Guides
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.
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
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.