Services · Ecommerce development · Online learning course sites

Jeddah course stores that sell to local learners and to students abroad.

We handle e-learning course selling website development in Jeddah for language institutes, Arabic and Quran teaching academies, hospitality and customer service trainers, and independent instructors who have outgrown selling through social media messages. The site lists your courses, takes payment, enrols the learner and opens the lessons automatically. Jeddah providers often teach two audiences at once, residents of the city and learners overseas who found the academy online, so checkout, language and scheduling have to work for both without separate websites.

Our focus here is the sale: how a course is presented, priced, paid for and opened to the learner. Teaching can stay on the platform you already use, or we connect a learning area built for you. Discovery and reviews run by video call with your Jeddah team.

Built for
Language institutes, Arabic and Quran academies, hospitality trainers and independent instructors selling courses from Jeddah.
Typical timeline
Set in writing after a discovery call, once course types, payment methods and the teaching platform are agreed.
What you own
Your domain, code, payment accounts, course content and every learner and order record.
Rated
4.7 / 5 from 23 Google reviews

200+ companies servedFrom a first store to an ADX listed developer

Modon
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HP
Belkin
Dulsco Group
OneClickDrive
Hanayen
HMS
Clocksprings
Ghezlan

What we build

The selling side of a Jeddah academy, done properly.

Many Jeddah academies still sell the old way: a learner sees a post, sends a message, receives bank details, transfers money and waits for someone to add them to a group. Each step loses people, and nobody can see which course actually earns. A proper course store removes those steps. The learner chooses a level, picks a time that suits their own time zone, pays with the method they trust and starts. Your team sees every order, every refund and every seat in one place. For providers who need more than a shop, we also take on e-learning online course platform development in Jeddah, adding the lesson area, quizzes and progress tracking behind the same login. The store and the lesson area share one design and one account, so a learner never feels handed from one system to another.

Explain your project
  • Placement test before purchase

    Language and Quran learners rarely know their level. A short online placement test recommends the right course, and the result travels with the learner into checkout so they cannot accidentally buy a class two levels too easy. Teachers can review borderline results and adjust the recommendation.

    Fewer level changes and refunds in the first week.

  • Time zone aware class booking

    Live group and one to one classes show times in the learner's own time zone while your teachers see Jeddah time. Recurring weekly slots, teacher availability and holiday closures are managed from one calendar.

    Overseas learners stop missing sessions because of clock confusion.

  • Local and international payment

    Residents pay with mada, Apple Pay or STC Bank (formerly STC Pay); learners abroad pay with international Visa or Mastercard through the same SAMA licensed gateway. Tabby and Tamara can spread a long programme for Saudi customers if your agreement allows it.

    One checkout that accepts both local and foreign cards.

  • Packages, terms and renewals

    Sell a single level, a term of weekly lessons, a pack of private hours or a full programme. Packs show remaining hours in the learner account, and renewal offers appear before the last lesson is used.

    Learners renew without having to message the office.

  • Learner area after payment

    Paid learners land in a private area listing their classes, remaining hours, recordings they are allowed to replay, receipts and certificates. When an academy asks for e-learning paid learning portal development in Jeddah, this is usually what they mean: one place a learner returns to every week, rather than a chat group and a pile of links.

    Learners find everything they paid for without asking a teacher.

  • Family accounts for young learners

    For children's Arabic and Quran classes, the parent owns the account, pays and consents, and can add several children. Children see only their own classes. Teachers contact families through the platform, never through personal numbers.

    Parents stay in control and safeguarding is built in.

  • Hotel and employer group orders

    Hotels, restaurants and retail groups buying customer service or language training for staff order seats under a company account, upload a staff list and receive one invoice with their VAT number. Certificates of completion go to the employer's coordinator as well as the learner.

    Hospitality clients can buy training for whole teams in one order.

  • Tax invoices under Fatoora

    Every Saudi sale produces an e-invoice that meets ZATCA Fatoora requirements, with QR code and VAT shown correctly. Orders from learners abroad are recorded with the country of purchase so your accountant can treat them correctly.

    Clean records for VAT returns every quarter.

  • Multilingual course pages

    Arabic first, right to left, with English and other languages your academy teaches in, such as Urdu or French, added as full pages with their own URLs. Each version is written for its readers, not run through a translator.

    Learners abroad find you in their own language.

  • Teacher and admin dashboards

    Teachers see their classes, attendance and remaining hours for each learner. Admins see sales by course and country, teacher utilisation, refunds and pending bank transfers.

    You know which teachers and courses are full and which need promotion.

Who this suits

Four Jeddah providers who usually need a course store.

The right first release depends on what you teach and who pays. A Jeddah language school selling term courses needs a different checkout from an Arabic academy whose students are in another country, or a trainer selling to hotel groups by invoice. Licensing also shapes the build: the National eLearning Center regulates online education in the Kingdom and private training centres are licensed by TVTC, so we show your licence details where the regulator expects them and keep unlicensed course types out of the store until you have approval. Below are the four cases we see most often in Jeddah.

01

A language institute selling term courses

English, Arabic for non speakers and other languages sell by level and term. We build level pages, placement tests, term calendars and automatic class lists, plus a waiting list for popular evening classes. Learners who finish a level receive an offer for the following one with their place held for a few days, which usually fills the next term before you advertise it. Reception keeps a simple screen for walk in learners who still want to pay at the desk.

02

An Arabic and Quran academy with students abroad

Many Jeddah teachers have students across Europe, Asia and North America. The store shows times in each family's own zone, accepts international cards, and lets parents manage several children. Tutor matching can respect the preferences families set, such as a female teacher for girls, where your academy offers that. Reminders go to the parent before each lesson.

Children's data is handled with parent consent under the PDPL.

03

A hospitality and service trainer

Jeddah's hotels, restaurants and retailers employ large, multilingual teams that need customer service, guest relations and language training, often before busy seasons such as the Umrah peaks and summer holidays. Short courses sell to companies in batches, so the store is built around company accounts, staff lists and invoices settled later, with certificates sent to the employer once each person completes. The client's training coordinator sees completion for every employee and can move a seat to a new joiner.

04

An independent instructor turning followers into learners

You already have an audience on Instagram, TikTok or YouTube and sell by direct message. We give you a branded store with course pages, a checkout and a learner area, connected to your social profiles, so you stop matching bank transfers to names by hand. Your instructor licensing must run through an accredited provider, which we can connect to. Your audience data and email list also move into a system you own instead of staying inside a social network.

NELC rules require individual instructors to deliver through accredited providers.

How a Jeddah course store goes from idea to first paid learner.

  1. 01Discovery by video callWe speak with the owner, a teacher and whoever handles payments today, and trace how one learner currently finds you, pays and starts, including what goes wrong.
  2. 02Course and price structureLevels, terms, packs, family and company options, refunds and transfers between classes are set out as products, with clear rules for each before any design work starts.
  3. 03Design in Arabic and other languagesCourse pages, placement test, checkout and learner area are designed right to left first, then checked in each additional language on the small phone screens most Jeddah learners and overseas families actually use.
  4. 04Payment and access buildGateway, international cards, e-invoicing and automatic enrolment are built and tested together, including failed payments, time zone changes and pack top ups.
  5. 05Privacy and safeguarding checksWe review consent, parent accounts, teacher messaging rules and data storage against the PDPL before launch, and confirm the terms meet the Saudi e-commerce law.
  6. 06Launch and first termWe launch before a new term or intake in Jeddah, monitor placement tests and checkouts closely, and adjust pages, prices and class times from real learner behaviour during the first weeks.

Technology

What we build this with.

Smaller academies often run well on WordPress with WooCommerce and a learning plugin. Academies with live scheduling, family accounts and several languages usually need a custom Laravel or Next.js build. Video lessons use signed streaming links, and live classes connect to Zoom or Microsoft Teams. All accounts sit in your academy's name.

01Web

  • React
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • Laravel
  • WordPress

02Commerce

  • Shopify Plus
  • WooCommerce
  • BigCommerce
  • Headless storefronts

03Data and cloud

  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Docker

04Marketing and tracking

  • GA4
  • Google Tag Manager
  • Search Console
  • Meta Pixel
  • Looker Studio

What Jeddah academies ask before they build.

Mostly the number of course types, languages and payment paths.

A store selling fixed courses in Arabic and English with local cards is the simplest case. Each extra element adds work: international cards, live class scheduling across time zones, family accounts, company invoicing, a placement test, extra languages or moving learners from an old platform. We price each item separately in the proposal so you can decide what launches first and what waits for a second release. Content readiness, such as level descriptions and term calendars, also affects how quickly the site can launch.

Tell us what the business needs. We will tell you what to build first.

Schedule a free consultation and get a written recommendation, with costs, before you commit to anything.

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