How Pigee Automatically Builds Online Shops for Merchants
In today’s digital-age commerce world, a website used to be the minimum requirement for a merchant who wanted to sell online. But what if you don’t have the time or resources to build and maintain a website? What if your priority is simply to start selling, globally, as fast as possible? That’s where Pigee comes in. With Pigee, you can skip the website build entirely and still gain global visibility, an online shop page, and SEO-benefits. In this post we’ll dive into how Pigee makes this possible, how it works, and why it’s a game-changer for merchants.
Why Having No Website Isn’t a Barrier Anymore
1. The website-build burden
Traditionally, launching an online store meant registering a domain, buying hosting, installing e-commerce software, designing your storefront, setting up payment gateways, ensuring mobile responsiveness, managing hosting security — the list goes on. For many small merchants, especially those focused on local physical store operations or tourist-facing retail, this can be a major time and cost barrier.
2. The global-visibility challenge
Even if you build a site, getting it to rank and attract global customers takes SEO effort, technical optimisation, link building, and consistent content. Without these, you may struggle to be found online. Pigee bypasses that heavy lifting by leveraging its own platform and SEO network.
3. Enter Pigee: Built-in shop + global marketplace
(Pigee provides merchants with a ready-togo shop page hosted on its domain. For example:www.pigeepost.com/shop/shop_name
This means you get an instant online presence, a shareable link, and the benefits of being embedded in Pigee’s aggregated marketplace. That setup gives you SEO visibility without needing to build or maintain your own site.
4. Shipping, Customs & Tracking
Every checkout initiated through Pigee includes global shipping options (multi-carrier), smart customs compliance (HS code classification, duty/tax predictions), insurance, and real-time tracking. The logistic burden for the merchant is significantly reduced: package the product, and the platform takes care of the rest.
5. Seller Experience: Low-Touch, High-Conversion
The merchant experience is designed to be streamlined:
List a product
Share the link
Get paid instantly
Let Pigee manage delivery
No website, no plugins (unless integrating later), no courier contracts — just a simplified path to global sales.
6. Store Connect (for Existing E-Commerce Stores)
For merchants who already run their own e-commerce stores (e.g., WordPress + WooCommerce or Shopify), Pigee offers Store Connect. This plugin/integration allows:
Orders placed on the merchant’s own site to be processed through Pigee (payments + shipping)
Products listed via Pigee to sync back to the merchant’s site
Unified stock levels, prices, and order management across both platforms
This gives merchants flexibility: keep your website if you already have one—and still benefit from Pigee’s infrastructure and global network.
Why This Approach Is SEO-Smart
Structured URLs & indexable pages
Because Pigee creates dedicated shop pages and product pages under its domain, each listing becomes a crawlable URL. Search engines index them and treat them similarly to marketplace listings (e.g., Amazon, eBay). For merchants, this means being visible without building the technical SEO themselves.
Aggregated domain authority
Rather than starting a new domain with zero authority, merchants benefit from Pigee’s established domain and marketplace structure. This can help products and shops appear in search results faster, increasing visibility and reducing time to ranking.
Shareable links for social & in-store
Beyond search engines, the shareable shop/product link can be used in social media posts, messages, in-store QR codes, and more. Each click and each external link back to the shop increases traffic, signals relevance to search engines, and helps with SEO momentum.
Keyword optimisation baked in
Pigee’s automatic shop and product creation includes SEO-optimised pages—so merchants don’t have to manually create meta tags, structured data or schema. That means more consistent SEO best-practice compliance without the usual setup overhead.
Who This Works Best For
Physical stores with tourist traffic
If you have a local store and lots of customers from other countries (tourists, travellers) who might want items shipped rather than carried home, Pigee is a perfect fit. The platform was initially built to help such merchants capture sales that would otherwise be lost. pigeepost.com+1
Small online brands without a website
If you’re starting out, or you have limited tech resources, the built-in shop solution means you can launch quickly and globally without investing in website infrastructure.
E-commerce stores wanting global reach & logistic simplicity
If you already have a website (WooCommerce, Shopify, etc.), integrating Pigee via Store Connect gives you shipping, payment, customs support – all managed while you keep your own domain and brand presence.
Export-focused artisans and creators
Artisans, local craft makers, and boutique stores in emerging markets often struggle with logistics and payments for global customers. Pigee gives them access to global buyers, shipping infrastructure, and SEO visibility they might otherwise lack.
Getting Started With Pigee: Quick Checklist
Here’s a step-by-step checklist to help merchants launch their Pigee shop with ease.
Sign up on the Pigee platform (app/web).
Enter your business details and create your merchant account.
List your first product (photo, description, price) – this triggers your shop creation.
Share your shop link
www.pigeepost.com/shop/your_shop_namewith customers, social posts, in-store displays (QR codes).Manage payments and shipping through Pigee’s interface – you’ll receive payments and the shipping is handled automatically.
Promote your shop – share on social, attach the link to your physical store, ask customers to review.
(Optional) Integrate your existing site with Pigee if you already have one (via Store Connect) for advanced sync features. support.pigeepost.com
Monitor performance – keep an eye on orders, link clicks, shipping metrics, tagline: “sell from anywhere, to anywhere”.
FAQ
What if I already have a website—do I need Pigee?
No, you don’t need Pigee, but using it can give you global reach, shipping support and SEO visibility that may be harder to achieve independently. If you have a site, use Store Connect to combine your site and Pigee’s network.
Will my shop look less “branded” because it’s on Pigee’s domain?
Your shop still uses your shop name in the URL and allows for your brand identity. The trade-off is you avoid the tech burden of building and maintaining a site, in exchange for leveraging Pigee’s platform and marketplace.
How does shipping and customs work?
Pigee handles multi-carrier shipping, intelligent customs classification, insurance and tracking for you. This greatly simplifies selling to customers in other countries, as you don’t need to become an expert in global logistics. pigeepost.com+1
Is there a cost or subscription?
No monthly subscription is required for the merchant plan – Pigee offers free merchant accounts. You only pay for the shipping or logistics when an order happens. pigeepost.com
How do I attract traffic to my Pigee-shop?
Use your shareable link in social media posts, in-store QR codes, email marketing, and optimise your product titles/descriptions for keywords your target customers would search. Since the pages are indexable, they’ll also show up in search engine results.
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