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/ Shopify Plus Partner · Dubai and Abu Dhabi

Shopify development company in Dubai.

We build Shopify and Shopify Plus stores for brands across the UAE: cards through N-Genius, instalments through Tabby and Tamara, Arabic that reads right to left, and every order posted to finance. AI is built into every store from the first sprint.

2,000+Brands served
1,000+Engineers behind your build
95%Client retention
2UAE offices, Dubai and Abu Dhabi

/ Payments and Arabic

Every way UAE shoppers pay, built into checkout.

UAE shoppers pay by card through a local acquirer, spread larger baskets with Tabby or Tamara, still ask for cash on delivery and expect proper Arabic. We design this layer first.

Tabby

Tabby, with the message where buyers decide

A Tabby integration has two parts: the checkout method and the instalment message on product and cart pages. Most of the lift comes from the message, so we design it into your theme.

Tamara

Tamara, with refunds tested before launch

Tamara installs the same way, with its own Arabic widget. We test partial refunds and cancellations back to the provider before go-live, so each lands on the right order.

Acquiring

N-Genius, the gateway you likely bank with

Many UAE merchants already bank with Network International’s N-Genius. We connect it with 3-D Secure inside checkout and put the acquirer reference on each order, so settlements trace to baskets.

Redundancy

Telr as your second payment route

Telr settles in dirhams and makes a sound second acquirer. With two routes live, an outage or decline spike on one becomes a routing change, not a day of lost trade.

Cash

Cash on delivery, with rules attached

Many Gulf sellers still close orders at the door. We agree order caps, emirate-level availability and a refused-parcel path with your fulfilment partner, so returns reconcile.

Arabic

Arabic storefronts that truly mirror

Right to left is layout work, not a translation plugin. Direction, mirrored components, Arabic numerals, line height and icon flipping live in the theme, and every template is reviewed as a shopper would read it.

Bilingual

One catalogue in Arabic and English

Shopify Markets and Translate & Adapt give Arabic its own URL path and hreflang. Both languages share one product record, so prices, stock and copy stay in step.

Wallets

Built for the phone-first basket

UAE baskets are filled on phones. Express wallets, a phone-number-first account flow and a checkout that survives a patchy signal lift conversion more than any banner.

Shopify Plus Partner accreditation held by BrainvireOpenAI Select Partner accreditation held by BrainvireClutch Top eCommerce Developers 2026 listing for Brainvire

Brands trading on Shopify and Shopify Plus with Brainvire

Sacoor Brothers logoDKNY logoCole Haan logoShop LC logoBRUCE BOLT logoEnovis logoWet Sounds logoLarson Jewelers logoMax Warehouse logoNike logoMcAfee logoFossil logo

/ Our Shopify work

Shopify stores we have built and replatformed.

Start with Sacoor Brothers, luxury fashion across the Middle East, then a 1.1M-SKU enterprise replatform and a B2B dealer portal. Each card opens the full case study.

Shopify Plus or a heavier platform to build on? Decide with an architect.

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/ Shopify development · Dubai

What our Shopify development agency builds.

Eight Shopify development services under one accountable team: storefronts, Shopify Plus, checkout, B2B, apps, migration, integration and support. Each build is scoped for UAE payments, Arabic and your finance system from the first workshop.

/01

Shopify and Shopify Plus builds

Storefronts designed in Arabic and English together, with theme, catalogue, checkout and content ready to trade within weeks.

AI merchandising built inShopify Plus Partner
/02

Replatforming and migration

Leaving Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Magento or a homegrown store with order history, redirects and search rankings intact.

AI-assisted data and theme migrationMigration
/03

Checkout extensibility

Checkout UI Extensions and Shopify Functions for the rules native checkout skips: instalment logic, custom discounts and extra variants.

AI-generated test suitesShopify Plus
/04

B2B on Shopify Plus

Company accounts, contract catalogues, per-SKU price lists and draft-order approvals on the storefront your retail buyers already use.

AI reorder prompts for dealersB2B commerce
/05

Multi-store across the GCC

One Shopify account with a storefront per Gulf market and promotions set store by store, instead of forked themes.

AI catalogue localisationShopify Markets
/06

Custom Shopify apps

Private apps for the rules Shopify does not ship, from pre-orders and public-holiday cut-offs to emirate-level availability.

AI-assisted app scaffoldingApp development
/07

ERP and payment integration

Orders, refunds and settlements flowing into Odoo or Dynamics, plus the gateway and courier links your finance team closes the month on.

AI stock reconciliationOdoo and Dynamics
/08

Managed Shopify support

Theme, app and integration upkeep on an agreed cadence, with release checks before each Shopify update and ongoing support in normal UAE working hours.

AI monitoring and incident triageManaged services

/ How we deliver

How we work with you: four stages, four demos.

Small stores go live in 8 to 12 weeks, mid-market builds in 12 to 24 and enterprise programmes in 6 to 12 months. Catalogue size, connected systems and extra storefronts set your band.

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Step 01

Fit and scope

An architect from our team in Dubai audits your catalogue, tax, payment and channel needs before design starts.

Step 02

Design and build

The store is built integration first and upgrade safe, Arabic and English side by side, and you review it demo by demo.

Step 03

Integrate and launch

Acquirers, Tabby and Tamara, your ERP and couriers are connected and tested, then launch runs with rollback and monitoring already live.

Step 04

Run and grow

Conversion work, speed and release checks continue on a shared roadmap, with a named owner who stays with your account.

/ Accelerators

Solved once for Shopify, reused on your store.

Much of what a new agency would quote as discovery already exists here as a tested playbook. Each card links to the programme it came from.

Enterprise replatform
[3 months]to move 1.1M SKUs off Salesforce Commerce Cloud

Salesforce Commerce Cloud to Shopify for Enterprise

A five-year SFCC build moved to Shopify for Enterprise in three months with zero downtime, cut over in stages. The sequence and rollback points carry to any large UAE replatform.

Enterprise band · [6 to 12 months]See the playbook →
Checkout
[32+]custom Shopify apps engineered on one programme

Past the native checkout ceiling

Native checkout capped variants at three options and charged third-party instalment fees. Checkout UI Extensions, a Functions discount engine and seven-variant support got past both.

B2B

A dealer portal on the same storefront

Around 2,000 dealers moved from email and spreadsheets to single-login ordering, with contract catalogues, per-SKU pricing and roughly 25 price tiers modelled natively in Shopify Plus B2B.

Migration

Magento to Shopify with the ERP left intact

A jewellery retailer moved from Magento to Shopify while Odoo kept running inventory, customers and accounting, with product data syncing in real time.

/ Industries

Where our Shopify developers go deep.

Vertical teams with their own data models and reference builds. These eight are where UAE merchants most often bring us their Shopify work.

/01Retail & eCommerce→
/02Jewellery & watches→
/03Health & wellness→
/04Automotive parts→
/05Logistics & fulfilment→
/06Manufacturing & B2B→
/07Real estate & lifestyle→
/08Education→

Retail & eCommerce

Storefront, marketplace and stock on one Shopify catalogue, because for most Gulf sellers the online store is one channel of several.

Explore retail commerce cases →

Jewellery & watches

High-value baskets, certificate data and made-to-order lead times, with fraud checks and instalments suited to a considered purchase.

Explore jewellery cases →

Health & wellness

Supplement, pharmacy and clinical supply stores, with personal-data handling designed in from the start, not checked at launch.

Explore healthcare cases →

Automotive parts

Fitment-aware parts catalogues, dealer stores and service booking tied to live stock across several emirates.

Explore automotive cases →

Logistics & fulfilment

Shipping rates, courier partners, cash-on-delivery reconciliation and live tracking joined to the store.

Explore logistics cases →

Manufacturing & B2B

Contract catalogues, negotiated price lists and reorder flows for buyers who purchase on account rather than on card.

Explore manufacturing cases →

Real estate & lifestyle

Developer and brokerage storefronts, enquiry capture and customer records joined to the systems behind them.

Explore real estate cases →

Education

Course and material stores, enrolment journeys and content that sells without a separate platform.

Explore education cases →

/ E-invoicing and VAT

UAE e-invoicing, from order to ledger.

The storefront feeds the tax invoice; your ERP usually issues it. What matters is the data the store hands to finance, and when. We build that hand-off before your wave.

Where the invoice is raised

The store is rarely the invoicing system

Shopify records the order and its tax lines; your ERP raises the tax invoice. The integration carries the buyer’s TRN, the tax treatment per line and credit notes back.

VAT

Five per cent VAT, set line by line

Showing prices with 5% VAT included is one setting. The real work is zero-rated exports, reverse-charge imports and designated-zone treatment at the order line, which your VAT 201 return relies on.

Structured data

Invoices as data, not as PDFs

Under the Ministry of Finance’s Peppol-based model, each invoice travels as structured data through an Accredited Service Provider to the Federal Tax Authority. A pilot runs in 2026; mandatory waves follow from 2027.

Readiness

What we prepare before your wave

We clean master data to valid TRNs, map tax codes to UAE categories, build bilingual invoice layouts and test with your provider. Accreditation is the provider’s; the integration is ours.

/ Client voices

What merchants say after go-live.

Brainvire demonstrated reliability, a commitment to delivery, and helped us maintain momentum on critical roadmap items.

Chris Min, Senior Vice President, BRUCE BOLT

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/ On the record

Sacoor BrothersReviewed on Shopify, August 2024
We had the pleasure of working with Brainvire on the development of our Shopify sites and the integrations. [...] They were responsive to our needs, providing valuable insights and suggestions that enhanced the overall outcome of the project.
KashkhaReviewed on Shopify, November 2024
We needed a change of theme and the team did a great job. Very smooth and constant communication with the project manager to all our business needs are accounted for.
CaseMogulReviewed on Shopify, October 2024
They always meet or exceed our expectations when it comes to dev support for our Shopify ecommerce site. [...] I would highly recommend using BrainVire in any Shopify project.
GEARitReviewed on Shopify, September 2024
Brainvire has been an exceptional partner for our digital transformation project. Their team is highly skilled, proactive, and dedicated to delivering tailored solutions that exceed expectations.
HeirloomReviewed on Shopify, June 2024
Through custom apps, issue troubleshooting, to finding solutions for managing our tech stack, Brainvire has done a superb job. Would highly recommend!
Kyle HoggattDirector of eCommerce, Premium Label Supply
Brainvire took our Shopify Plus replatform from discovery through launch without a missed deadline, and the team stayed with us afterwards.

/ Recognition

Ranked by third parties, year after year.

Clutch Top eCommerce Developers 2026 listing for Brainvire2026

Clutch

Top eCommerce Developers

Financial Times Americas Fastest-Growing Companies listing for Brainvire2025

Financial Times

The Americas’ Fastest-Growing Companies

Inc. Regionals fastest-growing private companies listing for Brainvire2025

Inc. Regionals

Fastest-growing private companies in America

Deloitte Fastest Growing Company 2021-2024 badge awarded to Brainvire2024

Deloitte

Fastest Growing Company, 2021 to 2024

Reviewed and ranked onClutchGoodFirmsGartner Peer InsightsG2Financial Times

/ Frequently asked questions

Shopify agency, Dubai: answers.

Do you have a Shopify team in Dubai?

Yes. Our UAE team works from Dubai, with a second office in Abu Dhabi, reachable on +971 54 737 4253. The people who run your workshops own your account and come on site whenever the project needs it, backed by 10+ global offices.

What Shopify work have you done for UAE brands?

Kashkha, a Dubai Shopify merchant, brought us in to change its store theme and reviewed the work on Shopify in November 2024. For Sacoor Brothers, the Middle East luxury fashion retailer, we built a multi-store Shopify setup with Network International and Tabby in the stack.

Is Brainvire a Shopify partner?

Yes. Brainvire is a Shopify Plus Partner, working with Shopify since August 2021 and rated 5.0 across ten merchant reviews. Two of those reviewers trade in the Gulf: Sacoor Brothers and Kashkha.

Can a Shopify checkout take Tabby and Tamara?

Yes. Both publish Shopify apps, and each works best in two parts: the payment option at checkout and instalment messaging on product and cart pages. We set eligibility by cart currency and country, then reconcile each settlement file to its order.

Which payment gateways work in the UAE?

N-Genius from Network International and Telr are the local routes most UAE merchants use, and both connect to Shopify with 3-D Secure inside checkout. Tabby and Tamara add instalments, wallets serve phone shoppers and cash on delivery still matters.

How does UAE e-invoicing affect a Shopify store?

Indirectly, because your ERP usually raises the tax invoice, not the store. Under the Peppol-based model, invoices reach the Federal Tax Authority as structured data through an Accredited Service Provider, with a pilot in 2026 and mandatory waves from 2027. Your orders must carry clean TRN and tax data.

Shopify Plus or Adobe Commerce for a UAE catalogue?

Shopify Plus, if you want to trade fast with a lean team and leave hosting, patching and scaling to the platform. Adobe Commerce fits when several brands share one catalogue with deep pricing rules, or you must own the hosting. We score both against your margins and channels.

How long does a Shopify build take, and what drives the cost?

From 3 weeks to 12 months, depending on scope: theme rebuilds run 3 to 8 weeks, enterprise programmes 6 to 12 months. Catalogue size, connected systems, bilingual trading and extra GCC storefronts drive cost. We scope in prioritised buckets, so the price is clear before you sign.

Does Shopify really support Arabic right to left?

Yes, when the theme is built for it. We mirror the layout, flip icons and set Arabic numerals and line height in the theme. Meetings and documents run in English, while storefront copy, catalogue content and customer messages are delivered in Arabic.

How does Shopify hand orders to our finance system?

Through an integration we map field by field into Odoo, Dynamics or your current ledger. Orders, refunds, settlements and the buyer’s TRN leave the store in an agreed format, the ERP raises the invoice, and each payout reconciles to its order.

What does a Shopify agency do?

A Shopify agency plans, designs and builds your Shopify store, then keeps it running. That covers Shopify store development, design and technical work on themes and apps, payment and ERP integration, Shopify migration from another platform, and ongoing support after launch. As a Shopify Plus Partner, we run all of it for your business with one accountable team.

How do we choose a Shopify agency in Dubai?

Start with the Shopify stores the agency has built, and open the case studies behind them. Check that the team has connected the payment routes you need, such as N-Genius, Tabby and Tamara, and knows how to build Arabic right to left in the theme. Ask who owns your account after launch and how your store hands orders to finance. The right partner puts all of this in a written scope tailored to your business.

Which Shopify agency is the best in Dubai?

The best Shopify agency for you is the one whose record matches your store. Look for a live Shopify website of a similar size, the payment and Arabic work your shoppers expect, and a team that stays after go-live. We are glad to walk you through our Shopify work, from Sacoor Brothers to the Shop LC replatform, so you can judge the fit.

Can we hire Shopify experts to manage our store?

Yes. Our managed Shopify support covers theme, app and integration upkeep on an agreed cadence, with release checks before each Shopify update and fixes in normal UAE working hours. Your account stays with our team in Dubai, backed by Shopify experts who already know your store, and a named owner keeps a long-term roadmap for conversion and speed.

Is Shopify legal in the UAE?

Yes. Shopify is a hosted commerce platform that merchants in the UAE use to sell online, and a store can take local payment routes such as N-Genius and Telr alongside Tabby and Tamara. Trade licensing and VAT registration sit with your business, and we build the store to ensure its orders carry that tax data cleanly.

How is Shopify Plus different from Shopify?

Shopify Plus is the enterprise plan of Shopify. It opens the information, shipping and payment steps of checkout to Checkout UI Extensions, lets custom Shopify apps use Shopify Functions, adds fuller B2B features and supports expansion stores for more markets. We recommend Plus when checkout rules, B2B buyers or several GCC storefronts justify it, and standard Shopify when they do not.

Can you migrate our store to Shopify?

Yes. Shopify migration is one of our eight practices. We have moved stores to Shopify from Salesforce Commerce Cloud, BigCommerce and Magento, and we plan every move to keep order history, redirects and search rankings intact. The Shop LC and Wet Sounds cases on this page show how those cutovers ran.

Do you work with brands across the UAE?

Yes. As a Shopify development company with a second office in Abu Dhabi and our UAE team in Dubai, we work with brands across the UAE and the wider Gulf. The team comes on site whenever your project needs it. Workshops, demos and support run in your working week. Our clients in the region include Sacoor Brothers, the Middle East luxury fashion retailer, and Kashkha, a Dubai Shopify merchant.

Can Shopify Plus serve our B2B buyers?

Yes. On Shopify Plus we build company accounts, per-SKU price lists and draft-order approvals into the same storefront your retail buyers use. For Wet Sounds, around 2,000 dealers moved from email and spreadsheets to single-login ordering on Shopify Plus B2B.

Do you design Shopify stores or only build them?

Both. Design and build run as one stage: storefronts are designed in Arabic and English together, reviewed demo by demo and built for your brand on an upgrade-safe theme. Stores that need rules Shopify does not ship get custom Shopify apps, from pre-orders to emirate-level availability.

How do you help a Shopify store grow?

After launch, conversion work, speed and release checks continue on a shared roadmap with a named owner. We use your store data to help you choose what to fix first, from checkout steps to product pages, so each change serves your business goals. When you are ready to add a GCC storefront or move to Shopify Plus, the same team plans it.

/ Next step

Thirty minutes on your Shopify rollout.

One working session with a Brainvire commerce architect: Shopify or Shopify Plus for your catalogue, how Tabby, Tamara and your acquirer should be routed, and your migration path. No sales deck. See the UAE practice or our global Shopify development services.

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