Setting up Khaleeji COD for Kuwait

For Kuwait you have two ways to limit Cash on Delivery by place. To cover a whole governorate, add its Shopify code, such as KW-JA for Al Jahra, to Hide COD in these emirates or regions. To cover one area, add its name to Hide COD in these cities with KW: in front, for example KW:Salmiya, KW:السالمية. Save your rules, then test with a Kuwait address.

The rules that don't depend on the address (tagged customers, cart total, first order and no-cod products) work in Kuwait exactly as they do everywhere else.

Which governorate codes does Shopify use for Kuwait?

Shopify's address data lists six governorates for Kuwait. The shopper picks one from a list at checkout, so the value is always one of these six codes:

Kuwait's codes already start with the country, KW-. The UAE's don't: Shopify writes Dubai as DU, and Khaleeji COD adds the AE- itself. Since version khaleeji-cod-4 (26 October 2026), the app adds the country only when it's missing, so a Kuwaiti code is compared exactly as Shopify writes it. If you tried a Kuwait code before that date and it didn't match, test it again now. Your saved codes don't need to change.

How do you hide COD in a governorate?

1. Open Khaleeji COD and go to Checkout rules.
2. Tick Hide COD in these emirates or regions. In the Arabic admin it reads «إخفاء الدفع عند الاستلام في هذه الإمارات أو المناطق».
3. Type the codes, separated by commas, for example KW-JA, KW-AH. An English comma or an Arabic comma «،» both work.
4. Click Save rules.

Capital letters and spaces don't matter, so kw-ja works too. These don't work:

• JA on its own. Type the full code with KW-.
• The governorate name. Al Jahra or «الجهراء» in this box matches nothing.
• A name in brackets after the code, such as KW-JA (Al Jahra). Type the code only.

If you also sell in the UAE, one list can hold both countries: AE-FU, KW-JA.

A governorate is a large area. Use this rule when your courier or your own order history treats a whole governorate differently. For anything smaller, use the city rule.

How do you hide COD in one area?

The shopper types the city, and in Kuwait that's where an area name such as Salmiya goes, so an area rule is a city rule.

1. Tick Hide COD in these cities. In Arabic: «إخفاء الدفع عند الاستلام في هذه المدن».
2. Type each area in English and in Arabic, with KW: in front, separated by commas.
3. Click Save rules.

Why the KW:? A city name without a country matches in every country you ship to. Salwa is an area in Kuwait and also a town in Saudi Arabia, so a plain Salwa would hide COD in both. KW:Salwa keeps it to Kuwaiti addresses. City rules for one country only explains the format in full.

Some Kuwaiti areas with their Arabic names:

Which spellings does one entry cover?

The app compares whole names after folding common spelling differences:

• Arabic: «ة» reads as «ه», «ى» as «ي», and «أ إ آ» as «ا». So KW:السالمية also matches «السالميه», KW:سلوى matches «سلوي», and «الأحمدي» matches «الاحمدي». Vowel marks and tatweel are ignored.
• English: capital letters don't matter, and hyphens read as spaces, so KW:Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh matches "jleeb al shuyoukh".

It doesn't translate, and it doesn't guess. "Salmiya" and «السالمية» are separate entries, and so are "Salmiya" and "Salmiyah". "Salmiya" also doesn't match "Salmiya Block 10".

Look at real orders first

Shoppers type the city themselves. Many write their area, but some may write "Kuwait City", as Shopify's own example Kuwait address does. Export your Kuwait orders and read the shipping city column before you build your list. Hawalli, Farwaniya and Jahra are both areas and governorates, so decide which one you mean: the region rule covers the whole governorate, and the city rule only matches what the shopper typed.

On the Free plan only one rule can be on, so choose the region rule or the city rule. Pro ($7.99/month) lets you use both. See Free or Pro.

Do the amounts work in Kuwaiti dinars?

Amounts in Khaleeji COD are in your shop's currency. The GCC preset fills in 1,500 for the cart and 500 for a first order as plain numbers, so in a KWD store they mean KWD 1,500 and KWD 500. Check that they suit your prices and change them if not.

If your store runs in another currency, for example AED, and a Kuwaiti shopper pays in KWD, the app converts the checkout total to your shop's currency with the rate Shopify gives it for that checkout, then compares. The GCC preset, rule by rule has more on choosing the amounts.

How do you test a Kuwait address?

Payment rules run at the online checkout, including a checkout opened from a draft order's link. They don't run when you collect payment inside the Shopify admin. Make sure your store ships to Kuwait, so checkout accepts the address.

1. Create a draft order with a Kuwait shipping address: a governorate on your list, or an area from your city list typed in the city field.
2. Keep the cart below your first-order amount (500 with the preset), so no other rule hides COD.
3. Open the draft order's checkout link in a private window and go to the payment step. COD should be gone, and cards and other methods should still be there.
4. Change the address to a governorate or area that isn't on your list. COD should come back.

To check the Arabic name, open the checkout from the Arabic version of your store (often a /ar address). COD should show as «الدفع عند الاستلام». The steps are in how to test checkout payment rules with draft orders.

Where can you read more?

• Cash on delivery in Kuwait: KNET and Kuwaiti addresses.
• How to limit COD by emirate, region or city: when to use a region and when to use a city.
• Checkout rules reference: every rule and its edge cases.