Guides for merchants
Practical guides to selling online in Syria — starting a store, getting paid, and growing what you already sell.
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.
Read the guideFrom Instagram and WhatsApp DMs to an online store
Selling by DM works until it works too well. Then you spend your day answering "how much?" and "do you have a bigger size?", and orders get lost between conversations.
Read the guidePayment methods for online stores in Syria
The question that stops most shop owners from opening an online store is: how will I get paid? In the Syrian market the answer is not a credit card.
Read the guideDropshipping in Syria: selling without stock
Dropshipping means listing products you do not own; when a customer buys, the supplier fulfils. The appeal is that it removes the biggest risk: money tied up in stock that may not sell.
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