How to open an online store for your Instagram page in Iraq

What to prepare before you start

Everything you need is already with you, just put it in one place:

• Clear photos of your products, taken on your phone in daylight if possible.
• The price of every product, and if it has options (colour or size), a price for each option.
• How many pieces you have of each item, so you never sell something that is gone.
• The provinces you deliver to and the delivery fee for each one.
• A WhatsApp number to receive orders on.
• Your shop name and your logo if you have one.

The steps

1. Start with your most requested products. You do not have to upload everything on day one.
2. Give each product a clear name, a price and a photo, and add the colours and sizes you really have.
3. Set delivery: the provinces, the fee for each, and the expected delivery time.
4. Choose how customers pay. The simplest is cash on delivery: the customer receives the order and pays the courier in cash.
5. Put the store link in your bio and stories, and send it in your replies when someone asks "how much?".
6. Follow your orders: each one arrives with the name, phone, province, area, products and total.

Common mistakes that lose orders

• Writing "price in DM". The customer wants to know before they ask.
• Dark or unclear photos that make the customer doubt the product.
• Not setting the quantity, so you sell something that is gone and have to apologise.
• Forgetting the delivery fee and agreeing on it after the order.
• Asking for the address over several messages instead of letting the customer write it all at once.

What does a store for an Instagram page cost?

Services differ: some charge a large amount once, some a monthly subscription, and some take a percentage of your sales. Ask before you start: is there a commission on sales? Are there hidden fees? Who fixes the store if it breaks? Can you stop whenever you like?

These questions matter more than the number itself, because they decide what you actually pay after a year.

How Tisawag helps

Tisawag builds and runs the store for you. You send us your product photos and prices, and we prepare the store and show it to you before you pay anything. The store is in Arabic, Kurdish and English, with cash on delivery and a delivery fee for each province, and every order reaches you on WhatsApp and in a simple dashboard on your phone.

The trial is free for 30 days with no commitment. After that it is a fixed monthly fee that we agree with you before we start, and we take no percentage of your sales. The money from your sales comes to you directly from your customers and never passes through us.

Common questions

Do I need a website or an app?

No. The customer opens your store link on any phone without downloading anything.

Do I keep using WhatsApp?

Yes. Every order reaches you ready on WhatsApp, and you talk to your customers as you do today.

Is payment online?

No. The customer pays you in cash on delivery, and no money passes through Tisawag.

How long does it take to set up the store?

Usually two days after you send the photos and prices, and you see it ready before you pay.

Do I keep my customer list?

Yes. The customer list is yours alone, and on the Pro plan you can download it as an Excel file.

Read also

• Cash on delivery for an Instagram shop: how to organise orders and delivery
• How to write a product price so customers do not ask "how much?"
• How to handle returned orders in an Instagram shop
• How to write a product caption so customers order
• How to answer customer messages on Instagram fast
• How to photograph your products with your phone, no studio