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Selling in Arabic on Shopify · Updated August 2026
Practical guides for selling in Arabic on Shopify: what has to be true for a storefront to be genuinely right-to-left, which Arabic fonts hold up, how cash on delivery actually works, and how to judge a theme before paying for one. Checklists and specifics — no fluff.
How to choose the best Shopify theme for an Arabic storeSixteen checkable criteria across architecture, language, typography, regional commerce and quality — and why the RTL tag alone proves nothing.
The Shopify RTL checklist: 8 things that must actually be right-to-leftDirection, logical CSS, bidi-safe prices, Arabic type, icon mirroring, motion, numerals and mixed text — in testing order.
The best Arabic fonts for a Shopify store (and what breaks them)Cairo, Tajawal, Noto Kufi Arabic and IBM Plex Sans Arabic — and the Latin typography habits that pull connected letterforms apart.
Cash on delivery on Shopify in Egypt and Morocco: how it actually worksShopify's manual COD payment method, COD order-form apps, and what your theme must not break.
How to set up a Shopify store in Arabic, step by stepAdd the language, choose a theme that truly renders Arabic, translate content, set local payments — in order.
RTL app or RTL-native theme? What each one actually does to your storeMonthly overrides against native direction: cost and coverage compared.
Does Shopify support Arabic?Yes — storefront language, translated checkout, markets. The theme layer is the gap, and it is yours to close.
Elsewhere on the site
أدلة شوبيفاي بالعربيةThe same guide cluster, written natively in Arabic.
Theme documentationMerchant docs for Tarz, in Arabic and English: setup, typography, the product page, COD apps, filters, troubleshooting.
Technical specificationsThe build in numbers: 52 sections, 41 theme blocks, 16 templates, 53 Arabic font families.
About TarzWhat the theme is, who builds it, and how it is put together.
ChangelogVersion history, and what ships next as a free update.