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Des articles qui aident votre boutique à vendre

Cinquante articles en huit thèmes, écrits à partir des questions que les marchands posent réellement.

50 articles

Création et lancement

Salla, Zid or Shopify? How to choose your platform

Feature lists do not settle this. Three questions do: where your customers are, how big your catalogue is, and how you ship.

7 min
Création et lancement

Verifying your Salla store: documents, steps and review time

An unverified store works, but cannot enable every payment method. Here is what verification needs.

5 min
Création et lancement

Connecting your domain: steps and common DNS mistakes

Your own domain is not a luxury — it separates a serious store from a subdomain link.

5 min
Création et lancement

Multi-language and multi-currency: when you need it, when it is a burden

Adding a second language is an operational decision, not a settings toggle. Here is the real cost.

6 min
Création et lancement

What does an online store in Saudi Arabia actually cost?

Breaking the cost into four separate lines — because merging them is what makes quotes impossible to compare.

6 min
Création et lancement

First-month mistakes that cost new stores their sales

Six mistakes we see in nearly every new store, all fixable within an hour.

6 min
Création et lancement

Info pages and custom URLs: what every store needs

About, shipping, returns, FAQ — pages that look secondary and quietly close the sale.

5 min
Produits et catalogue

The product fields everyone skips — and what they cost you

GTIN, MPN and weight are not optional fields. They decide your visibility and your shipping cost.

6 min
Produits et catalogue

Product options and variants: when to split, when to merge

A deceptively simple decision that shapes your catalogue, your stock and your search pages.

6 min
Produits et catalogue

Size charts: the cheapest way to cut returns

Size-related returns are the most expensive kind, and the easiest to prevent.

5 min
Produits et catalogue

Custom fields: selling a product that needs input from the customer

Engraving, event date, ring size — data you lose time and customers by collecting after the order.

5 min
Produits et catalogue

Multi-warehouse inventory: when you need it and how to set it up

Two branches and a warehouse means three numbers per product. Without proper setup you will sell what you do not have.

6 min
Produits et catalogue

Importing and exporting products: uploading a hundred without errors

One file saves days — or corrupts your whole catalogue. The difference is preparation.

6 min
Produits et catalogue

Digital products, bookings and cards: what changes in setup

No shipping, no conventional stock — but delivery and refund rules need an entirely different setup.

6 min
Commandes et opérations

Custom order statuses: making the dashboard match how you actually work

Default statuses suit a simple store. The moment preparation or production is involved, you need your own.

5 min
Commandes et opérations

Abandoned carts: why they happen and how to recover some

Most people who add to cart will not buy. But a share of them need only one reminder.

6 min
Commandes et opérations

Returns and refunds: a policy that protects the store without scaring customers

A harsh policy reduces returns and purchases alike. The balance is in the detail.

6 min
Commandes et opérations

Manual orders: selling over WhatsApp without losing your data

Half of many stores' sales happen in chat. If they never enter the system, they do not exist in your reports.

5 min
Commandes et opérations

Store reports: the five numbers worth your time each week

The dashboard shows dozens of metrics. Only five of them change your decisions.

6 min
Commandes et opérations

Preparing for peak season: the pre-campaign checklist

Ramadan, White Friday and National Day expose every operational weakness at once.

6 min
Paiement et facturation

Payment gateways in Saudi Arabia: what you need and what can wait

mada is not one option among many — it is the most widely used method in the market.

6 min
Paiement et facturation

BNPL in the Saudi market: its effect on basket size and its cost

Tabby, Tamara, Emkan, Madfu and MisPay — when BNPL earns its fee and how to present it.

6 min
Paiement et facturation

E-invoicing for online stores: what every merchant should know

The e-invoice is a regulatory requirement, not an optional dashboard setting.

6 min
Paiement et facturation

VAT setup: tax-inclusive or tax-exclusive pricing?

One setting changes every price a customer sees — and its effect on conversion is real.

5 min
Paiement et facturation

Customer wallet and cashback: bringing customers back without permanent discounts

Wallet credit comes back to you; a discount leaves your margin and never returns.

5 min
Paiement et facturation

Payment restrictions and limits: when to deliberately block a method

Not every order deserves every payment method. The right limits protect you from quiet losses.

5 min
Livraison

Volumetric weight: why you pay more than your product weighs

Carriers bill you for the space a parcel occupies, not only for how heavy it is.

5 min
Livraison

Choosing a carrier: five criteria that matter more than price

The cheapest carrier can be the most expensive thing in your store once delay complaints start.

6 min
Livraison

Waybills and fulfilment: how to save an hour a day

Printing waybills one by one costs more than you think once order volume arrives.

5 min
Livraison

Delivery zones and rates: pricing shipping without losing money

A single flat rate for the whole country means profiting in one city and losing in another.

6 min
Livraison

International shipping: what to settle before the first overseas order

Customs duties and cross-border returns are settled before you sell, not after.

6 min
Design et thèmes

Ready-made theme or custom? A question usually asked too early

A ready-made theme is not a flaw. But there is a point where it becomes a cost, not a saving.

6 min
Design et thèmes

Your store homepage: what earns its place and what to delete

A homepage is not a gallery. It is a shorter route to the right product.

6 min
Design et thèmes

Anatomy of a product page that sells: what must be visible without scrolling

The buying decision usually happens on the first screen. What sits there decides the rest.

7 min
Design et thèmes

Landing pages for campaigns: when you need one instead of a product page

Sending paid traffic to your homepage is the fastest way to burn a budget.

6 min
Design et thèmes

Brand identity for a store: far more than a logo

The logo is the smallest part. Impression comes from disciplined repetition across every touchpoint.

6 min
Design et thèmes

Product photography: the cheapest investment that lifts conversion

The customer cannot touch the product. Photos are all they have to decide with.

6 min
Marketing et publicité

Discount coupons: using them without destroying your margin

An open-ended coupon becomes, within weeks, a permanent discount on every order.

6 min
Marketing et publicité

Promotional offers and bundles: raising basket size without cutting price

"Buy two and get…" beats "20% off" because it sells more rather than selling cheaper.

6 min
Marketing et publicité

Snapchat and TikTok ads for Saudi stores: where the difference lies

Both reach roughly the same audience, but with entirely different purchase intent.

7 min
Marketing et publicité

Pixels and tracking: what you install today measures what you spend tomorrow

Data is not collected retroactively. Every day without tracking is permanently lost.

6 min
Marketing et publicité

Loyalty programmes: when they justify the complexity

A points programme does not create loyalty for a product nobody buys twice.

5 min
Marketing et publicité

Influencers and affiliates: paying for results, not for followers

Follower count is the worst signal for choosing an influencer. Three other numbers matter more.

6 min
Marketing et publicité

SMS, WhatsApp and push: the channel your store actually owns

Advertising is rented. Your customer list is the only channel that cannot be shut off.

6 min
Visibilité sur les moteurs

E-commerce SEO: where to actually start

Ranking is not a campaign you buy; it is a structure you build once and maintain.

7 min
Visibilité sur les moteurs

Product page SEO: titles, descriptions and structured data

The product page is closest to purchase, and the most neglected in optimisation.

6 min
Visibilité sur les moteurs

Category pages: the highest-value pages, and the most neglected

A category targets a broader, higher-volume term than any single product.

6 min
Visibilité sur les moteurs

A store blog: when it earns the effort and how to write it

An article tied to no product and answering no real question brings nothing.

6 min
Visibilité sur les moteurs

Store speed: what actually slows it down and how to measure it

Images and apps cause most slow stores. The rest is detail.

6 min
Visibilité sur les moteurs

Search Console for stores: four reports worth watching

The only tool that tells you what people searched before reaching you — for free.

6 min
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