Starter plan features explained: what you get free for life

'Free trial' and 'free forever' are not the same thing. Mrfqy Starter is a production-grade store tier with no expiry date — merchants in Egypt and across the Arab world run real businesses on it for years before upgrading. Here is every feature included on the lifetime free plan and how to use it.

Core limits that stay free

Up to fifty active products — enough for curated boutique, side hustle, or pilot catalog before warehouse investment.

One staff seat — owner account handles admin; invite no one or use shared login until Pro adds five seats.

Subdomain hosting on mrfqy.com — SSL included, no server bills.

No transaction fee from Mrfqy on Starter — you pay payment gateway rates only.

Storefront and builder

Theme presets with section editor — hero, collections, FAQ, contact. Publish and unpublish without developer.

Full Arabic RTL layout — not mirrored English; Cairo font stack for readable body text.

Bilingual product fields — title, description, SEO per language.

Mobile-responsive checkout — one-page product links for social campaigns included.

Payments and shipping on Starter

Country pack enables local gateways — Paymob and COD Egypt; Tap and COD GCC examples.

Fawry, Kashier, InstaPay unlock per market configuration — not every global gateway on day one, but core local methods.

Zone-based shipping rates — flat, weight, or price rules. Carrier labels where integration exists.

Cash on delivery workflow — mark paid on delivery, reconcile in admin.

Catalog and import tools

Variant SKUs, barcode fields, images gallery — same catalog powers future POS if you add register.

CSV import one hundred rows — map columns, validate, publish batch.

Collections and manual merchandising — group Ramadan gifts or sale items.

Digital products supported — secure download tokens on paid orders.

AI workflows and support

AI copy for product descriptions, SEO slugs, email drafts — thirty-plus workflows on platform; core set available on Starter.

Translation EN ↔ AR for catalog bulk — edit before publish.

Email support from Mrfqy team — docs and blog for self-serve depth.

No artificial throttling after years on free — Starter is strategic tier, not demo sandbox.

What Starter does not include (and when to upgrade)

Custom domain — yourbrand.com requires Pro. Subdomain works for Instagram-first brands years.

Marketing pixels Meta/TikTok advanced, abandoned cart automation depth — Pro marketing pack.

Thousand products, five staff, purchase orders, profit COGS dashboard — Pro operations.

Upgrade when revenue justifies ~999 EGP/month — not because Starter expired.

Starter is a real store, not a demo. Launch today, sell on free tier as long as it fits, and upgrade on your schedule. Create your free lifetime store at mrfqy.com.