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WooCommerce store development in Saudi Arabia, fully yours

A store on WordPress and WooCommerce, hosted in your name, with the payment gateway opened in your name. No platform subscription, and no ceiling on what you can add later.

  • Licensed Gulf company
  • Written contract before payment
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Timing3–4 weeksPriceWritten quote

Your store works, but it isn't entirely yours

You sell on a ready-made store platform, and getting started was easy. Then you hit its limits: a feature you need isn't available, or only on a higher plan, or through an app with its own subscription, and the monthly fees pile up. And you wonder: if I ever want to leave, what do I take with me? WooCommerce solves this for merchants who want ownership and flexibility, but set up with the wrong settings, random plugins or weak hosting, the store becomes a slow burden its owner can't manage.

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Full handover

What the work covers

  • WordPress and WooCommerce installed on hosting registered in your name
  • An Arabic storefront designed for mobile first
  • A Saudi payment gateway opened in your name and connected, with help through its paperwork
  • Shipping zones and delivery methods set up
  • Up to 30 products entered with photos and descriptions
  • Categories and variations such as sizes and colours
  • New-order notifications by WhatsApp or email
  • Shipping, returns and privacy policy pages, from your information
  • Dashboard training: products, orders and stock

Steps and timing

Timing3–4 weeks

  1. Free discovery call

    We ask about your products, how you ship and how your customers like to pay, and check with you that WooCommerce, not a hosted platform, is the right choice.

  2. Written proposal, then a contract before any payment

    Scope, timeline and the plugins we'll use in writing, then an official PDF contract covering ownership. Nothing is paid before it is signed.

  3. Hosting and gateway in your name

    Hosting and the payment gateway account are opened in your name, and we work from a user account you add for us, without asking for your password.

  4. Build and product entry

    We design the store, enter the products and set up shipping, then run a full test order from add-to-cart to payment.

  5. Training and hand-over

    We train you on managing products and orders, hand over every account in your name, and remove our access if you wish.

What you receive

  • A live WooCommerce store on your domain and hosting
  • Hosting, domain and WordPress admin accounts in your name
  • Payment gateway connected to your merchant account
  • Up to 30 products entered with descriptions
  • A list of installed plugins and what each one does
  • A training session and user guide
  • Contract and invoice in your business name

Who it's for

  • Merchants who want a store without a monthly platform subscription
  • Businesses needing features hosted platforms don't offer, or only at a recurring cost
  • Owners of a WordPress site who want to add selling to it
  • Anyone wanting full ownership of the store and its data, and the freedom to move it

When it isn't the right fit

A new merchant who wants the fastest route to selling and no part in hosting or updates: a Salla store is the better fit

Anyone who wants no technical responsibility at all, such as WordPress updates and hosting renewal, and doesn't want to contract someone for it

Before you decide

Full ownership comes with responsibility

WooCommerce is a free, open-source plugin for WordPress, and your store with all its files and data lives on your hosting. That's real freedom: no platform changing its terms, no subscription going up. But it also means WordPress and plugin updates, backups and hosting renewal are your responsibility, or that of whoever you contract. Know this before you choose.

Hosting decides how fast the store is

A WooCommerce store is heavier than a company website because it handles products, carts and orders constantly. Very cheap shared hosting, crowded with hundreds of other sites, makes pages slow, and a customer waiting on a phone leaves. Choose hosting sized for your store, ideally with servers close to your customers.

Payments in Saudi Arabia

Saudi customers expect to pay the way they're used to, such as mada cards, Apple Pay and credit cards. Choose a Saudi payment gateway that supports what your customers use and integrates with WooCommerce, open the account with your commercial registration, and prepare your documents early, because activation takes time on the gateway's side.

E-invoicing and VAT

If your business is registered for VAT, review the e-invoicing requirements of the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) and how they apply to your store's sales. Discuss them with us and your accountant before launch, not after.

Fewer plugins, better store

WordPress has dozens of plugins for every need, and each one is another door to compatibility problems, security issues and slowdowns. A good store runs the fewest trusted plugins possible, and its owner knows what each one does. Ask for a list of installed plugins at hand-over.

Order this service

Send us your request on WhatsApp and we'll reply with a written quote — scope, timing and price — before any payment.

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Frequently asked questions

WooCommerce or Salla: which should I choose?

Salla is faster to start, and hosting and updates are the platform's job, in exchange for a subscription and the limits of what it offers. WooCommerce is fully yours with no platform subscription and far more flexibility, in exchange for hosting you renew and updates you keep up with. We work on both and will tell you in the discovery call which suits your case.

What does 'no monthly fees' actually mean?

You pay no store-platform subscription. Some costs remain that have nothing to do with us: yearly domain and hosting renewal with the provider, the payment gateway's transaction fees, and any paid plugin you choose to use.

Why is the payment gateway opened in my name, not yours?

Because the money must go straight to your account. You open the gateway account with your commercial registration; we connect it to the store, test it and guide you through the steps.

I have more than 30 products. What then?

We enter 30 as part of the service and train you to add the rest yourself. If you have a large list in an Excel file it can be imported, and we include that in the written proposal.

Who handles WordPress updates and security after hand-over?

Updates are the store owner's responsibility after hand-over, and we show you how to do them safely. The contract sets a period after hand-over for fixing software bugs; after that, maintenance is available on a written quote if you want it.

Can you move my current store to WooCommerce?

Usually yes, depending on what your current platform lets you export, such as products and customers. We review it in the discovery call and include the migration in the written proposal.