Colala Mall — a commission-free marketplace for buyers and sellers

A four-app marketplace ecosystem where sellers keep their margin and buyers get storefronts, chat and delivery in one place.
- Year
- 2025
- Engagement
- Build + Operate
Nigerian sellers were losing double-digit margin to marketplace commissions while running orders through social DMs with no order history, no dispute trail and no delivery visibility.
- 01
Modelled a subscription economy that replaces per-sale commission entirely.
- 02
Shipped four connected apps — buyer, seller, rider and admin — from one shared backend.
- 03
Built in-app storefronts, chat, order disputes and escrowed payouts.
- 04
Instrumented the funnel end to end so acquisition spend could be attributed to real orders.
Tell us what you need to ship. We will scope it.
A strategy session is a working hour with the partners who would run your engagement — not a sales call. You leave with a scope, a sequence and a number.
