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E-commerce · Dubai
E-commerce website development in Dubai, at one fixed price
We build online stores for businesses in Dubai and across the UAE, on Shopify when it fits and custom when it does not. The store takes local payments, follows the UAE rules on Arabic and VAT, and is registered to your company.
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- Step one
- Scope first A written scope before any price. It is free, and you keep it.
- Price
- One figure Fixed before work starts. If our estimate is wrong, the extra work is on us.
- Last payment
- On acceptance You pay the final 20% once you accept the finished build.
- Ownership
- Your accounts Code, cloud and app store accounts registered to your company from day one.
How much does an e-commerce website cost in Dubai?
Published 2026 prices for an online store in Dubai: AED 18,000 to 35,000 for a customised Shopify theme and AED 55,000 to 110,000 for custom Shopify work (Digital Gravity), AED 15,000 to 110,000 and more for an e-commerce site (Element8), and AED 10,000 to 20,000 for a basic store up to AED 90,000 to 180,000 for a custom platform (Cubix). The platform and the payment provider then charge every month and on every sale.
Sources: Digital Gravity, Element8, Cubix, read 30 October 2026.
Web platforms our founder has built
Before Nakhoda, Antonin Ribeaud built platforms that take payments and serve large audiences. Each entry says where and in which role. All of it, or the full record on arelion.dev.
Company incorporation cut from weeks to hours
- Malaysia's first fully online company-secretary service: registration, banking and accounting in one place
- Hired and led the engineering team
Editorial workflow and site performance rebuilt
- Technology lead on a long-running engagement: product, platform and AI
Of all the developers and engineers I've worked with (125+ and counting over 21 years), I've never met one who could balance such a calm, tolerant personality with the often insane workloads he took on. If you get the chance to work with him, take it.
What the price covers
Each item below is in the scope we price, unless the scope says otherwise.
Shopify or custom, decided in the scope
Shopify for a standard catalogue and checkout; custom when your pricing, stock or approval rules do not fit it.
Catalogue and product import
Products, variants and photos brought in from your files or your old store.
Checkout and local payments
Cards, Apple Pay, Jaywan through a UAE gateway, and buy now, pay later with Tabby or Tamara if you want it.
Arabic and English
Product pages, checkout and emails in both languages, as UAE consumer law requires.
VAT on every invoice
Prices and invoices that show the 5% VAT, with invoices in Arabic.
Delivery and returns
Shipping zones, delivery fees and the return and exchange terms shown before purchase.
Accounts in your name
The store, the payment accounts and the domain registered to your company.
The costs that come every month
Shopify's UAE plans start at $32 a month for Basic paid monthly, and a store that uses a payment provider other than Shopify Payments pays an extra 2% on each sale on that plan. Card processing has its own rate: Stripe's UAE page lists 2.9% plus AED 1 for each domestic card payment. A quote that shows only the build hides these, so our scope lists every monthly and per-sale cost next to the price.
What changes for an online store in the UAE
Arabic is required
The UAE Consumer Protection Law asks for data, advertising and contracts aimed at consumers to be in Arabic, other languages allowed alongside, and asks online stores registered in the UAE to give product, payment and warranty information in Arabic. Its executive regulation sets a fine of AED 100,000 for the Arabic rule. Digital Gravity puts a right-to-left layout at AED 12,000 to 25,000.
VAT
VAT in the UAE is 5%, and registration is required once taxable supplies and imports pass AED 375,000 a year.
Payments
Shopify Payments works in the UAE. Outside Shopify, gateways such as Telr publish plans from AED 199 a month, and Network International and Telr accept Jaywan online.
Buy now, pay later
Tabby and Tamara let customers split a purchase into up to 12 payments and pay the store upfront. Neither publishes its merchant fee, so it is part of your own agreement with them.
How a project runs
You can stop after the quote without paying anything.
Call
You explain the problem and what the software has to change in your business. Antonin asks the questions that decide the price.
Scope
We send a written scope that lists the screens, the integrations, the data and what is excluded.
Quote
One fixed price and a delivery date for that scope. If you stop here, you pay nothing and keep the scope.
Build
A first working version early, then a new one every week. The final 20% is due when you accept the build.
When we are not the right choice
- A handful of products that a standard Shopify plan and theme already cover. Start there; we will say so on the call.
- A marketplace with many sellers that needs a large team for a long time. A bigger agency fits that better.
- A project whose scope cannot be written yet. Start with the two-week sprint, then decide.
Common questions
How much does an e-commerce website cost in Dubai?
2026 agency guides put a customised Shopify store at AED 18,000 to 35,000 (Digital Gravity) and an e-commerce site at AED 15,000 to 110,000 and more (Element8). Our price is one fixed figure for a written scope, with the monthly platform and payment costs listed next to it.
Shopify or a custom store?
Shopify when your catalogue and checkout are standard: it is cheaper to run and to change. Custom when your pricing per client, your stock rules or your approvals do not fit it. We decide it in the scope.
Does an online store in the UAE have to be in Arabic?
The Consumer Protection Law asks for consumer data, advertising and contracts in Arabic, with other languages allowed alongside, and its regulation sets fines for missing it. We build both languages in from the start.
Which payment gateway should we use?
Shopify Payments works in the UAE for Shopify stores. Otherwise Stripe, Telr and Network International all serve UAE merchants, with different fees and onboarding. We compare them for your volume in the scope.
Do we own the store?
Yes. The store, the payment accounts, the domain and the code are registered to your company.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these pages, read on 30 October 2026. Most of them are published by agencies that sell these services.
- Digital Gravity: How Much Does Shopify Development Cost in Dubai 2026?
- Element8: Website Development Cost in Dubai (2026 Price Guide)
- Cubix: How Much Does Ecommerce Development Cost in Dubai? (2026 Guide)
- Shopify: Shopify Pricing (UAE)
- Shopify Help Center: Shopify Payments for the United Arab Emirates
- Stripe: Pricing & Fees (UAE)
- Telr: Pricing (UAE)
- Tabby: Tabby for business (UAE)
- UAE Government portal: Register for VAT
- UAE Legislation: Federal Law No. 15 of 2020 on Consumer Protection, articles 25 and 26 (archived copy)
- UAE Legislation: Cabinet Resolution No. 66 of 2023, executive regulation of the Consumer Protection Law, annex 2 (archived copy)
- Network International: Network International rolls out UAE's Jaywan card acceptance for online payments (20 July 2026)
Antonin Ribeaud, the founder, reads each request himself. If the project fits, the next step is a call, then the written scope and its price. The scope costs you nothing, and you keep it even if you build with someone else.
Describe your store
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