Zid to Shopify migration · Saudi Arabia & Gulf

Zid to Shopify

Keep Mada, Apple Pay, Tabby and your Arabic storefront, and gain a fully custom store that sells beyond Saudi Arabia. LUMINA moves your Zid store to Shopify with every product, customer, order and ranking intact.

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Why brands leave Zid

Zid is built for launching in Saudi Arabia. Shopify is built for growing there and beyond it, with a custom storefront, thousands of apps and Markets for the GCC and the world, while keeping the local payments and shipping your customers expect.

ZidShopify

Storefront

ZidTheme-based storefronts with limited customisation.

ShopifyA fully custom Shopify theme designed around your brand, in Arabic and English.

Apps

ZidA regional app marketplace with a limited selection.

ShopifyThousands of Shopify apps, plus local apps for Tabby, Tamara, Aramex, SMSA and ZATCA e-invoicing.

Payments

ZidMada, Apple Pay and BNPL through Zid's gateways.

ShopifyMada, Apple Pay, Shop Pay, Tabby and Tamara through Shopify Payments and apps, in SAR.

Checkout

ZidA standard checkout you cannot customise.

ShopifyShopify Checkout, the highest-converting checkout in ecommerce, customisable on Shopify Plus.

Markets

ZidSelling outside Saudi Arabia means workarounds.

ShopifyShopify Markets for the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar and the world, with local currencies and languages from one admin.

Data and reporting

ZidBasic reports and limited integrations.

ShopifyFull analytics, Shopify Flow automation and native integrations with ERPs and marketing tools.

What we migrate from Zid

Everything your Zid store runs on moves to Shopify, checked line by line before launch.

  • Products & variants

    Zid products, options, prices, SKUs and images become Shopify products with variants.

  • Categories

    Your Zid categories rebuilt as Shopify collections and filters.

  • Customers

    Customer accounts, phone numbers, addresses and marketing consent moved across.

  • Order history

    Past Zid orders, so your team and customers keep the full record.

  • Coupons

    Active Zid coupons recreated as Shopify discounts.

  • Arabic content

    Arabic and English product content, pages and policies moved into Shopify Markets with right-to-left layouts.

  • Pages & policies

    About, shipping, returns and policy pages rebuilt as Shopify pages.

  • URLs

    Every Zid product and category URL redirected to its new Shopify address with a 301.

  • SEO metadata

    Page titles, meta descriptions and image alt text carried over.

  • Payments & shipping

    Mada, Apple Pay, Tabby, Tamara, Aramex and SMSA reconnected on Shopify.

What your Zid setup becomes on Shopify

Every part of your Zid store is mapped to a built-in Shopify feature or a trusted app, so your customers in Saudi Arabia keep the payments, delivery and language they are used to.

  • Zid payment gateways (Mada, Apple Pay) becomes Shopify Payments in SAR, with Mada, Apple Pay and Shop Pay
  • Tabby / Tamara on Zid becomes The official Tabby and Tamara apps on Shopify
  • Zid shipping (Aramex, SMSA, Saee) becomes Shopify Shipping and carrier apps for Saudi Arabia and the GCC
  • Zid themes becomes A custom Shopify theme designed around your brand
  • Zid apps becomes Shopify apps for reviews, loyalty, bundles, subscriptions and more
  • ZATCA e-invoicing becomes ZATCA-compliant invoicing apps on Shopify
  • Zid Arabic storefront becomes Shopify Markets with Arabic right-to-left layouts and English side by side
  • Zid reports becomes Shopify analytics, Shopify Flow and reporting integrations

Zid migration services

Moving off Zid is a chance to rebuild your store for growth across the Gulf. We move every product, customer and order, protect your Google rankings and launch on Shopify without interrupting sales.

Plan your Zid migration

Why migrate from Zid to Shopify

Zid gets a Saudi store online quickly, with local payments and delivery built in. As the brand grows, the limits show: storefronts you cannot fully customise, a small app marketplace and no simple way to sell across the GCC. Shopify keeps the local essentials, Mada, Apple Pay, Tabby, Tamara and Saudi carriers, and adds a custom theme, thousands of apps and Shopify Markets for the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar and beyond.

Zid to Shopify or Shopify Plus

Most Zid stores move to Shopify. Brands with high order volumes, several countries, B2B wholesale or a customised checkout move to Shopify Plus. We recommend the right plan after auditing your Zid store, its traffic and its apps.

How our Zid to Shopify migration works

Every Zid migration follows five stages: we audit your store, apps, traffic and rankings; map each product, URL, payment method and carrier to Shopify; design and build the new Shopify store in Arabic and English; migrate and test products, customers, orders and checkout; then switch the domain and monitor rankings after launch.

Your Zid store stays live throughout. We build the Shopify store alongside it and switch the domain only once every page, redirect and order flow has been tested, so no sales are lost.

An SEO-safe Zid migration

Zid and Shopify use different URL structures, so rankings on Google Saudi Arabia are the biggest risk in the move. We export every Zid product, category and page URL, redirect each one to its new Shopify address with a 301, carry over Arabic and English page titles, meta descriptions and image alt text, and resubmit your sitemap in Google Search Console.

Keep your Zid rankings

301

URL redirects

Every Zid product, category and page URL is redirected to its new Shopify address.

1:1

Arabic & English metadata

Page titles, meta descriptions and image alt text move with each page, in both languages.

24/7

Monitored after launch

We watch Search Console after the switch and fix crawl errors as they appear.

Zid to Shopify questions

Yes. Shopify Payments supports Mada, Apple Pay and Shop Pay in SAR, and Tabby and Tamara have official Shopify apps, so your customers pay the way they do today.

It depends on the project. Catalogue size, the apps to replace, the design to rebuild and the number of URLs to redirect all shape the timeline. After auditing your Zid store, we share a clear plan for each stage.

Yes. The store is built in Arabic and English with Shopify Markets, right-to-left layouts, Arabic checkout and SAR pricing.

No. We redirect every Zid URL to its new Shopify address with 301 redirects and carry over page titles, meta descriptions and image alt text in Arabic and English.

Yes. Saudi and GCC carriers connect to Shopify through Shopify Shipping and carrier apps, with the same delivery options your customers expect.

Customer accounts, phone numbers, addresses and order history move to Shopify. Passwords cannot be transferred between platforms, so customers are invited to activate their account with one click.

Yes. We build the Shopify store alongside your Zid site and switch the domain only once everything has been tested.

ZATCA e-invoicing is handled through compliant Shopify apps, which we set up and test as part of the migration.

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