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brainiac/studio

Digital Studio

brainiac/studiobrainiac/studio
Web & App Development
02 · web & app development / e-commerce

Online stores built to sell, not just to look good.

We build and run online stores for retail brands — the storefront your customers see, and the back office your team works in every day. Nine of them for Qatar brands since 2016.

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In short

We build online stores on Shopify, WooCommerce or custom — chosen for what you actually sell, not what we prefer. Speed, checkout and product data get the attention, because those decide revenue. Typical build: six to ten weeks. You own the store and can move platform later.

Updated August 2026

Out of every hundred, fifteen pay.

The steepest drop is at checkout — which is why speed and payment options matter more than the homepage.

OUT OF EVERY 100 VISITORSLand on the store100View a product68Add to cart38Reach checkout24Pay15Checkout is where the steepest drop happens — and where speed matters most.
what this actually means

A pretty store that loads slowly will lose to a plain one that loads fast.

Most online stores lose sales in the same few places: the pages take too long to open on a phone, the checkout asks for too much, and nobody can tell which product photos are doing the work. None of that is visible from the outside. It shows up as traffic that arrives and leaves.

We build stores where those things are handled from the start. Fast on a normal mobile connection, not just on office wifi. A checkout that gets out of the way. And a back office your team can actually use — adding products, changing prices, running a sale — without calling us every time.

We have done this nine times for brands in Qatar, across fashion, beauty, sportswear and baby products. Some of those relationships are five years old, which we think says more than a portfolio screenshot.

9Stores built for Qatar brands since 2016
5 yrsOur longest running store partnership
AftercareWe keep improving after launch
what we build

What we build.

01

A store that loads fast

We measure on real mobile connections in Qatar and Pakistan, not a fast office line. Most stores we take over open in under two seconds after we are done.

02

A checkout that does not lose people

Fewer steps, fewer fields, and the payment and delivery options your customers actually expect where they live.

03

Product pages that sell

Clear photos, honest sizing, reviews, and the details people look for before they buy. Built so your team can update them without help.

04

A back office your team can run

Adding products, running a sale, checking an order. If your team needs us for daily tasks, we built it wrong.

05

Moving from another platform

Magento, WooCommerce, BigCommerce or a custom build — moved across in stages, with your search rankings and old links kept intact.

06

Stock and systems joined up

Your store talking to your accounting, your warehouse and your delivery partners, so nobody is copying numbers between spreadsheets.

07

Selling in more than one country

Multiple currencies, languages and delivery rules, handled properly rather than bolted on.

08

Someone to call afterwards

Monthly support for the work that comes up after launch — changes, fixes, new features, seasonal campaigns.

Which platform, honestly.

Most agencies recommend whatever they build most. These are the real trade-offs for a business in Qatar, Oman or Pakistan.

ShopifyWooCommerceCustom build
Monthly costPlatform fee plus appsHosting onlyHosting only
Time to launch4–8 weeks6–10 weeks3–6 months
Payment gateways hereLimited to what Shopify supportsAny gateway with a pluginAnything at all
Who can update productsAnyone, easilyAnyone, with trainingWhatever we build for you
Unusual pricing or logisticsFights youPossible with workBuilt exactly to your rules
If you outgrow itShopify PlusRebuild piecesIt grows with you
Right forMost retail brandsContent-led stores, local gatewaysRules no platform supports

Stores we have built.

+70%

Online sales for a Qatar children's brand — build and growth together.

Ten Little Toes
Qatar

Shopify store for a Qatari brand, built for a market where search demand is thin.

Ghadaf
Doha

E-commerce build for a Doha lifestyle brand, mobile-first throughout.

Tone Lifestyle
use cases

Who we usually work with.

01

Brands with a store that has stopped growing

Traffic is steady but sales are not. Usually it is speed, checkout, or product pages — and it is usually fixable.

02

Retailers going online properly

You have shops and a following, and the website has never matched them.

03

Teams leaving a platform behind

Moving off something slow, expensive or too rigid, without losing rankings or orders during the move.

04

Brands selling across borders

One brand, several countries, different currencies and delivery rules.

approach

How we work.

01

We look at what you have

Your current store, your numbers, where people drop off. You get this in writing before we quote anything — and it is yours whether or not you hire us.

02

We agree the plan

What gets built, in what order, and when it is done. Fixed scope, so there are no surprises later.

03

We design it

Design that works on a phone first, because that is where most of your customers are.

04

We build it

You see progress every two weeks on a real link you can click, not a slide deck.

05

We move you across

Products, customers, orders and old links, moved in stages. We watch it live during the switch.

06

We stay for the first months

Launch is when the real numbers arrive. We keep improving against them for 60 to 90 days.

faq

Frequently asked.

6 questions answered. Still have one? Reach out.

For most retail brands, Shopify. It is quick to launch, easy for your team to run, and reliable. WooCommerce suits you if you already run WordPress and want more control over hosting and costs. Magento makes sense for very large catalogues or complicated wholesale pricing. We will tell you honestly which one fits — including when the platform you are already on is fine and does not need replacing.

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