A glass online store on a floating island built from glowing modular blocks, one lifted into place by a beam of lime light

Shopify agency in Qatar

Shopify online stores, built to sell in Qatar.

We design, build and improve Shopify online stores for brands in Qatar and the GCC: a theme made for your brand, payments your buyers use, and a team trained to run it.

Tell us about your online store

Platform: Shopify
Payments: Local providers, set up and tested
Languages: Arabic and English
Proof: +89%conversion rate at The Garden Centre on Shopify, six months after launch

The problem

Quick to launch, slow to sell.

The problem
Shopify got you online fast, but the theme looks like everyone else's and the apps keep piling up.
How it feels
Each fix is another app and another subscription, and buyers still leave at checkout.
Why it matters
Your brand deserves a Shopify online store built around how your buyers shop.

A glass online store on a floating island patched with mismatched blocks and add-on cubes, its path stopping short of a dim checkout arch

How we help

We build Shopify online stores around your buyers.

Custom themes, local payments and AI tools, built and tested for buyers in Qatar.

Pretty J: brand, custom Shopify theme, AIVA and VTO.
The Garden Centre: conversion rate up 89% on Shopify.
Admin training and support after launch.

Pretty J live homepage on a phone, full length — Pretty J's online store

The Garden Centre homepage after the rebuild — The Garden Centre's online store

The plan

Three steps to a Shopify online store that sells.

1Tell us about your online store
New or existing, your catalogue, your buyers and your goals.
2We scope and design
Payments, languages and pages agreed, then designs you approve.
3We build, test and train
Checkout tested before launch, then handed to your team.

Tell us about your online store

What is included

A theme made for your brandHomepage, collections, product page and cart designed around how your buyers shop, phone first.
Payments and checkoutShopify Payments is not available in Qatar, so we set up a local payment provider and test the checkout before launch.
Arabic and EnglishOne or both languages, including right-to-left layouts, agreed in the scope before design starts.
Apps and AI, only where they helpThe apps your online store needs and no more, plus AIVA product visuals and VTO virtual try-on if they fit.

Five steps from scope to launch.

Each step ends with something you can see and approve.

01
Scope Goals and catalogue
What happens
We agree the catalogue, payments, delivery, languages and the measures of success.
You receive
A written scope and timeline.
02
Design Theme and pages
What happens
We design the homepage, collections, product page and cart, starting with the phone.
You receive
Designs you approve before the build.
03
Build Theme and set-up
What happens
We build the theme and set up products, collections, payments, shipping and tracking.
You receive
A working online store on a preview link.
04
Test Checkout
What happens
We test the checkout before launch, with the payment provider you will use.
You receive
A checkout ready for launch.
05
Launch Go live and train
What happens
We launch, check the tracking and train your team on the Shopify admin.
You receive
An online store your team can run.

Built on Shopify

Pretty J: a custom Shopify theme, with try-on built in.

We created the brand, designed the system and built a custom Shopify theme, then added AIVA product visuals and VTO virtual try-on to the product page.

Brand identity and guidelines
Design system
Custom Shopify theme
AIVA product visuals
VTO virtual try-on

Read the Pretty J case study

Pretty J live homepage on desktop, full length

Shop by mood

Collections such as Date Night and Going Out, next to the usual product types.

The supplier photo of a polka dot dress, laid flat

AIVA on-model photo of the polka dot dress, front

AIVA on-model photo of the polka dot dress, side

One supplier photo, a full product set

AIVA turns a flat supplier photo into on-model front, side and back shots.

Pretty J live product page with the Virtual Try-On button

Pretty J Virtual Try-On result shown to the shopper

Try it on, on the product page

The shopper uploads a photo and sees the result without leaving the online store.

The Garden Centre: the same Shopify platform, a journey that works.

We redesigned and restructured the Shopify online store around where buyers were leaving.

Shopify, Qatar

The Garden Centre

Conversion rate, 0.42% to 0.78%: +89%
Gross sales: +573%
Total orders: +638%

Six months after launch, compared with the pre-optimisation baseline. No increase in ad spend.

Read the case study

The Garden Centre homepage before the rebuild — Before

What changes.

Without it

A theme that looks like every other online store
An app for every problem, and a bill for every app
A checkout nobody has tested on a phone

With it

A theme built for your brand and your buyers
Only the apps you need
A checkout tested before launch

Questions people ask

What does a Shopify agency in Qatar do?

A Shopify agency designs, builds and improves online stores on Shopify. ABECODS, a founder-led e-commerce agency in Doha, builds custom Shopify themes, sets up local payment providers and Arabic and English online stores, adds AI tools such as AIVA product visuals and VTO virtual try-on, and trains your team to run the online store after launch.

Is Shopify Payments available in Qatar?

No. Shopify's supported-countries page lists the United Arab Emirates as its only Middle East country (checked October 2026). ABECODS recommends local payment providers such as SkipCash and Tap Payments and sets the integration up in your Shopify online store; the provider account, fees and approval are between you and the provider.

Does Shopify charge extra when you use a local payment provider?

Yes. Shopify adds a fee when an online store uses a third-party provider instead of Shopify Payments. Its pricing page lists 2% on Basic, 1% on Grow, 0.6% on Advanced and 0.2% on Plus (October 2026; check the current page). ABECODS includes it when planning your running costs.

Can my Shopify online store be in Arabic and English?

Yes. ABECODS builds Arabic and English Shopify online stores, including right-to-left layouts, according to what your project requires.

Can you move our online store to Shopify?

Yes. Products, customers and orders can be moved to Shopify. Old addresses are redirected to the new pages, so existing links keep working.

How long does a Shopify build take?

It depends on the scope, and your ABECODS proposal states the timeline before work begins. A typical project runs four to six weeks.

Who owns the online store?

You do. You own the Shopify online store, its analytics and ad accounts. ABECODS works inside them with shared access and trains your team on the admin.