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One pharmacy store for Dammam, Al Khobar and Dhahran, run from your branches.

Codeeo builds online pharmacy stores for independents and groups in Dammam and the wider Eastern Province metro. One store covers Dammam, Al Khobar and Dhahran, with delivery zones reaching towns such as Qatif and Saihat when you are ready. Households, compound residents and shift workers order health and personal care products, send prescriptions for pharmacist review and pay with mada, Apple Pay or STC Bank. Companies with site clinics and offices can buy through business accounts with proper tax invoices.

We work with Dammam pharmacies by video call, from first discovery to launch day, with our team in Riyadh, Dubai and Karachi. You get written decisions after every session and a staging store you can test from the branch. Nothing is promised that has not been agreed on a call and recorded in writing.

Built for
Pharmacies and pharmacy groups in Dammam, Al Khobar, Dhahran and nearby Eastern Province towns.
Typical timeline
Worked out in discovery from your catalogue, zones and integrations, then fixed in a written plan before design begins.
What you own
The code, domain, customer and business account data, product content and every payment or courier account.
Rated
4.7 / 5 from 23 Google reviews

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

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What the store includes

Built for a metro of three cities and a lot of shift work.

The Dammam metropolitan area behaves like one market spread across three cities, joined by long roads and busy commuting hours. Plenty of customers work rotating shifts, live inside gated compounds or order on behalf of a whole household from an office in Al Khobar. A useful pharmacy store has to handle all of that without giving up the rules that make it a pharmacy: prescription items go to a pharmacist first, controlled medicines are never listed, and stock is checked against batch and expiry before it is offered online. Our pharmacy online store development in Dammam starts with those constraints and then adds the features that suit how the Eastern Province actually shops. The list below is a starting point we refine with you.

Explain your project
  • Zones across the three cities

    Delivery zones cover Dammam, Al Khobar and Dhahran as one network, each linked to the branch best placed to serve it. Outer towns such as Qatif and Saihat can be added as separate zones with their own cut off times, so you widen coverage only when drivers can keep the promise.

    Coverage grows at the pace your fleet can manage.

  • Slots that fit shift patterns

    Customers choose early morning, late evening or weekend windows that match rotating shifts, and can switch an order to collection if their pattern changes. Branches set how many orders each slot can take, so evening peaks do not overload one driver.

    Deliveries arrive when someone is actually home.

  • Compound and gate instructions

    Address forms include compound name, villa number, gate instructions and whether a security post will accept parcels. For prescription items the pharmacy can require handover to the patient in person, and the driver app shows that rule clearly before the driver sets off.

    Fewer failed deliveries at compound gates.

  • Business accounts and tax invoices

    Companies, schools and clinics can open accounts to buy first aid supplies, over the counter products and hygiene items in bulk. Each invoice shows the buyer's VAT number and meets ZATCA's Fatoora rules for business sales, and purchase approvals can sit with the customer's own office manager.

    A second revenue line beyond household orders.

  • Pharmacist approval queue

    Baskets containing prescription items wait in a queue where a pharmacist views the upload, checks history and messages the customer if anything is unclear. Approved items are released for picking, rejected items are refunded automatically, and every decision is logged with the pharmacist's name.

    A clear record of who approved what, and when.

  • English and Arabic product detail

    Many Eastern Province customers compare products with brands they know from abroad. Product pages show the active ingredient, strength and pack size in both Arabic and English, with usage notes your pharmacists approve, so customers can find an equivalent without guessing.

    Fewer calls asking whether a product matches one from home.

  • Regular orders for repeat items

    Households can set a regular order for nappies, vitamins, skincare or other everyday lines and choose how often it arrives. Prescription medicines are never repeated automatically; the customer requests them and the pharmacist checks each one again.

    Predictable repeat sales without bending the rules.

  • Checkout with local payment methods

    mada, Apple Pay, credit cards and STC Bank through a SAMA licensed gateway, with Tabby or Tamara available on larger baskets where the provider allows the category. Business accounts can pay by card or on terms your finance team approves.

    Payment never becomes the reason a basket is left behind.

  • Stock, batch and expiry sync

    The store reads stock, batches and expiry dates from your pharmacy or ERP system and stops listing anything short dated. Counter sales in a Khobar branch reduce the online figure straight away, so the website never sells stock that has already gone.

    Online stock you can trust.

  • Branch and head office reporting

    Managers compare sales, prescription review times, failed deliveries and slot usage by city and branch. Business account revenue is reported separately from household orders, so you can see whether the company trade is worth growing. Exports feed your accounting system and any Power BI reports your finance team already keeps.

    Clear evidence for where to open the next zone.

Who this is for

Eastern Province pharmacies that benefit most.

Good pharmacy ecommerce website design in Dammam depends on how your branches are spread and who buys from them. A group with branches in all three cities needs routing, while a single pharmacy in Saihat needs simplicity. These four profiles cover most of the owners we talk with. Many groups fit more than one profile, and the store can support each of them from the same back office.

01

A group with branches in all three cities

When branches sit in Dammam, Al Khobar and Dhahran, the store must route each order sensibly and keep prices and promotions consistent. We set up one catalogue with branch level stock, a routing rule your operations lead controls and reports that compare branches fairly. Customers who live in Dhahran but work in Al Khobar can choose either address at checkout, and the store recalculates which branch serves them best.

One catalogue, many branches.

02

A neighbourhood pharmacy in Qatif, Saihat or central Dammam

A single branch with a loyal local following needs a straightforward store that its staff can run between serving customers at the counter. We keep the catalogue focused, the dashboard simple and the delivery area tight, with collection as the default for anyone close by. Arabic comes first for this audience, and the product range mirrors what the branch actually stocks rather than a group wide catalogue it cannot fulfil.

03

A pharmacy near compounds and large employers

Branches close to residential compounds and industrial employers serve customers who work long rotations and order in bulk before going on shift. Scheduled slots, compound delivery notes and regular orders matter most here, along with a catalogue that explains products clearly in English. Customers often order for flatmates or colleagues, so saved addresses and split baskets make the store easier to use on a busy rest day.

Gate rules are your pharmacy's policy, built into the driver app.

04

A pharmacy that already supplies businesses

Some Dammam pharmacies already sell to clinics, schools and company offices by phone and invoice. Moving that trade online with business accounts, approval rules and compliant tax invoices frees staff time and gives buyers a clear order history. Price lists can be set per account, and repeat orders for the same site office can be copied in one step.

How we take a Dammam pharmacy store from plan to launch.

  1. 01Video discoveryCalls with owners, pharmacists and branch managers to map products, current order channels, business customers and the zones you want to cover first across the metro.
  2. 02Rules and dataWe agree prescription and controlled flags, storage limits, compound handover rules and business account terms, and clean the product data that will feed the catalogue.
  3. 03Design and copyArabic first, right to left screens with full English versions, short checkout, clear slot choice and product pages your pharmacists have checked for accuracy.
  4. 04Integration and buildPayments, e-invoicing, pharmacy or ERP sync and driver tools are connected and tested on a staging store your branch staff can use from their own phones.
  5. 05Pilot in one cityWe launch first in the city with your strongest branch, measure review times and delivery success, and fix what the pilot reveals before opening the other zones.
  6. 06Full metro launchThe rest of the metro goes live, outer towns follow when drivers are ready, and we stay on for maintenance, updates and new features.

Technology

What we build this with.

The platform is chosen after discovery: Shopify or WooCommerce for smaller catalogues, a headless build for groups with complex routing and business accounts. Health data is hosted so it can remain in Saudi Arabia. You keep every admin login and the code repository from the first day of the project.

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 from Dammam and Khobar pharmacy owners

Branches, zones, product data and integrations, far more than the number of pages.

A single pharmacy with clean data and one system to connect needs much less work than a group covering three cities with business accounts and scheduled slots. Messy product data is often the hidden cost, because every item needs a clear name, strength, image and category in two languages. Integrations with older pharmacy software without an API add effort too. We price after discovery and show which features carry the most weight. Business accounts, regular orders and outer town zones can also move to a second release if you want an earlier 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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PROVEN RESULTS

4.7 / 5from 23 Google reviews