Ecommerce website development in Oman

What an Omani online store needs

Most ecommerce templates are designed for the US and Europe. Selling in Oman needs a few things they do not do out of the box, and we build all of them in as standard.

• Local card payments. Omani debit cards run on the OmanNet network, so the store needs a gateway that accepts them, such as Thawani, Amwal Pay or a bank gateway, alongside international cards. Our guide to payment gateways in Oman compares them.
• Cash on delivery. Still a large share of orders in Oman. It needs its own flow: order confirmation, delivery fees, failed-delivery handling and reconciliation.
• Prices in rial and baisa. OMR uses three decimal places, so prices, discounts, taxes and refunds must round correctly.
• VAT at 5%. Prices shown inclusive or exclusive of VAT, tax lines on invoices and reports your accountant can use. The current rules are published by the Oman Tax Authority.
• Arabic storefront. Product names, filters, checkout and emails in Arabic, laid out right-to-left, not a translation plugin bolted on.
• Delivery across the governorates. Couriers such as Asyad Express and Aramex, delivery zones by wilayat, and tracking messages on WhatsApp.

Shopify, headless or custom

We recommend the simplest platform that fits the business. Most Omani brands start on Shopify, and our page on Shopify store development in Oman covers that route in detail. A smaller number need more.

What we build

• New online stores for retail, fashion, beauty, electronics, food and home brands.
• B2B ordering portals with customer-specific price lists and credit terms.
• Migrations from WooCommerce, Salla, Zid or an old custom store, with products, customers and URLs carried over.
• Integrations with POS, ERP, accounting and warehouse systems, so stock and orders stay in sync.
• WhatsApp order updates, abandoned-cart reminders and an AI shopping assistant in English and Arabic.
• A companion mobile app once repeat customers justify it.

How an ecommerce project runs

On a Shopify store these steps take one to two weeks in total. You send the products and photos, we handle the rest.

A fixed price, and a store that belongs to you

Every ecommerce project gets a fixed price in OMR after the discovery call, before any work starts. A Shopify store starts from OMR 100, a headless storefront from OMR 2,450 and a custom platform from OMR 3,200.

You own the code and the accounts. The store platform account, the domain and the payment gateway account are opened in your company's name, and on headless and custom builds the source code is handed over to you. The full range of what we do is on our ecommerce development service page.

What to have ready before the build

• A commercial registration with an activity that covers online selling. Gateways and most couriers ask for it. Our guide to the ecommerce licence in Oman covers the paperwork.
• A business bank account in the company's name. Gateways settle to it.
• A payment gateway application. Approval needs your commercial registration, bank details and a live website with policies, and it can run while the store is being built.
• Products in English and Arabic: names, descriptions, sizes and photos, with prices in OMR.
• Delivery, returns, refund and privacy policies in both languages.