co.gent Consultation
For shop owners in the UAE and Saudi Arabia

Sell your products online without chasing freelancers or overpaying for expensive agencies

  • A complete store from AED 15,000, not the AED 70,000 you were quoted for a custom build you never needed.

  • We build a beautiful Shopify store with your products loaded and payments connected, so your products go up and the orders start coming in.

What we handle for you

Your store, built and stocked

Your products, prices and collections, live and ready to sell in Arabic or English.

Customised to your brand

Your logo, fonts and colours applied throughout, so it looks like you and nobody else.

Your preferred payment methods integrated

Card and cash on delivery connected and tested, so nothing breaks at checkout.

Looked after every month

We upload new products, swap banners and fix whatever breaks. You never touch code.

Tell us what you sell

What do you sell?
How many products will the store carry?
What matters most in your store?

Multiple answers are possible

Where are you starting from?
Does the starting price fit?

Stores start from AED 15,000 all inclusive, with your products loaded and payments connected.

Reviewing what you sell

One moment while we match a store build to your catalogue.

Thanks for being upfront

We build stores from AED 15,000 all inclusive, with your products loaded and the payments connected. When you are ready to build, we will be here to help.

Have a different question? Email us any time.

Email us
Good fit

One last step

Where should we send your fixed price and build date? We reply within one working day.

Thanks. Check your email.

You'll hear from us within one working day.

What comes with every store

A complete store, not a homepage

Product pages, collections, cart and checkout. Built, tested and live with your catalogue in it.

Your brand, not a stock theme

Your logo, fonts and colours applied throughout, with the layout arranged around your products.

Payments that do not fail

Card payments and cash on delivery connected and tested, so nothing breaks at the checkout step.

Built for phones first

Most of your customers buy on their phone. That is where we build and test the store first.

Maintenance from AED 1,500 a month

We upload new products, swap banners and keep everything running. Optional, and you can start it later.

Does this sound like you?

The freelancer went quiet

You found someone on Upwork or Fiverr at a good price. Then the replies got slower, the timezone never matched, and the half-finished store is still sitting there.

Quoted 70,000 for a website

An agency came back with AED 60,000 to 80,000, custom animations and a four-month build. You just wanted to sell your products online.

The store you have is slow

It was built on WooCommerce and customised until nothing works with anything else. Pages take forever to load and customers leave before they reach checkout.

You cannot change it yourself

Adding a product or swapping a banner means emailing a developer and waiting for a reply. You are locked out of your own store.

Why custom is the expensive way to get the same thing

Every website is a template underneath

A custom build starts from a theme too. What you pay extra for is the developer time spent rebuilding what the theme already did.

Custom takes months, and it changes twice

The longer a build runs, the more it changes and the more it costs. A configured store is already selling while the custom one is still in Figma.

You stay free to move

A standard Shopify theme means any developer can pick it up later. Over-customised builds lock you to the one person who made them.

What changes with co.gent

The Corretto Lu online store built by co.gent, a vintage furniture and objects homepage with a Shop Now call to action

01

Your store loads fast and sells on a phone

Built on a theme that is already fast, then arranged around your products. Customers reach checkout instead of giving up halfway down a slow page.

The Head in the Stars World online store built by co.gent, showing children's illustrated books with a Start Dreaming call to action

02

You upload products yourself, in minutes

A standard Shopify back office, not a maze someone custom-built. Add a product, change a price, run a sale, without emailing anyone.

The Lighthouse online store built by co.gent, a restaurant group homepage with warm dining room photography

03

Someone answers when something breaks

A maintenance contract from AED 1,500 a month covers new products, new banners and anything that stops working. One team you can actually reach.

The Three Sisters London online store built by co.gent, a storefront photo and About Us section for a nature based culinary studio

Same store. Half the time. A third of the price.

A custom build and a configured build both start from a theme. The difference is four months of developer time and the invoice that comes with it. We start from a theme that already works, then customise it around your products, your brand and your customers. Same result, live in weeks, from AED 15,000.

See the stores we built

The three ways to get an online store

A freelancer

Cheap upfront, gone at handover

  • AED 3,000 to 10,000 upfront
  • Overbooked, replies get slower
  • Nothing once it is handed over
  • Nobody to call when checkout breaks

A big agency

Builds what you did not ask for

  • AED 60,000 to 80,000
  • Four months from brief to live
  • Custom work you did not ask for
  • Locked to whoever built it
Recommended

co.gent

Built, loaded and maintained

  • From AED 15,000, all inclusive
  • Live in weeks, not months
  • Your brand and your products loaded
  • Payment gateways connected and tested
  • Maintenance from AED 1,500 a month
  • Any developer can pick it up later

Your store opens for orders in weeks, not months

We have built for fashion, jewelry, food and drink, skincare, home accessories and architecture, across Lebanon, the Gulf and Europe. You get a fixed price, a build date, and a store that is still looked after in month six.

2-4

wks

from brief to live

8

yrs

building stores together

3

offices, 3 countries

The co.gent team at work in the studio, building and reviewing an online store on desktop and mobile

Who you are working with

Most people asking us for a store have been let down once already. Either the freelancer disappeared halfway, or an agency quoted a number that made no sense for what they actually needed.

We are a small team that has been building and running online stores together for over eight years, from Beirut, Dubai and Valence. We build the store, load your products, and keep it running every month. We do not build custom-coded stores for businesses that just need to sell, because you would be paying for months of work a good theme already does.

Credentials

  • Shopify and WooCommerce builds
  • Arabic and English stores
  • Payment gateway integration
  • Monthly maintenance contracts

Common questions

Do you only build for certain kinds of products?

Businesses selling physical products online. Perfume, oud, clothing, jewelry, handmade pieces, food and drink and skincare are what we handle most. If you sell something unusual, ask us and we will tell you honestly whether it fits.

What makes this different from the cheaper quote I already have?

A freelancer disappears at handover. You get a finished store at a fixed price, plus a maintenance contract from AED 1,500 a month, so someone is still there in month six.

What exactly do I need to give you?

Your logo, fonts and colours, your product photos and your price list. If something is missing we tell you before we start.

How long until the store is live?

Two to four weeks, depending on how many products need loading. You approve it before it opens for orders.

I already have a website. Can you fix it instead?

Sometimes. A standard theme is usually cheaper to fix. One that has been customised until nothing works together is faster to rebuild. We tell you which one you have.

Who actually builds it?

Our own team, the same developers who look after our client stores every month. Nothing is passed to a subcontractor you never meet.

What does it cost in total?

From AED 15,000 all inclusive, and most land between AED 15,000 and 25,000 depending on catalogue size. Maintenance is optional, from AED 1,500 a month. A fully custom design starts around AED 40,000, and we will tell you if you do not need it.

What happens after I send the form?

We come back within one working day with a fixed price and a build date. If it is not a fit we say so.

Talk to our team

Address

co.gentDubai CommerCity, DubaiAlso in Beirut, Lebanon and Valence, France

Ready to sell online?

Tell us what you sell and we come back with a fixed price and a date within one working day. No commitment.