How to start selling online in Syria
If you already have a shop or products you sell today, you have the hard part. What you need is a way for customers to order without messaging you to ask the price every time.
Start with what you already sell
The most common mistake is trying to upload everything at once. Start with the ten or twenty products people ask for most. A store with twenty well-photographed, priced products sells more than one with two hundred products and no prices.
- One clear photo per product against a plain background.
- A written price. A product without a price does not get ordered — it generates one more enquiry message.
- A short description answering the question you keep being asked: size, ingredients, how long it takes.
How customers pay
Cash on delivery is what most customers in the Syrian market trust, and it is enabled in your store from the start. The customer orders, you collect on delivery and confirm it from your dashboard. Customers who prefer to pay up front can use ShamCash, and transfers are reconciled against the order automatically.
Cash on delivery is tied to phone verification by code, which cuts the fake orders that otherwise cost you a delivery run.
Delivery
You set your delivery areas and their cost from the dashboard, and you deliver the way you already do — your own courier, or the shipping company you use. The difference is that the order arrives written down, with an address and a verified phone number, instead of being assembled from a long conversation.
Your first week
- Open the store and pick a clear name and address.
- Upload your best-selling products with prices.
- Set your delivery areas and their prices.
- Put your store link in your Instagram bio and your WhatsApp status.
- Send the link to customers who ask about prices instead of typing them out.
The basic store is free, so nothing needs paying before you know the approach suits you.