Straight-talking articles about websites, online stores and getting found on Google, written for Saudi business owners, not developers. New articles every week.
You can put a site online today without paying a riyal, and that is true. But the bill arrives from five other places: the address, taking payments, Google, the Arabic, and who owns it. Plus when free is genuinely the right call.
Opening the store takes an hour. Getting it to actually sell is another matter. What to prepare first, the seven setup steps in the right order, and the five things most owners skip after launch.
The tool hands you a strong draft in minutes, then stops at four walls: real Arabic, taking mada payments, showing up on Google, and owning what you built. Plus when the draft is genuinely enough.
An unknown business pays more for every customer: longer haggling, pricier ads, referrals that leak away. How to build your name from zero with your Google profile, social media and a website you own.
A link-in-bio card is easy, but you rent it and Google credits it, not you. Four reasons it costs you customers if you rely on it alone, and when a card is genuinely enough.
A 60-second test tells you which problem you have: indexing or ranking? Six common causes that hide your website from Google, each with a clear fix, and none of them involves paying Google.
Maps delivers the ready customer; the website convinces the one still comparing. Five ways you lose sales while topping the map, and why a website lifts your local ranking itself.
Instagram brings followers, Google brings buyers. Five situations where relying on Instagram alone costs you sales, and when it's genuinely enough without a website.
A neutral comparison of Salla, Zid and custom stores: strengths, limits and ownership, plus the five questions that settle the decision before you spend a single riyal.
