Beirut and Paris · Shopify Partner
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Shopify · Lebanon

Shopify Expert in Lebanon

Shopify audits and rescue work for existing stores with slow pages, broken setups or unclear conversion problems. For a full build and ongoing growth team, see our Shopify agency in Lebanon.

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Shopify Partner · Beirut and Paris · From $599/mo

The problem

Find what is broken before paying for another rebuild

First, the store is built like a template exercise. The theme is fine, the images are fine, and nothing about the product page tells you why this brand exists. That store can survive on referrals; it can't scale on paid.

Second, there's no CRO discipline. Founders wait for “more traffic” instead of fixing the conversion rate on the traffic they already have. Every quarter that passes without a testing loop is a quarter of margin left on the table.

Third, the Arabic and GCC expansion story is an afterthought. The founder ships the English store, spends nine months on it, then bolts on a KSA storefront the week before Ramadan. The expansion never earns because it was never designed.

A senior Shopify partner in Lebanon fixes all three before shipping the build.

What you get

What is included

  • Store audit

    Theme, app stack, analytics, checkout and catalogue issues ranked by impact.

  • Speed diagnosis

    Core Web Vitals, theme code and third-party scripts reviewed together.

  • Broken setup rescue

    Repair tracking, integrations, templates and checkout behaviour.

  • Conversion review

    Identify product-page, cart and offer problems before testing changes.

  • Fix roadmap

    A clear order of work your team can execute or ask us to implement.

  • Post-fix checks

    Confirm the repaired store works across devices, markets and languages.

Detail

The parts worth reading before you decide

Being a Shopify expert in Lebanon means solving problems no global agency solves for you

Lebanese founders operate under conditions most international agencies never see. Payment infrastructure is fragmented. Banking is unreliable. Import windows shift. Consumer trust is earned first at the physical door and only then online. A Shopify partner working from Lebanon has to account for all of that as default configuration, not as edge cases.

For diaspora-facing brands, the flip side is equally specific. The buyer is in Paris, Dubai, Toronto or São Paulo, but the story, the packaging, the sourcing and the emotional pull are all Lebanese. The store has to hold both realities at once: international-grade operations, local-grade identity.

For a deeper local view, see why Lebanese e-commerce websites don't convert and the psychology behind inherited Lebanese brands.

Build → Convert → Scale → Automate, calibrated for Lebanon

Build. Editorial Shopify 2.0 theme, USD-first checkout, Arabic and French language routing, freight and duty configured up-front. Not the other way around.

Convert. A weekly CRO loop on PDPs, cart, checkout and offer, with quantitative and qualitative inputs. We don't run “A/B tests” on colour swatches.

Scale. Paid media on Meta, Google and TikTok, budgeted against contribution margin, with a creative pipeline that produces enough assets to actually iterate.

Automate. Retention, WhatsApp and internal ops moved into flows so the founder's calendar stops being the bottleneck.

Who this is and is not right for

Right fit: founder-led brands of all sizes, from first store to scaling brand, with real product, a defensible position, and an ambition to enter or scale in the GCC. Also: diaspora brands ready to move from “side-project revenue” to a real P&L.

Wrong fit: dropshippers, pure arbitrage, or founders looking for a discount agency. We're not the cheapest option in Beirut, and we don't try to be.

The Byblos Growth System

The order matters more than the list

Each stage only pays off if the one before it holds. Buying traffic for a store that leaks is the most expensive mistake we get called in to undo.

  1. 01

    Build

    A store that loads fast, takes the payment methods people here actually use, and reports real numbers from day one.

  2. 02

    Convert

    Product pages, checkout, shipping rules and offers. Most of what loses the sale is not design.

  3. 03

    Scale

    Paid media, SEO and creative across Lebanon, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, started only once the first two hold.

  4. 04

    Automate

    AI, CRM and WhatsApp take over the messages your team sends a hundred times a week.

Pricing

Starting from $599/month

Retainer minimum. Store builds from $849 fixed-fee. Media budget billed separately.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What actually makes someone a Shopify expert in Lebanon?
The Shopify Partner badge is the floor, not the ceiling. What separates a real expert from a template shop is having shipped enough builds to know which app breaks under load, which checkout customisation slows conversion, which Klaviyo flow architecture holds up past 20k contacts, and how to price internationally without eroding margin. That kind of judgment only comes from ops, not from theory.
Do you work with brands outside Beirut?
Yes. We work with Lebanese founders across the country, plus the diaspora: Paris, Dubai, Riyadh, Montreal, New York. The engagement runs the same way whether the founder is in Ashrafieh or Abu Dhabi.
Do you handle Arabic and French content properly?
Yes. We treat Arabic (RTL) and French as first-class content, not translation layers. Native speakers write and review product copy, ad creative and email flows. Hreflang, currency and market routing are configured in Shopify Markets, not bolted on with three apps.
Can you help us expand from Lebanon into the UAE or Saudi Arabia?
This is the most common expansion lane we run. We handle Shopify Markets setup, per-market payments (Tabby, Tamara, Mada, Apple Pay), local logistics partners, Arabic-first creative for KSA, and paid-media reset for each geography. See our /shopify-agency-mena pillar for the full regional playbook.
Do you take on pre-launch brands?
Selectively. Positioning has to be sharp, product has to exist, and there has to be real working capital, not just the build budget. Otherwise we recommend the founder run one round of validation before hiring a full-service partner.
What size of brand fits your engagement?
Growth retainers work well for businesses of all sizes, from first store to scaling brand. For newer stores, a fixed-fee build or audit is usually the right entry point. For established brands, we operate more like a fractional growth team than a traditional agency.
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How is pricing structured?
Retainers from $599/month, Shopify builds from $849. All figures in USD, invoiced from Lebanon or our regional entity depending on the client's setup.

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Credentials

Shopify Partner10+ years operatingE-commerce trainer, engagements delivered personally by the founder

Founder's training experience

Training engagements delivered personally by Mohamad Haidar, founder of Byblos Horizon, mainly focused on e-commerce. He has also delivered a single AI training engagement. These engagements don't represent institutional partnerships, affiliations or endorsements of Byblos Horizon.

American University of BeirutLebanese American UniversityKEDGE Business School
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