Ecommerce development in Riyadh, starting with which platform.
Before the store gets built there is a decision worth more than the build: Shopify, Salla, Zid, or something custom. We make that call with you, in the open, and we lose work by making it honestly.
This page is for you if
The platform question, answered without a commission
- You sell offline in Riyadh and are going online for the first time
- You have a catalogue larger than a template store can handle
- You need ZATCA-compliant invoicing wired into the order flow
- You are comparing Shopify against Salla and Zid and getting sales pitches
- Delivery and returns are the actual bottleneck, not the website
- You cannot tell which step of the funnel is leaking
We are not a Shopify reseller and we take no platform commission, which is the only reason this comparison is worth reading. Salla and Zid arrive with Saudi payments, Arabic and local courier integrations already solved — for a straightforward Kingdom-only catalogue that is often the cheaper, faster answer and we will say so. Shopify wins when you need real storefront control, a serious app ecosystem, multi-currency, or to sell outside Saudi Arabia. A custom build is right far less often than agencies suggest, and usually only when your operations, not your storefront, are the unusual part.
Scope
What an ecommerce engagement covers
Every line is in the written proposal before work starts, and the price is fixed against it.
- Platform selection with the trade-offs written down, not asserted
- Catalogue architecture designed for where the range is going, not where it is
- Product data structure: variants, metafields, bilingual product content
- Payment stack configured for the Kingdom and tested with real transactions
- Shipping zones, courier accounts, free-shipping thresholds set from your margin
- Returns flow that a customer can complete without phoning you
- ZATCA-compliant e-invoicing wired into the order flow with your accountant
- Abandoned cart, review request and re-engagement flows
- GA4 and ad-platform events, plus a dashboard covering the six numbers that matter
Evidence
A multi-category store you can open
LAYALI is a multi-category fashion store built in-house for phone browsing: category strip, filterable grid, instalment messaging, and a product enquiry that opens WhatsApp with the item already named. YETREMA original.
Common questions
Questions we are asked in Riyadh.
If you sell only inside Saudi Arabia, have a straightforward catalogue and want Saudi payments and couriers working on day one, Salla or Zid is usually cheaper and faster. If you need storefront control, a large app ecosystem, multi-currency or to sell across the GCC and beyond, Shopify is the better long-term platform. We take no commission from any of them, so ask us before you ask a reseller.
We configure the store side and connect a compliant invoicing provider so invoices are generated correctly on each order. The compliance sign-off itself sits with your accountant or tax adviser — we build to what they specify rather than claiming to certify it ourselves.
Yes, after a paid audit. Most handovers we do involve untangling apps and a theme that was customised without version control. The audit tells us — and you — whether that is a fix or a rebuild.
Other Riyadh services
A different problem?
Web Design
If the business has moved on and the site has not, this is the page for you. Design, copy and structure — in Arabic and English, both written as originals.
02Website Development
Slow loading, broken forms, a site nobody can edit, a migration nobody wants to touch. This is the engineering side, priced and scoped like engineering.
03Shopify Development
Arabic storefront, Mada and Apple Pay above the fold, instalments through Tabby or Tamara, and a WhatsApp question answered before the card comes out.
Every example linked from this page is a YETREMA original — designed and built in-house to show how we work. We publish no client names, revenue figures or performance claims we cannot evidence.
Start a project in Riyadh.
Send the brief or a WhatsApp message. We reply within one business day, Riyadh time, with scope, timeline and a fixed price.