# Practical guides for the Iraqi merchant

> The Madar team writes these guides in plain language with steps you can apply today: from opening the store and preparing products to handling cash on delivery and pricing delivery. We never quote numbers we cannot prove, and we always say what Madar does and does not do.

Source: https://madar.iq/en/guides | Language: English (en) | Last updated: 2026-10-05

## Pick a guide

- [Open an online store](https://madar.iq/en/guides/open-online-store-iraq.md): A practical guide to opening an online store in Iraq: prepare products, choose your link, set delivery fees, and test an order before you announce.
- [Cash on delivery guide](https://madar.iq/en/guides/cash-on-delivery-iraq.md): How cash on delivery works in Iraq, why orders get refused, how to reduce refusals before shipping, and how to reconcile cash with your delivery company.
- [Delivery pricing](https://madar.iq/en/guides/delivery-pricing-iraq.md): How to set delivery fees for each Iraqi governorate without losing money: find your real cost, choose how to charge it, and decide who pays for failed orders.

Guides are updated when something changes in the product or in how selling works, and each guide shows the date of its last update.

## Related pages

- [Pricing](https://madar.iq/en/pricing.md)
- [FAQ](https://madar.iq/en/faq.md)
- [About Madar](https://madar.iq/en/about.md)

## Try what you read on your own store, free

Guides are updated when something changes in the product or in how selling works, and each guide shows the date of its last update.

[Create your store free](https://app.madar.iq/signup?lang=en)

*This is a text copy of a page on madar.iq for machine reading. The original page is the reference.*