WooCommerce development in the GCC.

Why choose WooCommerce for a GCC store?

WooCommerce is open-source software that runs on WordPress. That gives it a few clear advantages for brands in the Gulf:

• You own the store, its data and its hosting; there's no platform that can change your plan or lock you in.
• No monthly platform subscription; you pay for hosting, any paid extensions and maintenance.
• Freedom to customise the design, checkout and integrations, and a very large extension ecosystem.
• Arabic and right-to-left support, since WordPress handles RTL languages.
• Strong SEO foundations for content-led stores.

The trade-off is responsibility: WooCommerce needs good hosting, updates and security care. That's where our maintenance and Store Portal come in.

What is Store Portal and why does it matter?

Store Portal is our own operations app for WooCommerce stores. It replaces the WordPress admin for daily work: products, orders, stock, a point of sale for your physical shop, analytics and, as an add-on, AI Virtual Try-On. It's mobile-first, so you can run the store from your phone.

It's free for the first year with every Odysense e-commerce build, then QAR 170 per month, or QAR 150 per month billed yearly. Add-ons such as WhatsApp notifications through WASL are priced separately.

Which payment gateways can WooCommerce use in the GCC?

We've integrated gateways for every GCC country on live stores, including MyFatoorah, Tap Payments, PayTabs and Amazon Payment Services across several markets, plus country-specific ones such as SADAD and QNB in Qatar, HyperPay, Moyasar and Geidea in Saudi Arabia, and Telr and Network International in the UAE. The full list by country is below.

Will a WooCommerce store be fast enough?

Yes, if it's built and hosted properly. Speed problems usually come from heavy themes, too many plugins and cheap hosting. We build lean custom themes, keep plugins to what's needed, optimise images and use good hosting with caching. Rafea Line, a custom WooCommerce store we built for a Doha abaya atelier, saw checkout completion rise 70%.

Can you migrate my store to WooCommerce?

Yes, from any platform, including Shopify, Salla and Zid. We move products, customers and orders using platform exports and our own migration scripts, or by collecting data from the storefront when exports aren't available, and we redirect old URLs so you keep your search rankings.