What is the best e-commerce platform in Algeria in 2026? DZBuild, Shopify, WooCommerce and YouCan compared on pricing in dinars, commission, cash on delivery and courier integrations, from official pages read on 3 November 2026.
Carrier
ZR Express
ZR Express (SARL ZR Express Logistique) is an Algerian parcel carrier that says it was created in 2022, based in Rouiba, Algiers, offering home delivery, stop desk pickup, cash on delivery, returns, fulfillment and a REST API.
- Location
- Rouiba, Algiers, DZ
- Founded
- 2022
- Services
- Home delivery · Stop desk pickup · Cash on delivery (COD) · Returns management · Storage and fulfillment · Swap of cancelled parcels · B2B mail · REST API with webhooks
What ZR Express does
ZR Express is an Algerian parcel carrier focused on e-commerce. According to its official website, SARL ZR Express Logistique was created in 2022, and its head office is in Rouiba, Algiers. It serves online merchants who sell with cash on delivery and claims 15,000 merchants (an unverified marketing figure).
Services
- Home delivery with a call before delivery and a delivery slot, according to the company.
- Stop desk: open 8:00 to 20:00, 7 days a week; parcels held free for 7 days, SMS pickup code.
- Cash on delivery: up to 150,000 DZD per delivered parcel, funds handed over in cash.
- Returns available within 24 to 72 hours.
- Fulfillment in a warehouse of more than 10,000 m², according to the company.
- Swap of cancelled parcels and B2B mail.
- REST API with webhooks (labels for up to 250 parcels per HTML file).
How to use it
The merchant page advertises free registration; the API key is generated from the merchant portal. ZR Express runs two platforms: the legacy Procolis API (procolis.com) and the newer one (api.zrexpress.app). DZBuild supports both, but only the newer platform provides a named stop-desk list. Public tracking is updated every 10 minutes, with SMS and email notifications at each step. The site claims 54 wilayas and 1,541 communes; its offices page lists 80 active points.
Further reading: our ZR Express guide and our comparison of shipping companies.
Points to watch
- Rates: no price grid is published. The official rates page, read on 3 November 2026 and labelled 'Mis à jour Avril 2026' (updated April 2026), only offers a calculator (0.5 to 30 kg, 5 kg included), which showed no price during our check. Per the API docs, merchant-specific prices override the general price list.
- Conflicting figures: depending on the page, 48, 54 or 58 wilayas, and 77 or 80 points. The COD page says payout timing depends on the destination, while the merchant page advertises 'J+2' (D+2).
- Apps: the store listings show FULFILLPRO SL (Google Play) or Milana consult (App Store) as publisher.
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