments.

Jejualan provides a 15-day free trial before user must switch to its monthly pricing plan. It provides two pricing tiers: Gold for US$6 per month and Platinum for US$20 per month. Users can choose from 24 available templates to beautify their online stores. To stand out from the competition, Jejualan claims to have more features than any other ecommerce website such as SMS transaction reports, a custom SEO technology, direct consultation services with ecommerce analysts, marketing tools, and more.

3. Sirclo

The Indonesia and Singapore-based startup was founded in September 2013 and currently has more than 200 paying customers. The startup recently announced that it has received seed funding for an undisclosed amount from East Ventures (East Ventures invests in Sirclo and Tech in Asia. Read our ethics page for more information).

The cost of setting up an online store ranges from US$8 to US$148 per month. Sirclo’s lowest pricing plan is slightly higher compared to some of its competitors, but all of its packages can be tested under a 30-day free trial. Sirclo provides 10 templates in which four of them are premium. Setting up a store can be done in a few simple steps: sign up, pick a name, choose a theme, and confirm the store’s creation.

4. Jarvis Store

5. Klakat