Shopify agency for Santo Domingo brands
Spanish-language Shopify stores for Santo Domingo’s beauty, fashion and food brands, with local payments, fast city delivery and reach into the diaspora.
Shopify development and growth for Santo Domingo brands
Santo Domingo is the Dominican capital and the oldest European-founded city in the Americas, with its Zona Colonial listed by UNESCO. It is also the country’s largest consumer market, with busy shopping malls, a strong salon and beauty culture and many small brands selling through Instagram. Delivery apps have made fast local delivery normal, and the city’s close ties with New York mean trends and customers move easily between the two.
We work with Santo Domingo brands remotely, with calls early in your day and progress ready each morning. Typical projects include Spanish and English storefronts, local card payments and cash on delivery, same-day delivery zones in the city, Instagram shop connections and campaigns that reach both local shoppers and Dominicans living abroad.
What Santo Domingo brands need from their store
Salon and hair care brands
Santo Domingo’s salon culture has produced hair care products with fans far beyond the island. We build stores with routine guides, hair type filters and bundles, plus subscriptions for products customers reorder regularly.
Fast delivery in the capital
City shoppers are used to ordering through delivery apps. We set up local delivery zones and same-day options, show clear cut-off times and confirm orders by WhatsApp, so customers know exactly when to expect them.
Zona Colonial shops and visitors
Shops in the historic centre sell chocolate, larimar, cigars and crafts to visitors. We connect Shopify POS with an online store, so tourists can reorder from home and the shop sells beyond its opening hours.
Payments, delivery and compliance in the Dominican Republic
- Credit & debit cards (via local acquirers)
- Bank transfer
- Cash on delivery
- PayPal
- Card payments in USD for export orders
- INPOSDOM (national post)
- Local courier services
- DHL Express
- FedEx
- UPS
- ITBIS (18%)
- NCF tax receipts & e-invoicing
- Consumer protection (Law 358-05)
- Personal data (Law 172-13)
Industries we help in Santo Domingo
How we work
Discovery call
We learn your goals, catalogue, tech stack and market, then agree what success looks like.
Audit & roadmap
A store, SEO and competitor audit turns into a prioritised roadmap with a timeline and fixed quote.
Design & build
UX, design and development in sprints, with a private preview store you review at every step.
Launch
QA across devices, redirects, tracking and a planned go-live with no downtime.
Grow
SEO, CRO and paid campaigns compound results month after month, with clear reporting.
Ongoing support
A dedicated team for fixes, new features and seasonal campaigns when you need them.
Other cities in the Dominican Republic
Frequently asked questions
Can we offer same-day delivery in Santo Domingo?
Yes. We create delivery zones for the city, connect your riders or a courier and show same-day options only before your cut-off time. Customers can pay by card online or in cash on delivery, and receive updates by WhatsApp.
Can our Instagram shop link to Shopify?
Yes. We connect your Shopify catalogue to Instagram and Facebook, so products, prices and stock stay in sync. Customers can tap a product in a post and go straight to your store, rather than sending a message to ask the price.
Do you have an office in Santo Domingo?
No. We are a remote team based in India and meet Santo Domingo clients early in their day, track tasks on a shared board and test every change on a staging store, so nothing reaches customers without your approval.