Our story

We believe every seller deserves to get paid.

Merx Africa was built to solve a problem we saw everywhere: sellers working hard, building loyal audiences, and still losing money because there was no infrastructure to protect them.

Our mission

Commerce infrastructure
for African sellers.

Across Nigeria and Africa, millions of sellers run their businesses through DMs, voice notes, and bank transfers. They're talented, hardworking, and determined — but the payment rails they rely on were never built with them in mind.

Merx builds the missing layer: escrow-protected transactions, a verified storefront, a unified seller inbox, and real-time analytics — all in one place. We're starting in Nigeria and building for the continent.

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Security first
Every naira is held in regulated, licensed infrastructure. No money moves without both parties confirming.
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Trust is the product
Merx isn't just software — it's the trust layer between buyer and seller that was missing from social commerce.
Speed matters
Nigerian sellers don't have time for complex tools. Merx is built to be fast, simple, and immediately useful.
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Built for Africa
We design for local realities — WhatsApp commerce, bank transfer pain points, and the social trust economy.

The opportunity is real.

2M+Social commerce sellers across Africa who need this
$14B+African social commerce market value (2025)
<5 minTo complete your first escrow transaction
0Legitimate disputes left unresolved
The problem

Social commerce is broken for the people doing the work.

A seller in Lagos takes a DM order, collects payment via bank transfer, ships the goods — and then the buyer claims the package never arrived. No code. No proof. No recourse. The seller just lost money and time.

This happens every day to thousands of sellers. Not because they're doing anything wrong — but because the tools they use were never designed to protect them. Merx was built to change that, permanently.

Free to start · No monthly fees · No credit card needed

You've worked for
every sale. Collect it.

Open your verified Merx storefront, accept pay-on-delivery without fear, run every DMfrom one inbox, and start building the credit identity banks have never been able to see.

Free to open · No setup fees · You only pay a small fee when an order is collected