When will Shopify Payments be available in the UAE?

Payments + Shipping & Fulfilment

Topic summary

Current Status:
Shopify Payments remains unavailable in the UAE and broader GCC region (including Qatar and Saudi Arabia) as of the latest updates. No official timeline or launch date has been provided by Shopify representatives.

Available Alternatives:

  • Merchants can use third-party payment gateways including PayPal, 2Checkout, checkout.com, and Stripe
  • Shopify has added AED currency support and UAE-based shipping carriers, particularly for Shopify Plus merchants
  • A Stripe-based solution supporting multiple payment methods and multi-currency transactions was suggested

Ongoing Concerns:

  • Users express frustration about the delay, noting the UAE’s significant e-commerce market potential
  • The discussion has continued for nearly 2 years without concrete progress
  • Merchants seek clarity on whether and when Shopify Payments will expand to the region

Resolution Status: Unresolved and ongoing, with no definitive answer from Shopify about future availability.

Summarized with AI on November 1. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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Hello, when will shopify payments be avaliable in the uae?

and thankyou.

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Hi, @Weather .

Thank you for reaching out!

As of now, Shopify Payments is not yet available in the UAE (United Arab Emirates). However, Shopify has been working on expanding its payment services to several countries, including the UAE, in the future.

The UAE is a rapidly growing e-commerce market, and Shopify is aware of this potential market. Shopify has already added support for AED currency, and UAE-based shipping carriers have been added to the platform. These features have been rolled out as part of the Shopify Plus plan, which is designed for large-volume merchants.

Although the timeline is not clear at the moment, it is expected that Shopify Payments will become available in the UAE in the near future. Shopify is continually working on expanding its payment services globally and improving the user experience for merchants and customers worldwide.

In the meantime, merchants in the UAE can still use other payment gateways available on Shopify, such as PayPal, 2Checkout or checkout.com, to process payments from customers.

Please let me know if you have any further questions! I would love to learn more about your business. What type of products do you sell?

Talk soon,

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Hi Emily

Do you already know more about the availability of shopify payments in the UAE, perhaps an official timetable?

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Hi @Abufulan

While Shopify Payments continues to expand it’s availability, it is not yet available in the UAE. Unfortunately, I don’t have a timeline I can share about when or if Shopify Payments will become eligible there in the future.

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Hi.@shay

In 2025..shopify payments will be available in UAE?..because UAE is big market why shopify not select UAE in first..hope some good news from shopiy

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Stripe is available and with this https://lnkd.in/diJN5YcB solution you can accept payments with all payment methods supported by your Stripe account and it also supports multi-currency.

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It has been nearly 2 years. Is there any pipeline for when this will be available and other GCC countries? Qatar / Saudi Arabia?

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