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E-COMMERCE DEV
Ignited Nepal builds e-commerce stores for Qatari brands and international brands entering Qatar and the wider GCC. We build bilingual Arabic and English stores with RTL layout for Arabic pages, payment integrations that match how customers in Qatar actually pay, and product presentation that supports the premium and luxury average order values common in this market. Cash on delivery, Telr, PayTabs, and Checkout.com included.
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/ This is for you if
You sell through physical retail or distribution and you are building your own online channel for the first time. Your customers are sophisticated, they have high expectations for presentation, and a significant portion will want to pay cash on delivery or use a local payment gateway. You need a store built to meet those expectations from day one.
You have a working Shopify store in another market and you want to reach customers in Qatar. A global store with a currency switcher and English-only content is not the same as a store built for this market. You need Arabic language, RTL layout, local payment options, regional shipping configuration, and product presentation that works for your category in a high-purchasing-power market.
Your product sits at a premium or luxury price point and your current store does not reflect that positioning. A template-built Shopify store communicates value through its design, its information density, and its checkout experience. If the store does not feel as premium as the product, you are losing customers before they reach the buy button.
/ What's broken
Arabic is the official language of Qatar and a significant portion of your potential customer base will prefer, or expect, to shop in Arabic. An English-only store is not just a language gap; it is a trust gap. A bilingual store with properly implemented RTL layout for Arabic pages signals that you are serious about this market.
Cash on delivery remains a commonly used and expected payment option in Qatar and across the GCC, including for premium purchases. If your checkout does not offer it, you are excluding a segment of customers who would have bought from you. The perception that online purchases must use a credit card is not universal here, and your checkout should reflect that.
Selling at a high average order value online requires that the product page communicates quality, authenticity, and detail at every point. A product page with small images, a short description, and no supporting content cannot justify a premium price. Photography quality, description depth, trust signals, and brand narrative on the product page all contribute to whether a high-consideration buyer adds to cart.
International payment gateways like Stripe do not have full coverage in Qatar and some GCC markets. Telr, PayTabs, and Checkout.com are the established gateways for this region. If your store is using a gateway that does not fully support Qatari cards or QAR settlement, you are creating unnecessary friction and potential payment failures at checkout.
/ What we engineer
Each workstream is built by the team that audits it, and wired into the rest of your growth system.
We configure Shopify for Qatar: QAR pricing, GCC tax configuration, the correct payment gateway for your volume and category, and the app stack your operation requires. We make platform decisions based on what your business needs, not what requires the least configuration effort.
We build or customise your Shopify theme to function correctly in both Arabic and English. Arabic pages use proper RTL layout, not a mirrored version of the English page. Typography, navigation, button placement, and form fields are all adapted for RTL. Both language versions receive equal design attention.
We design a product page template built for high-value purchases: large-format imagery, detailed descriptions in both languages, material and provenance information, trust signals prominently placed, and a visual hierarchy that supports considered buying decisions. For luxury or premium categories, the product page is where the purchase is won or lost.
We structure your collections for how customers in Qatar browse premium categories: occasion-based collections, gift-oriented navigation, seasonal and cultural calendar awareness including Ramadan and Eid, and filtering that helps high-intent customers narrow down efficiently without feeling like they are in a mass-market store.
We integrate Telr, PayTabs, or Checkout.com depending on your transaction profile, configure cash on delivery with your logistics partner, and build a checkout flow that works for Qatari customers in both Arabic and English. Address format, phone number fields, and postal zone configuration are all adapted for Qatar.
We configure payment gateways for QAR settlement, set up cash on delivery with your courier or logistics partner, configure shipping zones for Qatar and GCC delivery, and set up any free shipping thresholds or handling charges that align with your margin structure and AOV.
We configure your core post-purchase sequences: abandoned checkout, order confirmation, delivery update, and review request, in both Arabic and English. We connect Google Analytics 4 and configure conversion tracking for any paid media you are running on Meta or Google in the GCC.
/ What changes
/ How it works
We audit your current store or brief, review your category in the Qatari market, and identify the gaps between your current presentation and what is required for this market. We review payment gateway options for your transaction profile and make a recommendation. This takes one week.
We map your collection structure, design your bilingual product page template, plan your RTL Arabic layout, and specify your checkout and payment configuration. We also plan Ramadan and Eid seasonal collection logic if relevant to your category. You review and approve everything before development begins.
We develop the bilingual theme with Arabic RTL and English, configure Telr, PayTabs, or Checkout.com, set up cash on delivery, configure GCC shipping zones, build your email flows in Arabic and English, and connect analytics. We work in a development environment throughout.
We test the store in Arabic and English across devices, verify that RTL layout is correct at every breakpoint, test all payment methods including cash on delivery, and check that QAR pricing and GCC shipping rates are displaying correctly. We launch, monitor the first week, and provide bilingual documentation for your team.
/ Common questions
Straight answers on scope, timelines and cost. Anything else, ask us directly.
Ask us directlyShopify supports bilingual stores through its built-in translation framework and supports RTL layout through theme configuration. A properly built RTL theme mirrors the visual layout, adjusts typography for Arabic script, repositions navigation and buttons, and ensures that form fields and checkout flows display correctly for right-to-left reading. This is not automatic; it requires deliberate theme development. We build RTL as a first-class layout, not a modification of the English version.
Telr, PayTabs, and Checkout.com are all established options for Qatar and the wider GCC. The right choice depends on your transaction volume, the currencies you need to settle in, your category, and your logistics setup. Telr is widely used across the GCC for its regional card coverage. PayTabs has strong multi-currency capabilities. Checkout.com suits higher-volume operations. We make a recommendation during the diagnostic based on your specific profile.
Cash on delivery remains a commonly expected payment option in Qatar, including for premium purchases, and declining to offer it will cost you sales. The proportion of orders paid cash on delivery varies by category and price point, but it is high enough in most categories that excluding it is a deliberate decision with real revenue consequences. We configure cash on delivery with your logistics partner as part of the standard build.
Ramadan and Eid are major commercial periods in Qatar with distinct shopping behaviour: gift-giving, premium purchases, and category shifts toward fashion, food, and home. We build seasonal collection architecture that can be activated for these periods without requiring a full store rebuild each time. We also advise on email flow timing and promotion structure for these periods if relevant to your category.
Yes. A store built correctly for Qatar, with QAR pricing, Arabic RTL, and GCC-compatible payment gateways, can be extended to Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman with market-specific configuration rather than a full rebuild. We often build Qatar stores as the GCC anchor with the intention of expanding across the region as the business grows.
Start here
An English-only store with a currency switcher is not a Qatari e-commerce store. Premium presentation, Arabic with RTL, local payment methods, and GCC-native logistics configuration are the baseline for a store that earns trust and converts in this market. Start with a diagnostic.
We review your current store or your plans, identify where the revenue is leaking, and tell you exactly what needs to change.Ignited Nepal
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