Shopify, Salla, Zid, or a custom store? — answered by Engineer Saeed Baatiah
Salla and Zid are built for the Saudi market: full Arabic support and ready integration with e-invoicing, local payment gateways, and local couriers — which saves weeks of work. Shopify is stronger globally with a wider app ecosystem but needs extra effort for local compliance. A custom store is justified only by pricing or bundling logic no platform supports. Start on a local platform and move when you actually need to.