Build a Website and App Like Haraj, Talabat or an Auction Platform

When a client asks for "a site like Haraj" or "an app like Talabat", they mean the business model: classifieds that earn from fees and commission, or a delivery marketplace bringing together stores, drivers and customers. We do not imitate the design, brand or content. That would expose you to legal risk and leave you with a pale copy nobody has a reason to use instead of the original.

Success in these markets comes from specialisation: a Haraj for one sector such as heavy equipment, livestock or classic cars; delivery for one category such as water, gas or home-made products; or auctions for one asset type. We help you find your angle before writing a line of code, because it decides which features are worth building first.

In the first meeting we ask questions that may sound more commercial than technical: who are your first hundred sellers and where will they come from? Why would a buyer leave the big platform and come to you? How will you earn money before you reach thousands of users? Your answers decide what we build, what we postpone, and what you do not need at all.

You will find "Haraj clone" scripts for a few hundred riyals. They can suit testing an idea on a very small scale, but they are often shared by hundreds of buyers, hard to modify, may not come with open source code or regular security updates, and rarely hold up under real growth or compete on user experience.

Custom development means the platform is designed for your logic: how commission works, the posting rules, seller verification, and integration with shipping and payment providers. The code is entirely yours, so you can raise your company's valuation, bring in an investor, or move development to an in-house team later without starting from scratch.

If you already run a ready-made script, that does not mean abandoning it overnight. We review the code and data first, then decide with you whether it can be developed in stages, or whether a rebuild that migrates users and listings is cheaper in the medium term.

Multi-sided platforms face the chicken-and-egg problem: no buyers without sellers, and no sellers without buyers. So the first version focuses on what gets both sides to try the platform: easy posting, good search, safe messaging and reliable payment. Complex wallets, loyalty programmes and smart recommendations come once demand is proven.

We write this scope with the screens and roles into a requirements document before the final price, so you know exactly what you will receive at first launch and what is deferred, and you are not surprised by new line items mid-project.

These platforms handle other parties' money and personal data, and sometimes regulated activities such as auctions or order delivery. Before launch, check the licensing requirements for your activity with your adviser, and the payment gateway's terms for splitting funds between parties. We build the platform to support those requirements: clear transaction logs, tax invoices, and privacy consents in line with the Personal Data Protection Law.

Operationally, content moderation and customer service are part of the product itself. We build review tools, reporting and blocked-word lists into the admin panel from day one, because a platform full of fake listings or untrustworthy sellers loses its users fast, however good it looks.

A familiar story in the market: a founder pays a provider to build a platform, work stops three-quarters of the way through, and they discover the code is not in their hands and the app is published on someone else's account. They then look for a developer to take over a project they know nothing about, and pay a second time.

We prevent that through how the work is organised, not through promises. The code repository, app store accounts and hosting are in your name from day one, you receive updated code with every stage, and every payment is for screens you see working. If the collaboration stops for any reason, you have everything needed to finish with any team.

Live auctions and driver tracking need real-time connections, and listing pages need fast search across thousands of ads and images. We choose the architecture for those loads: indexed databases, compressed image storage on a CDN, and real-time connections for bidding and tracking.

We start with an architecture that fits your current size at a reasonable hosting cost, with a clear path to scale as you grow, instead of paying from day one for servers sized for millions of users who have not arrived yet.

We load-test before launch by simulating many bidders or orders at the same time, especially if you are planning a launch campaign or a large auction on a set date. Finding the bottleneck in testing is far cheaper than finding it in front of your users.