Guides to selling online in Laos
Straight answers to the questions people ask before opening an online shop — the short answer first, then the details.
How do I open an online shop in Laos?
Prepare three things: your products with photos and prices, a bank QR that can receive money (LAO QR / BCEL One) and a delivery company. Then build the shop on LaoCart — building is free, you pay only to open it, from 2,990,000 kip a year with no commission. Most shops are selling within a day.
Read the guideHow do I accept BCEL OnePay online?
Put your receiving QR from BCEL One (a LAO QR) on the shop's checkout: the customer scans it in their banking app, pays, and uploads the slip to the order. The money lands in your own BCEL account directly; LaoCart takes no commission. On LaoCart it is one setting: upload the QR picture under “Settings” → “Payment”.
Read the guideSelling on a Facebook page vs having your own shop
Keep the Facebook page — that is where customers find you. Then add your own shop for the part chat does badly: prices, stock, delivery addresses, payment and tracking codes. Customers still come from Facebook and TikTok; they just finish the order on a page that is open 24 hours a day.
Read the guideLaoCart vs Shopify for Laos
For a shop that sells in Laos, in kip, to customers who pay by LAO QR and get their parcels through Anousith or Mixay, LaoCart is built for exactly that and costs from 2,990,000 kip a year with no commission. Shopify is the big worldwide tool: prices in dollars paid by card, no Lao QR or Lao delivery built in — the right choice when you sell abroad and take cards.
Read the guideLAO QR · BCEL OnePay
Automatic payment confirmation: BCEL OnePay
How a shop in Laos gets payments confirmed by themselves with a LAO QR: BCEL's payment gateway (1.5% plus US$45 a month, registered businesses). Who can apply, documents, fees, and the forms.
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Everything LaoCart does for your shop
Every LaoCart feature for sellers in Laos: your own shop address, QR payment with the slip, Lao carriers, parcel labels, pre-orders, promo codes, statistics, a team and help in Lao.
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