Custom online store in Lebanon, built for COD, Whish, OMT and USD/LBP

We build custom online stores for Lebanese businesses, not monthly template subscriptions. Cash on delivery, Whish or OMT, USD and LBP prices, Arabic and English, at a fixed scope and fixed price.

You already sell. The photos are on Instagram. The prices are in your head. Orders arrive as voice notes at 1am. Someone in the family types them into a notebook, then into a calculator, then into a “please confirm” message that the customer never answers. A custom online store is how those orders become a list you can pack in the morning instead of archaeology in the chat.

The problem owners have today

Voice notes do not have stock counts. You promise a size that left yesterday. Cash on delivery comes back as “refused at the door” and you ate the motorcycle. You screenshot a price in USD, the customer pays in LBP at a rate from last month, and the argument starts on the landing. Diaspora cousins want to send a gift to Zahle and they will not join a WhatsApp group to do it.

A second problem is time. You are the catalog. When you sleep, the shop is closed even if the generator is on. Competitors who take a card or Whish at 11pm get the sale you would have had at 10am after three “you there?” messages.

The outcome you get

A catalog with prices you control. Checkout that offers the payment methods you actually honor. An order list with a name, a phone, an area, and what to put in the bag. You pack from a screen, not from memory. Customers who prefer WhatsApp can still chat, but the order can be created from that chat instead of living only as a blue tick.

You will still have COD returns. The store does not magically fix trust. It does stop you selling the last unit twice, and it gives you a number: how many orders, how many refused, which area burns fuel.

What you get

Product pages with photos, variants (size, color), and a price you can change without calling a cousin who “knows computers”.
Cart and checkout on a phone. Guest checkout. Optional accounts if repeat buyers want order history.
Payment options that match Lebanon: cash on delivery, Whish, OMT, or card, only the ones you can reconcile next week.
USD / LBP display following your rule, not a tourist rate widget that lies.
Delivery fields: area, building, notes for the rakkess. Simple status: new, packed, out, delivered, returned.
WhatsApp share of a product link so Instagram still works as the window.

Not included unless we add it: a full warehouse barcode operation (see inventory), or a public booking calendar. A store sells things. A clinic selling slots should read the booking page. If people cannot find you at all, start with website design in Lebanon.

Process

Catalog truth. How many items, which variants, who will update photos after launch (you, not me, after week two).
Payment truth. What you can collect tomorrow morning. We do not enable four methods you cannot check. See also how to accept online payments in Lebanon.
Fixed quote. Starts from $700. Written scope: items, methods, delivery areas.
Launch with a quiet week. Friends-and-family orders first. Then you post the link on Instagram instead of “DM for price” on every story.

Lebanon-specific issues this service actually hits

Cash on delivery is not a bug. It is the culture until trust is high. The store must allow COD and still let you mark “refused” so stock returns. Whish and OMT are how many people prepay without a bank card that works on foreign checkouts. If a method needs a screenshot of a transfer, we can collect that instead of pretending every buyer has a stored card.

USD and LBP: you already have a sentence in chat (“price in fresh, or LBP at today’s”). The store should say the same sentence. Hidden conversion is how disputes start at the door.

WhatsApp remains the complaint desk and often the first order. Product links beat image dumps. Automation can come later; the store’s job is a clean order object.

Cuts: customers abroad must check out while your shop is dark. Staff packing at the shop need yesterday’s order list even if the net blinks.

Price range

A custom online store starts from $700. Compare packages on pricing. Sample: store sample.

Get a custom online store built for Lebanon

Tell me what you sell and how people pay today. You get a fixed scope and a fixed number before work starts — then contact or WhatsApp when you are ready.

Questions owners ask

Why a custom online store instead of a monthly template platform?

A ready template is faster if your products and shipping fit the box. Custom is worth it when cash on delivery rules, wholesale prices, dual currency, or a WhatsApp-first flow fight the template every week. You own the build and the keys. You are not renting a monthly skin that breaks when Lebanon pays differently.

Can customers pay cash on delivery, Whish or OMT?

Yes, only the methods you can reconcile next week. COD stays if buyers still say they will pay with the delivery. Whish and OMT cover people who prepay without a foreign card checkout. We do not turn on four methods you cannot check.

Can the store show prices in USD and LBP?

Yes, if you already sell that way. The store should show the price the way you quote in WhatsApp, not a fantasy rate that starts an argument at the door. We encode your rule.

Can it handle delivery zones and delivery fees across Lebanon?

Yes. Checkout can collect area, building, and a phone that is actually a WhatsApp number, plus simple delivery fees by zone if you use them. Linking a driver app is optional. Many shops still assign a rakkess from a printed list — the job is to stop losing the address in a chat scroll.

Will the store work in Arabic and English?

Yes if your buyers mix both. Each language gets real pages. Diaspora gift orders and local walk-in buyers should not fight over one broken language switcher.

Can I manage products, stock and orders myself?

Yes. You change photos, variants, and prices without calling a cousin who “knows computers”. Order statuses cover new, packed, out, delivered, returned. Heavy warehouse barcode work is a separate inventory job if you outgrow a shop catalog.

Is the price fixed, and do I own the store?

Yes for a written scope. Starts from $700. Catalog size and extra payment methods change the number before we start, not after. You own the store and the domain access after delivery. Hosting is listed on the pricing page — this is not a surprise SaaS rent for the build itself.

How long does it take to launch a store?

After catalog and payment truth are clear, a focused store is usually in the booking/store timeline on the pricing page. Friends-and-family orders first, then you post the link instead of “DM for price” on every story.

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Tell me what is wasting time. I will tell you if a website, booking, store, or automation is the next step, and a fixed range before work starts.

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