COO at AlmondTex Startup:

As the world of internet continues to substantially grow and become more common throughout the Middle East, businesses are pursuing the e-Commerce approach to keep up with the growing sector to meet the growing needs of consumers. One such Palestinian Dahoud Darwish has identified the growing need and gaps of the sector in the region.

As a result, Dahoud a native of Beit Hanina, Jerusalem founded AlmondTex in 2012, a platform that utilizes the latest technology to revolutionize e-Commerce in the MENA region, Dahoud explains, “Matagir Engine is a smart engine which comprehensively collects and analyzes market data transforming analysis into automated responses to the competitive trends in the region in real-time specially optimized for e-Commerce websites.” AlmondTex offers businesses world class service providing real-time actionable smart data on consumer goods generating the best sales with maximum revenue possible. “The possibilities are endless; it is how the data is extracted and transformed into usable information that enables retailers, companies and businesses to efficiently improve their competitive edge to optimize their online presence,” explains AlmondTex’s consultant.

The main problem with many modern e-Commerce platforms is that they provide limited to no support in addressing the main needs of online merchants, especially in product management and content as well as marketing solutions. AlmondTex on the other hand works to address these gaps. With Matagir Engine, AlmondTex is modernizing e-Commerce in the MENA region by offering real-time action-oriented data. In other words, “Our solution simply highlights relevant data in front of business decision makers virtualizing competitive landscapes, making product management most efficient, and minimizing needs of marketing expertise required to maintain business strength and growth,” explains AlmondTex’s consultant. He continues, “Our solution is built on a proprietary engine, Matagir Engine, which constantly analyzes data in the region. We are currently tracking 700,000 products and exponentially growing in scope.”

Dahoud explains that AlmondTex’s smart engine is currently applied to Watanimall, the first true and smart marketplace website in Palestine. Watanimall has since gained considerable traction due to return users since its inception. According to AlmondTex’s team, “From this path-finding experience we understood the modern needs of merchants and the value of live market data analysis to build and maintain a competitive, efficient and fast growing marketplace.” As a result, Dahoud and his team are able to continue to develop, adapt as well as create new features to add on to the existing engine and enhance user experience. AlmondTex currently sells their ‘price comparison’ solution online at ‘matagir.net.’

As the ecommerce sector throughout the Palestinian territories and the Middle East continues to grow, AlmondTex’s smart engine holds great potential as an efficient and innovative solution for companies and businesses that seek to create and enhance not only their online presence but their ability to compete with other major internationally based e-Commerce websites. As such, AlmondTex aims to launch their streamlined services to include different packages optimized for each business size.

Despite challenges and limitations in resources, AlmondTex’s team believes in the potential of their engine and continuously work to find innovative solutions to improve and streamline their services. Within the next three years and with the right amount of strategic investments Dahoud aims to build a team to work towards launching Almond Tex throughout the MENA region. According to AlmondTex’s consultant, “In the Middle East there aren’t many competitive solutions that analyze e-Commerce data.” He continues “However our engine will change the Middle Eastern market for the better because we offer a dynamic real-time solution that will change how this market works.”

Dahoud further remarks, “AlmondTex operates within Palestine and aims to empower and employ local Palestinians to operate the engine and efficiently meet the needs of our customers throughout the Middle East. AlmondTex aims to build a team to work towards launching Matagir Engine throughout the MENA region.”