Biddi.com, the online portal that intends to let you buy and sell anything, has formally launched operations in the UAE. Biddi.com is an intuitive free e-commerce and listing site selling just about anything. It creates an ecosystem for buyers and sellers to interact seamlessly, backed by door-to-door...

Online shopping platform awok.com has been monitoring consumer behaviour on the site and recent data shows that Dubai is  home to the highest number of online shoppers. Survey results also reveal that the nation's online shopping population is one of the world's youngest Dubai is home to the highest...

You made a lot of effort on SEO, both on-page and off-page, to drive visitors to your client. The only problem which you are now facing is that they continue to be ‘visitors’ and not ‘customers’. And the only customers that you have would not re-purchase! Bemused, you question yourself: With...

A salesperson, in any brick-and-mortar store, is adept at judging if a particular customer has arrived with a genuine intent of buying or not. Appropriately, he approaches him, aligns his pitch with the customer’s persona and ensures a sale. Ecommerce, the virtual store, is a different ball game. There...

UAE-based online retail store Awok.com reports that over 50% of all traffic to their e-commerce site comes from mobile users, a figure that has increased by over 1000% in the last year. With over 16 million active mobile phone subscriptions in the UAE, it has been well publicised that the UAE has...

The brainchild of managing director and founder Ulugbek Yuldashev, AWOK.com was established on 4 April 2013 as an online shopping platform to bring reliable, quality products sold at the most competitive prices. E-commerce in the UAE is booming, according to e-commerce solutions provider ShopGo. the...

In 2014, online transactions are seeing exceptional growth —faster than point of sale and cash spend. VISA has brought us on board to visualize their latest data on the impact of eCommerce across the Middle East and North African region. Two important points to note from the infographic: - 48%...

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Commerce and Industry has recently released a draft for the first eCommerce law in the country. The eCommerce market share in Saudi Arabia will hit $13.3 billion in 2015, according to research published by a Dubai-based web design and development company.Saudi Arabia is getting...

Regional payment gateway Payfort has released its latest infographic providing an overview of the core markets in Egypt, KSA, Kuwait and the UAE. It includes insight into consumer behavior, the travel market and what we can expect in years to come. You can also read the full report here. According to...

ShopGo, the MENA region’s leading e-commerce solutions provider, announced at a workshop in Dubai that e-commerce is booming in the Middle East, particularly in the UAE, where the market registered a 300% growth between 2013 and 2014. The e-commerce sector in the UAE is currently valued at $2.5 billion,...