What Is Chariow? Selling Digital Products in Africa

Chariow is an all-in-one platform that lets you open an online store and sell digital products in minutes, with no technical skills and no website to build. It is designed for African creators: trainers, consultants, authors, software makers and coaches.

This article explains what Chariow does, how customers pay, what it costs and where ChariowSell fits in.

A digital product store, no code

You create your store, add your products, set a price, and Chariow generates the checkout page and delivers the product to the buyer. There is no hosting to configure and no payment system to connect.

What you can sell

• Files: e-books, PDFs, templates, graphics, spreadsheets.
• Online courses with video lessons.
• Licenses to access software or a tool.
• Bundles: several products sold together at a lower price.
• Coaching sessions.
• Access to a private community.

To pick what to sell, see 10 digital product ideas to sell on Chariow.

Payments built for Africa

Buyers can pay with Mobile Money (Orange Money, Wave, MTN MoMo and others depending on the country), bank card or international transfer. Chariow handles currencies and conversions, and the platform is available in many countries. That is what sets it apart from platforms that only take cards, which many African customers do not use.

How much it costs

No monthly subscription and no setup fee: Chariow takes a commission on each sale. According to Chariow's official website at the time of writing, it is 15% for beginners and 10% for more established creators, with a negotiated rate for very large volumes. These rates can change: check chariow.com before you decide.

Getting paid

Also according to the official website, earnings are transferred within 72 hours through the payment method you chose, with no minimum commitment and no cancellation fee.

What Chariow does not do

Chariow is good at collecting payments and delivering products. It is not designed to build everything that happens before and around the payment: a detailed sales page, a lead capture page, a multi-step journey. According to the Chariow documentation reviewed in November 2026, it does not describe a sales funnel system or an upsell built into its checkout page.

Where ChariowSell fits

ChariowSell fills that gap. Chariow collects payments and delivers your products; ChariowSell helps you write a clear, mobile-friendly sales page and build lead capture pages and funnels whose buttons lead to your Chariow payment link. ChariowSell is an independent tool, not affiliated with Chariow.

Keep reading:

• How to sell with Chariow: the steps from product to first customer;
• What is ChariowSell?: what the tool does;
• Systeme.io or Chariow: how to build sales funnels.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need a website to sell on Chariow? No. Chariow provides the store and the checkout page. A dedicated sales page is useful to convince visitors.

Is Chariow suitable for beginners? Yes: setup is no-code. The hard parts are choosing a good product and bringing visitors.

Are the prices above final? No. Commissions and features change; Chariow's website is the reference.