GreenChip IT
A laptop retail and repair business trading since 2007, selling new and refurbished hardware alongside repair services. I designed the WordPress site and built its WooCommerce store.
Visit the live siteEcommerce Store
Ecommerce Website Design & Developmentfor Dubai and UAE Stores
I'm Muzammil, a WooCommerce developer for UAE businesses. I handle ecommerce website development in Dubai from the design to the checkout, with local payment gateways, delivery zones and 5% VAT set up before the first order. You get a store that sells on a phone and product pages built to rank on Google.
Get a quote on WhatsAppWhy UAE online stores lose sales at checkout
Most online stores in the UAE run on templates built for another market. The checkout is where that shows.
What you get
What your UAE
online store includes
Every ecommerce website design and development project in Dubai I take on ships with these six things, from a small catalogue to a full store.
Product and category pages that rank
One category page per thing people search for, unique product copy and Product schema.
UAE payment gateways
Card payments through a gateway that works in the UAE, such as Telr, Network International or Stripe.
Tabby and Tamara
Split payments at checkout for shoppers who prefer to pay in instalments.
Delivery zones and cash on delivery
Rates by emirate, free delivery thresholds and COD where you offer it.
AED pricing with 5% VAT
VAT shown correctly on product pages, in the cart and on every invoice.
Training to run it yourself
Add products, change prices and process orders without calling anyone.
Proof
Online stores
I have built
A WooCommerce store for a laptop retailer and a direct checkout for a digital product. Both live today.
Daily Hairstyle
A hairstyle and haircare publication that also sells a 22 page Haircare Journal and Planner as a direct checkout digital download. I designed the WordPress site and handled its SEO.
Visit the live siteProcess
How an ecommerce project runs, from catalogue to first order
01
Plan
The catalogue, the categories and a keyword map, so every category page targets a real search.
02
Design
Product, category and checkout pages designed for a phone first, because that is where UAE shoppers buy.
03
Build
WooCommerce set up with your products, variations and stock levels.
04
Payments
Your UAE gateway, Tabby or Tamara, delivery zones, COD and VAT, tested end to end before launch.
05
Launch
Speed checks, Product schema and Search Console, then open for orders with every login handed to you.
Ecommerce SEO
Ecommerce SEO in Dubai: product pages that rank
Most online stores are invisible on Google because every product copies the supplier's text and every filter creates a new URL. Four rules fix that from day one.
- 01One category page per search"Refurbished laptops Dubai" gets its own page, not a filter.
- 02Unique product descriptionsNever the supplier's copy that fifty other stores also use.
- 03Product schema with price and stockSo Google can show price and availability in the results.
- 04Filters that do not create duplicate URLsFiltered views are noindexed or canonicalised to the category.
Pricing
What an online store costs in Dubai
Online store development in Dubai is quoted as a fixed price in AED after a short call, before any work starts. No hourly billing and no surprise invoice at the end. These four things decide the number on your quote.
Get your fixed quote- Number of productsTwenty products are a different job from two thousand.
- Payment and deliveryGateway, Tabby or Tamara, COD and courier integrations.
- An Arabic storeTranslated product pages with hreflang, if you sell in Arabic.
- Product photos and copyYour content, or product descriptions written to rank.
Under the hood
What is set up
before the first order
The UAE rules and the technical work a template leaves out.
5%UAE VAT, on every price and invoice
7Emirates in your delivery zones
2.5sLargest Contentful Paint max, product pages
WooCommerce runs with High Performance Order Storage switched on, so orders live in their own database tables instead of the posts table and stay fast as the store grows. Cart, checkout and account pages are excluded from the page cache, and product images are served as WebP at the size each screen needs.
Every product carries Product schema with an Offer for price, AED currency and stock status. Review stars only come from real customer reviews on that product. Filters for size, colour or price are noindexed or canonicalised back to the category, so two hundred products never turn into twenty thousand thin URLs.
VAT registration in the UAE becomes mandatory once taxable supplies pass AED 375,000 a year, and a registered store has to show its TRN on tax invoices. Prices are displayed with the 5% VAT included, and the invoice template breaks the VAT out on every line.
Not what you need?
Two other ways
I can help
Not selling online yet? A business website does the job. Store already live? SEO brings it traffic.
Not selling online yet?
A business website with WhatsApp enquiries is often the right first step, with website design from AED 399.
Website designStore already live?
If the store works but nobody finds it, ecommerce SEO for your Dubai store fixes the category pages, the schema and the speed.
SEO for DubaiOnline stores for your industry
How much does ecommerce website development cost in Dubai?
The price depends on the number of products, the payment and delivery integrations and an Arabic version. You get a fixed quote in AED after a short call, before any work starts.
Do I need an ecommerce licence to sell online in Dubai?
Yes. Selling online in Dubai needs a trade licence that includes ecommerce activity, issued by the Department of Economy and Tourism or a free zone, and home based sellers can apply for the eTrader licence. The store shows your licence details in the footer.
Are you a WooCommerce developer or a Shopify developer?
A WooCommerce developer. I build on WooCommerce, not Shopify. The plugin is free, the platform takes no monthly or transaction fee, and you own the store and its data outright. You pay for hosting and any paid extensions.
Which payment gateways work in the UAE?
Telr, Network International and Stripe all take card payments from UAE shoppers, and Tabby and Tamara add payment in instalments at checkout. The right one depends on your bank and your trade licence.
Can I offer cash on delivery?
Yes. WooCommerce supports cash on delivery out of the box, and it can be limited to certain emirates or order values.
Do I need to charge VAT on my online store?
Once your taxable supplies pass AED 375,000 a year, VAT registration is mandatory and you charge 5%. The store is set up to show prices with VAT included and to print your TRN on every tax invoice.
Can the store be in Arabic?
Yes. The store can run in English and Arabic, with a right to left layout and translated product pages linked in pairs by hreflang tags.
Can I add products myself?
Yes. You get training on adding products, changing prices and processing orders in the WooCommerce dashboard.
Do you work with Dubai businesses remotely?
Yes. I am based in Pakistan, one hour ahead of UAE time, and I work during Gulf business hours over WhatsApp, email and video calls.