How it works in practice
The customer orders online without paying, the store ships via Yalidine, the courier delivers and collects cash, then the carrier remits the amount to the merchant minus its fee. The store never touches the customer’s money directly.
Why Algeria specifically
Low card usage (CIB/Edahabia growing but limited online), an entrenched cash culture, and distrust of prepayment fraud. The result: customers only trust pay-on-sight.
The flip side: refusals
COD flexibility has a cost: ~32% of orders are refused or never received. Confirmation and fake-order detection tools (like Mystoq’s FakeShield) are not a luxury but a necessity for profitability.
Last updated: 2026-05-26 · Source: Mystoq Algerian e-commerce dataset · CC-BY