Mapp store setup
Mapp store setup for your products and checkout
Mapp store setup starts with a review of the platform’s available options against your catalogue and business requirements. The written scope confirms which design, product and checkout tasks are included.
Mapp store setup: what the service covers
A hosted store platform spares you from hosting, updating and securing the store, and gives you a dashboard to run products and orders. Platforms differ in their themes, apps, payment methods, subscription cost and how far you can change the look. So we start with an honest comparison: is Mapp the best fit for your business and country, or Salla, Zid or Shopify? Our article Salla, Zid or Shopify sets out how to compare, and you will find pages for Salla, Zid and Shopify if the choice leans that way.
What is specific to Mapp, such as themes, languages, payment methods, apps and customisation limits, we confirm with you on the first call before it goes into a quote.
What we set up in your store
Products and categories
We arrange the catalogue in categories a customer understands, then upload products with names, descriptions, photos, prices and options such as colour, size and stock. If you have an Excel file we import it after cleaning. If you have no descriptions ready, we write them: see website content writing.
Arabic design
We shape the store to your identity: colours, logo, home page, banners and section order, with a right-to-left layout. We review the store on mobile and desktop as part of the agreed checks. You approve the design before we finalise it.
Payment and shipping
We enable the payment methods that suit your customers, such as cards, cash on delivery and others the platform offers in your country, and set shipping zones, prices and delivery times, then test the order from start to end. Details are in payment and shipping integration.
Core pages and policies
About us, contact, shipping and returns policy, terms and privacy, and FAQs. These pages build trust before a customer pays, and we draft them with you.
Search visibility
Titles, descriptions and addresses for products and categories in a form Google understands and people want to click. We add the store to Google Search Console and Bing, connect analytics, and set up your Google Business Profile.
Measurement
We review which analytics tools and purchase or cart events the platform and your accounts support, then configure and test the agreed tracking. Source attribution depends on the data available.
Preparing a new store for product browsing and orders
- Product photos. One clear picture on a clean background and a second angle are enough to start. If you have none, see product photography.
- Descriptions that answer customer questions. Size, material, use and what comes in the box.
- A clear price and delivery cost before payment. Customers abandon the cart if shipping fees surprise them at the last step.
- A written returns policy in a visible place.
- A visible way to reach you. A WhatsApp button and a phone number, because a hesitant customer asks before ordering.
- Mobile speed. A slow store wastes the ad you paid for.
We go through these points on the first call and build priorities around them.
Project steps
- A 20-minute call. What you sell, to whom, where, and which platform you prefer and why.
- A written quote that sets the scope and timeline.
- A design you approve on mobile and desktop before the build.
- Setup and product upload, and payment and shipping connection.
- A test you run: a trial order, payment and waybill.
- Opening. We move the store to your domain and hand over a file and training videos for your team.
What we need from you
Your logo and identity, the product list (even in Excel) and photos, description text if you have it, your shipping and returns policy, your company details to open payment accounts, and access to your domain.
What you receive
- A ready store on Mapp in your approved design.
- Products and categories uploaded and reviewed.
- Payment and shipping set and tested.
- Search Console, Bing and analytics connected.
- A handover file and training videos on adding products and handling orders.
After opening
The first two weeks bring operating questions: how do I change a price, what do I do with a cancelled order. We follow up and adjust. If you want ads, or better conversion of visitors into buyers, see improving store pages to ease buying.
Packages and the written quote
Shopify stores have a defined package: an Arabic theme, product upload, payment and shipping and training videos in 2 to 3 weeks. The timing of a store on Mapp is set after we review the platform and the size of your catalogue, and the written quote fixes the scope and the timeline. We start after you approve it.
Frequently asked questions
We answer after a short call. We ask about your products, customers, country and the payment methods you need, and compare Mapp with Salla, Zid and Shopify frankly, even if another one suits you better.
Usually yes, as far as the two platforms allow. Read website and store migration.
The number goes in the written quote. In the usual package we upload the first catalogue and teach your team to upload the rest themselves.
Supported languages depend on what the platform can do, and we confirm them on the call before you sign.
Yes. We give you training videos on adding a product, changing a price, handling an order and printing a waybill.
Get your Mapp store ready
Send what you sell and the country you ship to, and we reply with a written quote that sets the scope and timeline.