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Financial marketplaces for the contractors, suppliers and employers of Dammam.

Codeeo handles financial product marketplace website development in Dammam for brokers, finance companies, invoice finance platforms and advisers whose customers are the Eastern Province's industrial economy. We build the marketplace where contractors compare commercial cover, suppliers request working capital against approved invoices, employers source group medical plans, and residents compare personal products, together with the provider portal, commission ledger and payment set up behind it. Discovery and reviews with your team in Dammam, Al Khobar or Dhahran run by video call.

Money in the Eastern Province follows energy, petrochemicals, construction and logistics. Most demand here is commercial and contract driven, so a Dammam marketplace has to handle structured business requests as well as it handles a resident comparing car finance. Requests for cover and funding often arrive under tender deadlines.

Built for
Brokers, finance companies, invoice finance platforms and advisers serving businesses and residents across Dammam, Al Khobar, Dhahran and Jubail.
Typical timeline
Agreed after video call discovery once provider agreements, the commercial request types and the integrations are clear, and written into milestones your management signs off.
What you own
Source code, hosting, provider and client records, uploaded documents, consent logs, commission ledger and payment accounts, all held by your company.
Rated
4.7 / 5 from 23 Google reviews

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

Modon
Majid Al Futtaim
HP
Belkin
Dulsco Group
OneClickDrive
Hanayen
HMS
Clocksprings
Ghezlan

Platform features

Built for business to business finance first, retail second.

A typical Dammam customer is not an individual browsing credit cards. It is a fabrication workshop with a new contract and a payment cycle longer than its cash reserves, a logistics firm adding trucks, or an employer with hundreds of staff who all need medical cover. These buyers need structured requests, document uploads and quotes they can compare line by line, routed to banks, finance companies and insurers that understand industrial risk.

Financial services marketplace platform development in Dammam therefore starts with the commercial side. Retail products such as auto finance, personal finance and motor cover can sit alongside, aimed at the many salaried employees across the Dammam, Khobar and Dhahran area. Each product category follows its own regulator: SAMA for finance, the Insurance Authority for cover, and the CMA for any investment product.

Explain your project
  • Invoice and contract finance requests

    Suppliers upload approved invoices, purchase orders or contract awards, choose the funders they want to approach, and track offers in one place. Funders see the buyer, the payment terms and the documents they need, and confirm drawdowns so the platform can calculate its fee. Duplicate invoices are flagged before they reach a funder.

    Suppliers turn approved paperwork into funding requests in minutes.

  • Commercial insurance requests

    Contractors request contractors' all risks, plant and equipment, marine cargo, liability and fleet cover through forms built around each line of business. The broker reviews, approaches insurers and returns comparable quotes, with the policy and certificates stored in the client's account once issued. Certificates needed for site access or tender submissions can be downloaded at any hour.

    Tender deadlines met with cover arranged on time.

  • Group medical sourcing

    Employers upload staff census data, choose benefit levels and receive quotes for the mandatory employee medical cover from participating insurers. Additions and deletions during the year are handled through the same portal, and HR teams download member cards and invoices without emailing the broker. Census templates accept Arabic and English names and validate data before submission.

    Employer medical cover managed online, all year.

  • Fleet and equipment finance

    Transport and construction firms describe the vehicles or equipment they need, attach quotations from dealers, and receive lease or finance offers from SAMA licensed providers. Offers show profit rate, tenor, deposit and any balloon payment side by side. Dealer quotations stay attached to the request for the lessor's review.

    Asset finance offers compared on the same terms.

  • Retail comparison for residents

    Employees in the Dammam area compare auto finance, personal finance and motor cover, check eligibility using rules each provider sets, and apply once with consent. This side of the platform is lighter, but it often brings in the traffic that keeps provider interest high. It shares the same consent and verification tools as the commercial side.

    A retail channel alongside the commercial core.

  • Company verification

    Business applicants enter their commercial registration number, and authorised signatories confirm identity through Nafath before a request is submitted. Your team can see who acted for each company and when, which providers need before they take a file seriously. Repeat clients skip steps they have already completed.

    Providers trust that each request comes from a real, authorised business.

  • Fees, payments and payouts

    Service fees and premiums are paid by mada, Apple Pay, cards, STC Pay or SADAD for company invoices through a SAMA licensed gateway. Provider commission and referral partner payouts are tracked in a ledger, with Fatoora compliant e-invoices and VAT handled correctly. Partial payments and credit notes are recorded against the right invoice.

    Commercial clients pay the way their finance teams already work.

  • Provider and broker portal

    Banks, finance companies and insurers manage listings, accept or decline requests, upload quotes and confirm deals. Brokers working regional accounts see only their own clients, while head office sees the whole book. Response deadlines remind providers when a request is waiting. Quotes are uploaded in a set format so clients compare them easily.

    Each provider works its pipeline without email chains.

  • Document security and retention

    Financial statements, contracts and staff lists are encrypted, shared only with providers the client approves, and deleted on the schedule your PDPL policy sets. Access is logged, and NCA controls are applied according to your data classification. Clients can see which providers have opened their files.

    Sensitive business documents protected and accounted for.

  • Management reporting

    Dashboards show requests by product and sector, provider response times, conversion to issued policies and facilities, commission earned and complaints by status, so you know which providers and categories deserve more attention. Filters by city show how demand differs between Dammam, Khobar and Jubail. Exports feed board reports and provider reviews.

    Clear sight of which products and providers perform.

Who this is for

Eastern Province businesses we build for.

Dammam briefs usually come from firms that already know their customers well and want to stop running everything through phone calls, spreadsheets and email attachments. The platform digitises the way they already work with contractors and employers, then opens a route to new clients across the province, from Jubail in the north to Al Ahsa in the south. The four profiles below cover most of the work we see from the region. Each one starts from relationships the firm already has with providers and clients.

01

Commercial brokers with industrial clients

Brokers serving contractors and manufacturers handle many lines of cover with frequent changes during each project. A marketplace with structured requests, a client portal and an insurer portal turns that workload into a tracked pipeline, keeps certificates where clients can find them, and shows the broker which insurers respond fastest to Eastern Province risks. Mid project changes such as new sites or added equipment are requested through the same portal, so endorsements no longer get lost in inboxes. Clients see renewals coming well before they are due.

Built around lines of business, not retail products.

02

Invoice and supply chain finance platforms

Suppliers to large industrial buyers often wait a long time to be paid. Platforms that match approved invoices with funders need verified buyers, clean document handling and accurate fee tracking. We build the supplier, funder and admin sides, and keep the rules about which buyers and documents qualify editable by your credit team. Funders set their own limits by buyer and sector, and suppliers see the status of every request without calling anyone. Fee calculations follow each funder's agreed terms automatically.

03

Finance companies for fleets and equipment

Logistics and construction firms around the port and the industrial cities constantly add vehicles and machinery. A marketplace collecting asset details and dealer quotations once, then routing them to several lessors, shortens the time between a contract award and equipment on site, while the finance company tracks referral sources and approvals. Dealers in Dammam and Khobar can be given partner logins to submit customers directly. Lessors can also offer insurance for the same assets through a partner broker, with consent from the client.

04

Employee benefits advisers

Advisers who arrange group medical and other staff benefits for Eastern Province employers need census uploads, benefit comparison and mid year changes handled online. We build the employer portal and the insurer side, with role based access so HR managers and finance directors see only what they need. Renewal comparisons start from the current plan, so the employer sees clearly what would change. Employers can compare plans at renewal and see the change in benefits before they commit to anything new.

Mid year member changes handled in the portal.

Six steps to a working Dammam marketplace.

  1. 01Discovery over videoSessions with your commercial, compliance and finance teams to map product lines, provider agreements, request types and the documents each provider expects. A written summary follows every session. Colleagues in other cities can join easily.
  2. 02Request designStructured forms for every commercial line and finance type, written with your underwriters and credit team so providers receive what they need first time. Each form is tested against real past requests.
  3. 03Interface and contentArabic first design with complete English, separate routes for companies and residents, and clear disclosures for each regulated product, reviewed on screen share. Prototypes are tried by clients before build.
  4. 04Build and integrateMarketplace, portals and ledger built in short cycles, connected to Nafath, the gateway, provider APIs where they exist and ZATCA e-invoicing. Working software is shown at the end of each cycle.
  5. 05Pilot with real clientsA small group of trusted contractors, employers and providers use the platform first, with their feedback shaping the release before wider launch. Issues are fixed before more clients are invited.
  6. 06Scale across the provinceMore providers, new product lines and coverage reaching Jubail, Al Ahsa and beyond, added on a retainer as demand grows. Each expansion is based on what the data shows. Priorities are reviewed with you monthly.

Technology

What we build this with.

We use technology your team can run after handover: a fast server rendered web frontend in Arabic and English, a relational database for requests, documents and the ledger, Saudi cloud hosting where needed, and secure file storage for business documents. Alerts flag failed provider syncs or payment mismatches, and handover documentation lets your own IT team or a local supplier take over operation.

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

Questions Dammam firms ask before they build.

Yes, though most of it is commercial rather than retail.

The Eastern Province has a dense base of contractors, suppliers, logistics firms and employers who buy cover and finance repeatedly. Their requests are larger and more complex than retail ones, which suits a structured marketplace. We usually advise launching with one or two commercial lines where you already have provider relationships, then adding retail categories once the commercial pipeline is running. That order also gives providers a reason to join early, because the first requests they see are sizeable, well documented and from businesses they recognise.

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

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PROVEN RESULTS

4.7 / 5from 23 Google reviews