Why Aqaba businesses are investing in B2B and wholesale portals
Aqaba is a commercial centre in Jordan home to about 140,000 people, and one of the places where we build B2B and wholesale portals for local businesses.
Businesses here work in special economic zone, port and tourism; many are based around the Aqaba Special Economic Zone.
Logistics are supported by Port of Aqaba and King Hussein Airport, which matters when you promise customers fast delivery.
Jordan has a well-educated, digitally active population and a strong startup scene in Amman. CliQ instant payments and COD together cover most shoppers.
That is why more companies in Aqaba are moving from phone, WhatsApp and spreadsheet orders to a proper B2B ordering portal — one place where products, prices, payments, orders and customers are managed together.
Localised for Aqaba, not translated into it
Conversion in Aqaba depends on small local signals — the right currency, the right words and the right payment and courier names.
Currency and pricing
The store speaks Jordanian dinar: JOD amounts from product page to invoice, so Aqaba buyers never convert in their heads.
Language and content
Content can be produced in Arabic and English, so a Aqaba customer reads the store in the language they use at home.
Local trust signals
We add the payment logos, courier names and policy pages shoppers in Aqaba recognise: CliQ instant payments and eFAWATEERcom and delivery through Jordan Post.
Domain, phone and contact
A .jo domain (or your own) builds local trust and search relevance. Click-to-call and WhatsApp buttons use the +962 calling code so customers reach you without dialling errors.
Talent and partners nearby
With Aqaba University of Technology close by, finding people to manage catalogues, content and support after launch is realistic in Aqaba.
A B2B ordering portal built around your Aqaba business
Whatever your business sells in Aqaba, N&T Software designs and develops the B2B ordering portal and the matching mobile app exactly to your requirements — your catalogue, your prices, your payment and delivery rules.
Typical clients include FMCG distributors, industrial suppliers, electrical and hardware traders and medical and institutional suppliers. Categories that sell especially well online in Jordan — fashion, electronics, beauty and groceries — get catalogue structures and filters designed for them.
Before any commitment you get a free requirements meeting, a demo built on your use case and a proposal priced to your budget.
What your B2B ordering portal includes
Each module below is configured — or custom-developed — to your requirements. You choose what launches first and what follows in later phases.
Business accounts
Registration, KYC and approval, company hierarchies, branches, buyers and approvers with their own permissions. Revenue reports by product, repeat buyer and delivery area of Aqaba guide stock and marketing decisions.
Contract pricing
Price lists by customer, group or territory, quantity slabs, pack sizes, minimum order values and negotiated rates. Content and design can follow how customers in Aqaba search and buy, including Arabic and English where you need it.
Quick and bulk ordering
SKU-code entry, spreadsheet upload, saved lists, re-order from history and scheduled repeat orders. Bulk import and sync tools mean the Aqaba team never re-keys stock, prices or descriptions by hand.
Quotes and approvals
Request-for-quotation, counter-offers, purchase-order upload and multi-level approval before submission. Payment steps are built around CliQ instant payments, eFAWATEERcom and Visa and Mastercard, the options shoppers here already trust.
Credit and payments
Online payment, credit limits, pay-later terms, outstanding statements and payment reminders where approved. Shipping rules can use Jordan Post, Aramex and DHL Express as well as your own delivery staff in Aqaba.
Sales-team tools
Order on behalf of customers, territory assignment, visit notes and performance dashboards for representatives. Stock can be held in Aqaba or anywhere in Jordan, with pickup and local-delivery options where they make sense.
Businesses that use NNT Mart in Aqaba
Popular online categories in Jordan include fashion, electronics, beauty, groceries, home and gifts. Local demand in Aqaba is shaped by special economic zone, port and tourism, so we often design catalogues and B2B ordering around those sectors. In Aqaba, we most often build B2B and wholesale portals for:
Wholesalers
For wholesalers, we usually start with contract pricing, then add ERP (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Tally, Zoho) once orders are flowing.
FMCG distributors
Catalogue, pricing and fulfilment rules designed for FMCG distributors in Aqaba, connected to the systems you already use.
Industrial suppliers
Industrial suppliers get quick and bulk ordering plus credit and payments workflows tailored to their operations.
Electrical and hardware traders
We map how electrical and hardware traders sell today and digitise it end to end — from enquiry and order to payment, dispatch and repeat purchase.
Medical and institutional suppliers
For medical and institutional suppliers, we usually start with sales-team tools, then add credit and payment gateways once orders are flowing.
Dealer networks
Catalogue, pricing and fulfilment rules designed for dealer networks in Aqaba, connected to the systems you already use.
Payments customers in Aqaba expect
A store that serves Aqaba should let customers pay the way they do offline: CliQ instant payments, eFAWATEERcom, Visa and Mastercard and cash on delivery.
Provider approval, settlement time and fees differ by business type, so we shortlist gateways with you, then wire up status updates, refunds and reconciliation in JOD — card details stay with the provider.
For Aqaba customers ordering from the Aqaba Special Economic Zone, cash-on-delivery and pay-on-pickup rules can be set per delivery zone.
- CliQ instant payments
- EFAWATEERcom
- Cash on delivery
- Mobile wallets (Zain Cash, Orange Money)
- Visa and Mastercard
Delivery and fulfilment from Aqaba
Your B2B ordering portal can book shipments and share tracking with Jordan Post, Aramex, DHL Express, Fetchr and local couriers, or route orders to your own riders and stores across Aqaba.
Delivery rules can price by distance, weight, postcode or zone, offer same-day slots in dense areas, and switch on pickup points or click-and-collect where customers prefer them.
Connectivity in the area — Port of Aqaba and King Hussein Airport — makes regional and national dispatch from Aqaba practical.
Aqaba sellers: marketplace plus your own store
Many Aqaba sellers already list on OpenSooq, Talabat, Careem Quik, Amazon (cross-border) and Instagram commerce. Those channels bring traffic, but they also take commission, control the customer relationship and change rules without notice.
Your B2B ordering portal becomes the hub: marketplaces and social shops become extra outlets fed from one catalogue, while repeat customers buy directly from you at better margins.
Compliance built into your B2B ordering portal
Jordan General Sales Tax is 16% standard, with lower rates for some essentials.
On privacy we design around the Personal Data Protection Law No. 24 of 2023; on consumer rights the store reflects the Consumer Protection Law No. 7 of 2017.
Controls we implement include compliant invoices, consent capture, policy pages, restricted staff access and audit trails. Please confirm the final legal and tax position with a local adviser in Aqaba.
Take your Aqaba store onto customers' phones
Phones carry most traffic in Jordan. A dealer and sales-representative app lets buyers re-order in seconds, scan products, check statements and receive scheme announcements, while reps take orders at the counter even with patchy connectivity.
Apps are published under your own developer accounts and share the same backend as your B2B ordering portal, so offers, stock and orders are always consistent between web and mobile.
Order alerts, offers and abandoned-cart reminders go out on Aqaba time (UTC+3), in Arabic and English if you want.
- Accounting and e-invoicing
- CRM and lead management
- Logistics and freight partners
- Credit and payment gateways
- Warehouse and inventory systems
- ERP (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Tally, Zoho)
- BI and reporting tools
- WhatsApp and SMS notifications
Integrations above are examples; we connect any system that offers a suitable API, database access or approved import and export process.
Launch roadmap and success metrics
We launch the journeys that create value first, then add depth. A typical roadmap for a B2B ordering portal in Aqaba:
| Phase | What goes live |
|---|---|
| Launch portal | Accounts, contract pricing, catalogue, ordering and ERP order sync. Configured for JOD, CliQ instant payments and Jordan Post from the start. |
| Automate | Quotes, approvals, credit, statements and notifications. |
| Expand | Dealer and sales-rep apps, analytics and new territories. Reviewed against how Aqaba customers actually buy. |
Success is measured on order-entry time, share of orders placed online, order accuracy, days sales outstanding, repeat-order frequency and sales-rep productivity — tracked on a dashboard you can see from launch day.
Time zones, language and support
Aqaba runs on UTC+3, which is 2h 30m behind India (IST). With three 8-hour shifts we are available 24×7, so meetings, demos and urgent fixes happen in your working hours.
Project communication is in English; storefront content can be produced in Arabic. You get a named lead, direct engineer access and an NDA if you ask.
Our head office is in Chhapi, Gujarat, with an office in Hyderabad and representation in Nigeria, South Africa, Ethiopia and Zambia; Aqaba clients are served remotely with on-site workshops when the project needs them.
