The best e-commerce platforms in Egypt 2026: 11 platforms and the features of each

"Which platform should I open my store on?" is almost the first question anyone asks once they decide to move from selling in messages to a real store. And the answer you find in the groups is usually "the platform I'm on", not the platform that suits you.

In this article we collected 11 platforms you can open an online store on while in Egypt, Egyptian, Arab and global, and listed the main features of each one as advertised on its official website, so you can compare for yourself and choose what suits your business.

In short: the best-known platforms for opening a store in Egypt are HalaOrders, Shopify, EasyOrders, Wuilt, Zid Egypt, ExpandCart, Qumra, Shanta, Wix, WooCommerce and Lightfunnels. There is no "best" platform for everyone: the real differences are the pricing model (a fixed subscription, a fee per order or free), the payment currency (pounds or dollars), support for cash on delivery, wallets and InstaPay, and integration with Egyptian shipping companies.

Before you read: the order here isn't a ranking from strongest to weakest. HalaOrders comes first because we are the ones writing the article, and you have the right to know that. Each platform's features are taken from its official website at the time of writing (October 2026), and prices and features change, so check them before you decide.

Before comparing: what actually matters to an Egyptian merchant?#

Most "best platforms" articles compare the number of templates and apps. That matters, but it isn't what makes or loses you money in Egypt. What actually matters is 6 things:

1. The pricing model: a fixed monthly or yearly subscription, a small fee on each order, or free with the platform earning from shipping and payments.
2. The payment currency: a subscription in pounds isn't the same as one in dollars, because the exchange rate changes your monthly cost.
3. Cash on delivery: and tools to reduce fake orders, such as a deposit before shipping. Read how to reduce fake cash-on-delivery orders.
4. Local online payments: Meeza cards, mobile wallets, InstaPay and gateways like Paymob. The details are in online payment methods in Egypt.
5. Shipping: delivery fees by governorate and city, and integration with Egyptian shipping companies.
6. Arabic: a store with correct right-to-left layout, and a dashboard and support in Arabic.

1. HalaOrders#

Main features:

• An Egyptian platform built from the start for the Egyptian market, priced in pounds: a 3-month subscription for 2,100 EGP, a yearly one for 6,000 EGP, or a per-order plan with no monthly subscription (0.5% + 1.5 EGP per order). A 7-day free trial and no activation fee. See the pricing page.
• The store goes live immediately on a free address, your-store.halaorders.com, and you can connect your own domain with a free SSL certificate.
• A store in Arabic and English with a full right-to-left layout, themes and brand colors, sliders, banners and home page sections, pages and a blog, and a "coming soon" mode before launch.
• Products with sizes, colors and stock for each option, categories and brands, and photos resized and converted to WebP automatically.
• Payments: Paymob (cards and wallets), cash on delivery, InstaPay, Vodafone Cash and bank transfer with the receipt uploaded on the order.
• A deposit before shipping on cash on delivery: the delivery fee, a percentage or a fixed amount.
• Delivery fees for each governorate and city, or free or fixed delivery per product, and a Sky Express integration to create and track shipments from the dashboard.
• Landing pages for ads with a cash-on-delivery form: 6 ready templates, a drag-and-drop editor with desktop and mobile preview, 15 section types, quantity offers and a real countdown.
• A/B testing of up to 5 designs on the same link, picking the best converting design automatically at 95% confidence.
• The Meta and TikTok pixels, Google Analytics and any tracking script, posting and scheduling products on a Facebook Page, a product feed for Google Merchant Center, and Google Customer Reviews.
• Promo codes as a percentage or an amount, with a minimum order, a usage limit and start and end dates.
• Checkout fields you can add yourself, and ordering without creating an account.
• Team members with roles and permissions, Telegram and email alerts for every order and a daily report, Excel export of orders and invoice printing.
• Human support in Arabic and English, and new features reach every store at no extra cost.

2. Shopify#

Main features:

• A global platform and the biggest name in ready-made store platforms, which accepts merchants from Egypt. On the Egyptian pricing page: Basic at 27 dollars a month (or 19 billed yearly), Grow at 72 dollars (or 54), and a 3-day trial followed by one dollar a month for the first 3 months.
• An app store with more than 21,000 commerce apps, lots of ready themes, or a store built with AI.
• Sidekick: an AI assistant inside the dashboard.
• Selling on every channel from one place: the online store, retail (POS), social media and marketplaces.
• A checkout that Shopify says converts up to 15% higher.
• In 2024 Paymob announced a partnership with Shopify to embed payments in checkout for merchants in the Middle East and North Africa, and there is a Paymob app on the app store.
• Suitable if you sell in different currencies and countries.

3. EasyOrders#

Main features:

• An Egyptian platform well known among ad-driven and dropshipping merchants. The regular plan starts free at 4 cents per order, and the professional plan is 100 dollars a month with no commission, both with unlimited products, orders and visits.
• A drag-and-drop home page designer, ready themes, and a store built in under 10 minutes.
• Ready landing pages, Easy AI tools that create the landing page and the products, and analysis of landing page quality and customer behavior.
• Cross-selling and downsell, a "fake order blocker", and a Conversions API connection.
• More than 15 payment gateways and a direct payment link, with card, wallet and cash-on-delivery payments.
• Integration with more than 100 local and international shipping companies, including Aramex and Bosta.
• Product listings on Google Shopping, the Meta catalog (Facebook and Instagram) and TikTok.
• A mobile app to follow orders, with instant alerts for every new order.
• Free marketing support and campaign management according to its website, 24-hour Arabic support, and an API for developers.

4. Wuilt#

Main features:

• An Egyptian platform for building websites and stores, where creating a store is free for life for merchants in Egypt according to its website (since April 2025), with the platform earning from its extra services.
• Wuilt Shipments for shipping with major Egyptian shipping companies, Wuilt Pay for payments, and Wuilt Wallet.
• A store ready in minutes, product and earnings management, and electronic payment connections.
• Managing the store from a phone or from a single dashboard.
• More than 100 pre-designed sections, and a design responsive on every device.
• Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel connections, and SEO settings.
• A domain, an SSL certificate and hosting on Amazon servers, and translating the site into 90 languages.
• Support by phone, chat and video.

5. Zid Egypt#

Main features:

• A Saudi platform, one of the biggest store platforms in the Gulf, which entered Egypt in November 2025 after acquiring the Egyptian company Zammit, and has a separate Egyptian website (zid.eg).
• A Starter plan free for life in Egypt according to its website, with unlimited products, orders and customers.
• More than 50 customizable themes, and a point of sale (POS) system to manage branches from one dashboard.
• Payment partners in Egypt including Paymob, ValU and Sympl, with cash on delivery and bank transfer on the free plan.
• Shipping partners in Egypt including Bosta, Aramex, FedEx and Khazenly.
• More than 400 apps, marketing tools and discount coupons, customer questions and reviews, and tools for Snapchat and TikTok ads.
• Zid Voice: a voice agent that recovers abandoned carts, and a merchant app on Android and iPhone.

6. ExpandCart#

Main features:

• A platform founded in Egypt that operates in several Arab countries, and says it has more than 25,000 merchants.
• More than 50 professional templates for fields such as fashion, electronics, restaurants and beauty.
• A single dashboard it says includes more than 6,000 features, and a built-in app store.
• Selling from the store, branches, a mobile app, Amazon, Facebook and Instagram from one dashboard.
• Integrations with payment gateways including PayPal and PayTabs, shipping with Aramex, Google Shopping and the Facebook Pixel.
• Dropshipping: importing products from AliExpress, Printful and Tradely.
• Marketing tools, SMS, email and WhatsApp messaging, and a marketing team for consultation.
• 24/7 technical support, and a 15-day free trial with no bank details.

7. Qumra#

Main features:

• An Egyptian store platform in Arabic, and according to its blog the first plan starts at 450 EGP a month with unlimited products and orders.
• Ready themes where you control the colors, fonts and sections.
• Mobile-friendly landing pages with ready designs and direct links to payment and ordering.
• Payment gateways including Paymob, PayTabs, Stripe and PayPal.
• Shipping integrations with Bosta, Mylerz and Aramex, with shipment tracking from the dashboard.
• An AI assistant for writing content and suggestions for managing the store.
• Product and inventory management, sales reports, and a point of sale (POS) system with an Android app.
• Apps and integrations for marketing, shipping and payments, 24/7 direct support, and a free trial.

8. Shanta#

Main features:

• A store platform aimed at Egyptian merchants, which says it has more than 10,000 Arab stores.
• A Launch plan at 550 EGP a month and Pro at 1,500 EGP, with no commission on sales, and a 14-day free trial.
• Cash on delivery, the Vodafone Cash, Orange Money, WE Pay and e& money wallets, and InstaPay.
• Visa and Mastercard cards, installments with ValU and the National Bank of Egypt, and the Paymob and Kashier gateways.
• A direct integration with Bosta, with Aramex and Egypt Post coming soon according to its website.
• Upsell, cross-sell and product bundles, abandoned cart recovery, coupons and affiliate commissions.
• The Facebook Pixel with Conversions API, the TikTok Pixel and Google Tag Manager.
• Product sizes and colors, customer reviews, reports on sales and profits, and team management and multiple currencies on the Pro plan.

9. Wix#

Main features:

• A global website platform with a full e-commerce section, and hundreds of free store templates.
• Selling on Google, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Amazon and eBay from one dashboard.
• More than 80 payment providers around the world, and manual payment methods you can turn on.
• Wix Multilingual for a store in more than one language, and a currency converter.
• Automatic abandoned cart messages, inventory sync and low-stock alerts.
• AI tools: writing product descriptions, an image editor and product recommendations.
• Up to 1,000 variants per product, gift cards, and a blog and SEO tools.

10. WooCommerce#

Main features:

• A free, open-source plugin that turns a WordPress site into a store, and says it powers more than 4 million stores.
• Full control over checkout, data and hosting, because the store is on your own server.
• Hundreds of trusted extensions and themes, and ready Paymob plugins for payments in Egypt.
• Customization with or without code, and the freedom to choose any host and any payment gateway.
• A huge community of developers and tutorials. We explained the real cost in a ready-made platform, WooCommerce or custom development?.

11. Lightfunnels#

Main features:

• A global platform built around funnels (the sales path), suited to dropshipping and cash on delivery.
• A ready cash-on-delivery order form on the product page.
• A drag-and-drop funnel builder and A/B testing between page versions.
• One-click upsells after the order, order bumps and product bundles.
• Multi-product stores with collections, multiple domains and multiple currencies.
• Importing products from Shopify and AliExpress, and built-in social media tracking.
• Online payment through Stripe and PayPal, and a 30-day free trial with no card.

The comparison in one table#

Don't want your own store? Marketplaces#

In Egypt you can also sell as a seller on Amazon Egypt, noon and Jumia. The advantage is that the visitors are already there, and the drawback is that you sell next to your competitors on the same page, pay a commission on every sale, and the customer belongs to the marketplace, not to you.

Many merchants do both: the marketplace for reach, and their own store for the brand, customer data and repeat orders without commission.

10 questions to ask any platform before you subscribe#

1. Is the price in pounds or dollars? And does it renew at the same price or go up?
2. Are there fees per order or per transaction on top of the subscription?
3. Does cash on delivery support a deposit before shipping?
4. Do you support InstaPay and Vodafone Cash? And is confirming them automatic or manual?
5. Does online payment money go straight to my account, or to the platform first?
6. Can I set different delivery fees for each governorate and city?
7. Which shipping companies are you integrated with?
8. Can I connect my own domain? And is the SSL certificate on you or on me?
9. If I want to leave, can I export my products, customers and orders?
10. Is technical support in Arabic? And how fast does it reply?

Whoever answers these questions clearly and in writing will most likely be clear with you after you subscribe.

How to choose in 3 steps#

1. Estimate your expected orders per month. If you are just starting and orders are few, a fee per order or a free plan is usually cheaper. If your orders are steady and growing, a fixed subscription becomes better value.
2. Identify where your orders come from. If most of your sales come from Facebook and TikTok ads, focus on landing pages, pixels and a quick order form. If they come from Google search, focus on product pages, speed and SEO.
3. Try before you pay. Open a free trial on two or three platforms, add 5 products, place one test order with cash and one online, and look at the experience on a phone the way your customer will.

If you want to try HalaOrders, open your store and it will be live right away, with a 7-day trial and no activation fee.

Frequently asked questions#

What is the best platform for creating an online store in Egypt?#

There is no platform that is best for everyone. The best-known options are HalaOrders, Shopify, EasyOrders, Wuilt, Zid Egypt, ExpandCart, Qumra, Shanta, Wix, WooCommerce and Lightfunnels. Choose based on the pricing model that suits your order volume, the payment currency, support for cash on delivery, wallets and InstaPay, and shipping by governorate.

Is there a free online store platform in Egypt?#

Yes. Wuilt is free for merchants in Egypt and earns from shipping and payment services, Zid Egypt has a Starter plan free for life, EasyOrders has a plan that starts free with a small fee on each order, and HalaOrders has a per-order plan with no monthly subscription. WooCommerce itself is free, but you will pay for hosting and plugins.

Which platforms are priced in Egyptian pounds?#

According to their websites at the time of writing: HalaOrders (from 2,100 EGP for 3 months, or a per-order plan), Shanta (from 550 EGP a month) and Qumra (from 450 EGP a month according to its blog). Shopify, EasyOrders, Wix and Lightfunnels are priced in dollars.

Does Shopify work in Egypt?#

Yes, you can open a Shopify store from Egypt with the subscription in dollars, and there is a Paymob payment app on the Shopify App Store. Count the subscription along with the paid apps you will need.

Should I open my own store or sell on Amazon and noon?#

A marketplace gives you ready visitors but takes a commission on every sale, and the customer isn't yours. Your own store builds the brand, lets you own your customer data and sell to them again without commission. Many merchants combine both.

Sources#

• Shopify Egypt and pricing
• EasyOrders and pricing
• Wuilt
• Launch Base Africa: Wuilt ditches subscriptions and raises $2M (August 2025)
• Zid Egypt
• ITWeb Africa: Zid enters Egypt through Zammit acquisition
• ExpandCart
• Qumra and the pricing comparison on Qumra's blog
• Shanta
• Wix eCommerce
• WooCommerce
• Lightfunnels
• intellinews: Paymob launches integrated e-payment services in partnership with Shopify
• HalaOrders: Pricing