Selling online from the UAE means juggling a store, marketplaces, a courier, and VAT on top. The two failures that hurt most are overselling stock you no longer have, and discovering at filing time that your sales records do not reconcile.
This stack keeps the store, the stock and the books in agreement.
Store and payments
Zoho Commerce
A full online store connected to your accounting and inventory.
Best for: Retailers who want store, stock and accounting in one ecosystem. Pricing: Paid plans by order volume; free trial
Full Zoho Commerce breakdown or try it free.
Zoho Checkout
Beautiful hosted payment pages — no website or code required.
Best for: Collecting payments without an online store. Pricing: Free plan available; paid plans for more pages (free plan available)
Full Zoho Checkout breakdown or try it free.
Zoho Sites
A clean business website builder with your CRM already wired in.
Best for: Small businesses that need a professional site without an agency. Pricing: Free trial; affordable annual plans
Full Zoho Sites breakdown or try it free.
Stock across every channel
Zoho Inventory
Stock, orders and shipping across all your sales channels.
Best for: Traders and e-commerce sellers managing physical stock. Pricing: Free plan available; paid by order volume (free plan available)
Full Zoho Inventory breakdown or try it free.
Zoho Procurement
Purchase requests, approvals, POs and vendors — procurement without email chains.
Best for: Companies where purchasing approval happens over WhatsApp today. Pricing: Paid plans; free trial available
Full Zoho Procurement breakdown or try it free.
Zoho POS
Modern point of sale connected to your inventory and accounting.
Best for: Retail shops wanting POS, stock and accounts in one ecosystem. Pricing: Paid per terminal; trial available
Full Zoho POS breakdown or try it free.
VAT-compliant books
Zoho Books
FTA-accredited accounting — VAT returns, e-invoicing and corporate tax ready.
Best for: UAE SMEs that need compliant accounting without an expensive ERP. Pricing: Free plan for small businesses; paid plans per organization (free plan available)
Full Zoho Books breakdown or try it free.
Zoho Billing
Subscription and recurring billing — trials, upgrades, dunning, all automated.
Best for: SaaS, memberships and any recurring-revenue model. Pricing: Free plan available; paid by revenue volume (free plan available)
Full Zoho Billing breakdown or try it free.
Zoho Expense
Snap receipts, auto-fill claims, approve and reimburse — no spreadsheets.
Best for: Any company reimbursing staff expenses on spreadsheets today. Pricing: Free plan available; paid per active user (free plan available)
Full Zoho Expense breakdown or try it free.
Converting and keeping customers
Zoho Campaigns
Email marketing with automation journeys — priced for real businesses.
Best for: Businesses doing (or starting) email marketing on a budget. Pricing: Free plan available; paid by contacts or emails (free plan available)
Full Zoho Campaigns breakdown or try it free.
Zoho Thrive
Loyalty programs, referrals and affiliate management for your own brand.
Best for: E-commerce and D2C brands building repeat purchase behavior. Pricing: Free plan available; paid plans by program size (free plan available)
Full Zoho Thrive breakdown or try it free.
Zoho SalesIQ
Live chat + visitor tracking that turns website traffic into pipeline.
Best for: Websites getting traffic that isn't converting into enquiries. Pricing: Free plan available; paid plans per operator (free plan available)
Full Zoho SalesIQ breakdown or try it free.
Zoho Desk
Context-aware helpdesk — tickets, SLAs, self-service and AI.
Best for: Any team answering customer emails from a shared inbox today. Pricing: Free plan for 3 agents; paid per agent (free plan available)
Full Zoho Desk breakdown or try it free.
Zoho PageSense
Heatmaps, session recordings and A/B tests — see why visitors don't convert.
Best for: Anyone spending on ads or SEO who wants more from existing traffic. Pricing: Free trial; paid by monthly visitors
Full Zoho PageSense breakdown or try it free.
What to set up first
- Get one authoritative stock system that every sales channel syncs to. Overselling is the fastest way to lose ratings.
- Connect sales into FTA-accredited accounting so VAT is not a year-end reconstruction.
- Add abandoned cart recovery — usually the highest return marketing automation for e-commerce.
- Layer support and loyalty once volume justifies it.
Compare everything side by side in our full Zoho directory for UAE business, or read our guide to FTA-accredited accounting software.
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