“We have bricks and mortar customers and SMEs from flower shops to restaurants to physical therapy clinics, all on Instagram and Facebook the common thread is they interact with customers through WhatsApp.” “But nowadays almost every business is social, to some extent,” says Mr Assaf.
Zbooni’s clientele includes sellers whose only “storefront” is Instagram or Facebook.
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"It’s a marriage of unique software - a cart and checkout that can be dispatched over WhatsApp - and a payment gateway built in," he adds. Giving Zbooni’s first interview, founder and chief executive Ramy Assaf, 35, says the company helps businesses "manage check-out and payment for social-based commerce". Placing itself at the heart of “social-based commerce” it acts as a digital marketplace, enabling sales to be completed via messaging services such as WhatsApp, crucially fulfilling card payments. Meaning ‘my customer’ in Arabic, Zbooni’s app has swiftly gained thousands of users and is processing millions of dirhams of transactions.
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Costs from 2.9 per cent plus Dh1.2 per transaction.ĭubai start-up Zbooni recognised small businesses and individual vendors were desperate for something simple, local and cost effective and developed a social commerce platform allowing home enterprises and larger merchants to take card payment online - or in person without a POS device. PayPal is probably the best-known online goods payment method - usually used for eBay purchases - but can be used to receive funds, providing everyone’s signed up.The US provider processes online shop and mobile transactions and has 17,000-plus active digital commerce users. 2checkout’s “all-in-one payment gateway and merchant account” accepts payments in 200-plus markets for 2.4-3.9 per cent, plus a Dh1.2-Dh1.8 currency conversion charge.Monthly fees range from US$65-100, plus card charges of 2.75-3.75 per cent and Dh1.2 per sale. Tap started in May 2013 in Kuwait, allowing Middle East businesses to bill, accept, receive and make payments online “easier, faster and smoother” via goSell and goCollect.Fees range from 1.99 per cent plus Dh1 per transaction depending on payment method and location, such as online or via UAE mobile. Business Bay’s Pallapay claims 40,000-plus active merchants who can invoice customers and receive payment by card.QR codes direct customers to an online payment page and merchants can generate payments through messaging apps. It’s e-commerce entry plan costs Dh349 monthly (plus VAT). Founded in 2014, Telr is a payment aggregator and gateway with an office in Silicon Oasis.
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